2026-04-15On behalf of #Addthe10th Alliance, we contacted all the party leaders, the Minister for Children & Equality, her civil servants Una NiDhubhghaill & Catehrine Roe who have taken over responsibility for this legislation. Also spokespersons on Children & Equality, as well as the relevant commitment to raise the issue of the Equality Miscellaneous Provisions Bill not appearing on the Spring Legislative Programme
2026-01-08On behalf of the #Addthe10th EAPN Ireland circulated a letter from the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme poverty & human rights to Minister Foley regarding the need to incorporate socio-economic disadvantage as a ground for discrimination in the Equality legislation currently before the Oireachtas, to all leaders of the opposition, party spokespersons, the committee on Children & Equality, along with the minister and Carol Baxter from the Department
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA6 returns
2026-01-21IFA National Nitrates Derogation Meeting
2026-01-20IFA Budget 2026 Briefing
Polio Survivors Ireland5 returns
2025-12-19To inform TD about a collaborative letter sent to several Ministers and Committees that highlighted issues for people with disabilities living in Direct Provision
2025-08-22Parliamentary Questions
2025-08-22Met with TD to discuss challenges facing persons with disabilities in IPAS.
2025-08-22Parlimentary Questions
Community Platform4 returns
2026-01-21Emailed all Ministers, TDs and Senators with a copy of the Community Platform’s Four Tests for Budget 2026 asking them to support these proposals in the run up to the announcement of Budget 2026.
Creative Retail Distribution Limited3 returns
2025-09-12Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.
2025-09-12Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
2025-05-21Email to members of the Oireachtas concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from Forvis Mazars which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.
Liquid Gas Ireland3 returns
2026-01-21Outreach to relevant stakeholders to present Liquid Gas Ireland's report 'Delivering Net Zero for Rural Ireland - Pathways to Renewable Liquid Gas', sharing the newly published document and inviting representatives to attend a briefing regarding the report.
2025-09-19Outreach to relevant stakeholders to introduce Liquid Gas Ireland’s newly appointed Senior Director for Government Affairs and Policy, Alan Farrell, and highlight LGI’s policy priorities for rural consumers and businesses.
Irish Red Cross3 returns
2026-01-21Seeking engagement on policy changes in foreign reception for International Protection Applicants (IPAs). There were several different engagements on this matter which are detailed further below in the section on how the lobbying was carried out.
2025-05-21Activities relating to a briefing session at Leinster House on 25/02/25, where we held a session for all TDs and Senators to present the results of a survey on the experiences of hosts under the pledged accommodation project
Fórsa trade union3 returns
2025-09-18Letter and emails seeking support for Fórsa's campaign seeking public sector pension status for school secretaries and caretakers. There was also a briefing held for Oireachtas members in the Oireachtas AV room.
What they're asking about6,042 questions asked · 26 departments
Health1,192 questions
2026-03-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE orthodontists covering the population of Cork and Kerry; if any posts are currently vacant; and the steps that have been taken to fill these vacancies. [23202/26]
2026-03-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for orthodontic treatment in the southwest region. [23203/26]
2026-03-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of primary medical certificate applications by region, including the number of applications made, the number accepted and the number rejected, for each region, in tabular form. [21389/26]
2026-03-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if she will direct the HSE to take immediate action to resolve the dispute arising from a recruitment and retention crisis affecting clinical practice tutors in radiography; and her views on the need to address staffing requirements and tutors pay rates. [21568/26]
2026-03-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if she will consider meeting with organisations (details supplied) to discuss the gaps in maternity care in Ireland, ahead of the publication of the new National Maternity Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16651/26]
2026-03-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to outline the work conducted by her Department to date on updating the National Maternity Strategy; to list the individuals and organisations she has met with as part of this updated strategy; and when it is expected to see the publication of the new National Maternity Strategy. [16652/26]
2026-03-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current c-section rate in each maternity hospital in Ireland; if she is aware that the WHO advises a c-section rate of no more than 15%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16653/26]
2026-03-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a chief midwifery officer at the executive level of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16654/26]
2026-03-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to direct-entry midwifery students being unable to work in primary care centres; if she will consider rectifying this barrier to recognise the invaluable role of dedicated midwives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16655/26]
2026-03-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed mother and baby psychiatric unit; the location of the proposed site; the number of mother and baby units advised to be in place in Ireland per the population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16656/26]
2026-03-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current location and staffing levels, by role, of each postnatal hub; to indicate empty positions, if any, in each hub; and to outline the planned locations for future postnatal hubs. [16657/26]
2026-03-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to women with hormone positive breast cancer being excluded from free menopause care due to being unable to use HRT; and whether she would consider adding non-hormone based medication to reduce the symptoms of menopause to the drug payment scheme and medical card scheme (details supplied). [17077/26]
2026-02-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the circumstances under which an 'ambulance diversion' may be put in place restricting the number of ambulances which can proceed to a specified hospital for a set amount of time; and to detail the number of times this procedure has been used at Bantry General Hospital in the past year, from February 2025 to February 2026, by month, in tabular form. [14118/26]
2026-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to detail the current level of staffing in perinatal mental health in each LHO, by role; the current number of vacancies in perinatal mental health in each LHO, by role; and the current number of roles being actively recruited for in perinatal mental health, by role, in tabular form. [12945/26]
2026-02-12Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed as home support workers, either full or part-time, by community health organisation, for each of the years between 2015 and 2025; the number of home help hours available per week, by CHO, for each of the years between 2015 and 2025, in tabular form. [11159/26]
2026-01-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for the completion of further adult inpatient beds for eating disorder treatment; and the reasoning for the projected timeframe for providing these beds. [6471/26]
2026-01-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase adult specialist services in the community for eating disorder treatment; and if her Department are working to have adult specialist services in place in Limerick alongside the new CAMHS unit, as the average age of eating disorder patients is 17. [6472/26]
2026-01-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who have sought treatment abroad for eating disorder care; and where this information is collected from. [6473/26]
2026-01-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current number of public health nurses per LHO; and the number of approved public health nurse positions in each LHO, in tabular form. [6482/26]
2025-11-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if a CA125 test could be included in the routine schedule of annual blood tests for women; her plans for the inclusion of the CA125 test as standard; and the plans roll-out will entail. [58924/25]
2025-10-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if she has considered introducing access to oral immunotherapy for those with allergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57550/25]
2025-10-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the work being carried out in her Department to improve access to EpiPens in local communities, schools, and childcare settings; and if she will consider including allergy awareness and response training as part of essential first aid programme requirements. [57551/25]
2025-10-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of adult ADHD assessments which have been conducted annually from 2020 to date in 2025, by CHO, in tabular form. [56807/25]
2025-10-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the staffing numbers for adult ADHD assessment services for 2025, in tabular form. [56929/25]
2025-10-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 7 October 2025, if her Department has accepted the recommendations of the Marie O’Shea report in regard to the removal of the three-day waiting period, the end of criminalisation of doctors and the need for clarity when it comes to providing abortion in cases of fatal foetal abnormality; and to detail the work of her Department to date in order to enact these specific recommendations. [54846/25]
2025-10-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide the current staffing levels for adult ADHD services in each LHO; and the current waiting list for each, in tabular form. [54352/25]
2025-10-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels for each CDNT; the current waiting list for each; and a breakdown of the amount of time people have spent on the waiting list, in tabular form. [54353/25]
2025-10-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels for public dentists in Cork from 2020 to date; the current waiting list for public dentists; and a breakdown of the amount of time people have spent on the waiting list, in tabular form. [54354/25]
2025-10-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the promised provision of adult inpatient beds for eating disorder treatment; to provide the current number of adult inpatient beds for eating disorder treatment available; to detail the location and applicable catchment area for each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54356/25]
2025-10-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current number and location of respite beds in Cork; the staffing numbers for respite services in Cork; and the number of unfilled posts, in tabular form. [53545/25]
2025-10-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for respite services, by LHO or the smallest possible area; and the waiting times for respite services, by LHO or the smallest possible area, in tabular form. [53546/25]
2025-10-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if her Department will accept the recommendations of a report (details supplied) into abortion services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53547/25]
2025-09-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of lactation consultants currently in position across the country, by area, in tabular form; the number of lactation consultant positions that remain open but unfilled; and the way in which it is intended to reach the target as set out in the national breastfeeding action plan. [51180/25]
2025-09-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if CAR T-cell therapy, which is currently unavailable in Ireland to patients over the age of 26 years of age, can be administered in older adult patients (details supplied) if medically appropriate; or alternatively if the procedure will be covered by the treatment abroad scheme if recommended by a patient's medical team. [49658/25]
2025-07-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of operating GP surgeries per town in Cork south west, by town or by townland, in tabular form. [39841/25]
2025-07-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if she or her Department are engaging with, or will engage, a company (details supplied) concerning the termination of a contract of care for a resident. [35914/25]
2025-06-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 11 June 2025, to provide the requested email and phone lines available for Oireachtas members to raise queries in her Department and the bodies under its aegis, in tabular form. [34224/25]
2025-06-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the amount paid to each individual recruitment agency for the hiring of HSE staff; and the number of staff, and their grades, recruited through each agency, from 2019 to date, in tabular form. [34271/25]
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within her Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30776/25]
2025-06-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapy resources (details supplied) in the Cork south west area. [29380/25]
2025-06-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if an urgent follow-up appointment for a child (details supplied) will be expedited. [30311/25]
2025-05-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the reason vyloy, also called zolbetuximab, (details supplied) is not currently reimbursed by the HSE under the drug payment scheme despite being approved by the European Medicines Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27689/25]
2025-05-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 924 of 8 April 2025, whether the HSE could provide the requested population size served by the Dublin and South East Regional Health Area. [25766/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of adult ADHD assessments conducted by west Cork mental health; and the body to which an assessment is outsourced where applicable, per month, from 1 January 2024 to date, in tabular form. [19126/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of adult ADHD assessments conducted annually from 2020 to date, by CHO, in tabular form. [19127/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of adult ADHD assessments conducted by each LHO, per month, from 1 January 2024 to date, in tabular form. [19128/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing home beds in County Cork from 2019 to date, by LHO; whether her attention has been drawn to the disproportionate impact such a decline has on older people in rural areas such as west Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19130/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date under the National Islands Policy 2023-2033 to improve access to health services on the offshore islands of Ireland such as Cape Clear and Bere Island, including both primary care and older persons' services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19131/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in her Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20330/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all properties her Department has rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20348/25]
…and 1142 more questions on Health
Agriculture727 questions
2026-02-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding allocated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann to their two dedicated care homes (details supplied) in 2025 and the number of non-coursing greyhounds homed by the operators of these two care homes both domestically and internationally in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13479/26]
2026-02-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of money given to private rehoming organisations by Rásaíocht Con Éireann/Irish Retired Greyhound Trust in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13480/26]
2026-02-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the two increases in prize money announced by Rásaíocht Con Éireann since October 2025, and the absence of an increase in budgetary funding to this organisation in Budget 2026 means that spending on greyhound welfare, specifically in relation to amounts allocated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann to their homing programme (details supplied), will be reduced in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13481/26]
2026-02-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he and his Department have conducted to address animal welfare concerns on Irish pig farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9604/26]
2025-11-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if further funding will be made available in 2026 and 2027 for module 2 of the innovative forest technology scheme - investment aid for the development of the forest tree nursery sector. [63148/25]
2025-11-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to including the investment aid for the development of the forest tree nursery sector scheme within the next Forestry Programme. [63149/25]
2025-10-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of instances of illegal tree felling and hedgerow removal that have been reported to his Department; the number of investigations conducted into same; and the number of offences determined to be found, from 2023 to date, in tabular form. [56799/25]
2025-10-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions taken by his Department in instances of illegal tree felling and hedgerow removal; and to provide details of enforcement actions conducted, from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [56800/25]
2025-10-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a National Parks and Wildlife Service report (details supplied); the actions his Department is taking to investigate this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56801/25]
2025-10-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the circumstances in which farmers are required to apply for tree felling licenses, screening and consent from his Department; whether licenses, screening or consent has ever been issued by his Department retrospectively; and to outline the consequences for failures to comply with regulations. [56802/25]
2025-10-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy towards the European Commission's legislative proposals to reform rules on plant reproductive material and to deregulate new genomic techniques; the extent of his Department's engagement with the Commission in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56892/25]
2025-10-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to address concerns that proposed reforms on plant reproductive material and new genomic techniques will threaten the conservation and circulation of the diversity of cultivated plants, significantly burden and exclude small scale seed producers, restrict farmers in harvesting, using, and exchanging their own seeds, and further consolidate control of our food systems in the hands of large multinationals exerting oligopolistic powers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56893/25]
2025-09-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his attention has been drawn to the recent closure of the sole quota; the measures his department is taking to assist inshore fishers that will be financially impacted by the early closure of sole. [45785/25]
2025-09-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the allocation of all fish quotas by boat size, in tabular form. [45786/25]
2025-07-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the number of export licences for dogs granted by his Department for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by country of destination, in tabular form. [35422/25]
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30767/25]
2025-05-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the ‘reported deceased’ figure of 2,571 for non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 (details supplied) represents all deaths recorded in both the Irish Coursing Club Stud Book, and on Rásaíocht Con Éireann’s traceability system; the cause of death for all 2,751 non-coursing greyhounds reported deceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28567/25]
2025-05-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason non-coursing greyhounds are still required to be registered in the Irish Coursing Club’s Stud Book as all relevant information currently recorded in the Irish Coursing Club Stud Book is captured on Rásaíocht Con Éireann’s traceability system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28568/25]
2025-05-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of export licences for dogs granted by his Department for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by country of destination, in tabular form. [28569/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he would consider restricting the microchipping of puppies to registered vets in order to restrict the practice of breeders microchipping puppies for other puppy farm operators; if his attention has been brought to reports of breeders failing to include breeder’s details and mother’s microchip numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19161/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he would consider introducing legislation to prohibit the commercial breeding of cats, in light of the increased emergence of kitten farms and breeding of pedigree cat breeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19163/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his attention has been drawn to the UK statutory instrument which introduced restrictions on engine sizes for flyseine vessels within the 12 nautical mile limit; whether his Department has examined the possibility of such a measure in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20275/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he has engaged in discussions in Europe on reported plans to allow Iceland access to European fishing grounds; whether his Department has conducted a risk analysis of the impact of such a measure on the Irish fishing fleet and fish population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20276/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he has examined the provision of upfront funding to small producer organisations in order to ensure they have the funds necessary to carry out their functions at an early stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20277/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has conducted an analysis of infrastructure deficits on piers across the country; and to outline the measures his Department are taking to ensure that piers have access to electricity and water. [20278/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether it is his intention to prepare for the future electrification of the Irish fishing fleet by ensuring piers have access to charging technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20279/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20321/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all properties his Department has rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20339/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and, if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20357/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and, if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20375/25]
2025-04-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how often a census is undertaken of the Irish fishing fleet; and to provide a breakdown of the current fleet, by boat size. [15254/25]
2025-04-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether it is his intention to reexamine the proportion of the mackerel and herring quota allocated to small fishers and inshore fishers; whether he has met with representatives of small fishers and inshore fishers on the issue of the quota since taking office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15255/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether it is his intention to proceed with a ban on pair trawling within the six-mile limit; and if so, to provide an update and estimate timeframe for the ban to be implemented. [5991/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6224/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6242/25]
2025-02-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,666 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021, who were being tracked on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system as of 15 August 2024, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported etc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3991/25]
2025-02-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds exported to the United Kingdom for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, as recorded on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system, by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3992/25]
2025-02-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds recorded as export international on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3993/25]
2025-02-06Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for clarification on the Government's policy towards the farming of hemp, particularly in light of a number of cases of licensed hemp farmers being monitored and raided by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3907/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports available to farmers who experienced farm damage as a result of the recent storms. [2875/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2028/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2046/25]
2024-10-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an update on the food vision tillage group report will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42634/24]
2024-10-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a record of all investigations, sanctions or convictions in respect of a company (details supplied) by his Department to date; and the dates and details of each. [43013/24]
2024-10-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department has taken as part of its investigation into the abuse of calves exposed in a television exposé (details supplied) in July 2024; the reason action was not taken to prosecute those filmed abusing animals during the 12-month window for conviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41554/24]
2024-10-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide detail of all inspections carried out on the marts mentioned in a television exposé (details supplied) in July 2024; the dates on which each were conducted; the grade and profession of those present from his Department during each inspection from July 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41555/24]
2024-10-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the dates on which departmental vets have been present at a company (details supplied) in Fossa near Killarney; and the times at which they were present from 2023 to date, in tabular form. [41556/24]
2024-10-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if departmental vets or any other officials were present at a company (details supplied) in Fossa, during the footage shown on a television exposé; if any investigations have been conducted internally on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41557/24]
2024-10-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he will take in response to the revelation that Irish cattle are being shipped to Israel while disguised as being of Romanian or Croatian origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41558/24]
2024-10-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the non-coursing greyhound births registered in the Irish Coursing Club’s stud book between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023, that related to dogs born in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40785/24]
…and 677 more questions on Agriculture
Children645 questions
2026-03-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline a clear timeline for the evaluation of options to amend the ECCE eligibility criteria which is currently underway; and if flexibility to reintroduce multiple entry points such as January and April to ensure that "two years of free preschool" is a reality for all children, regardless of the month they were born, is being actively considered. [23250/26]
2026-03-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the rational for ending the ECCE split-place exemptions from the 2026/2027 programme year. [21779/26]
2026-03-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the impact assessment that was undertaken for the ending of the ECCE split-place exemptions in rural and oversubscribed areas; and if there is scope to reinstate the exemptions for families with no choice but to divide their childcare due to lack of availability. [21780/26]
2026-03-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when St. Joseph’s Baby Home in Stamullen, County Meath and Temple Hill Hospital in Blackrock, County Dublin will be added to Schedule 1 of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023; and if she will consider expanding the scheme to cover all who spent time in mother and baby institutions. [16365/26]
2026-03-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider conducting a review into the administration of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if so, if she will engage with survivors on their experience of the redress scheme. [16366/26]
2026-02-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to detail the work undergone by her Department to investigate and prepare for the introduction of paid surrogacy leave for parents; when it is intended to introduce surrogacy leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14571/26]
2026-02-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the process for registering as an early years provider will be streamlined to allow for faster registration; and if those going through the registration process with Tusla will be granted some leeway to remain operational while they register (details supplied). [7742/26]
2026-02-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for the allocation of €135 million which the Government has allocated to funded childcare facilities; the geographical areas covered; and if she will ensure that rural areas, with large distances between crèches, be adequately covered by this funding allocation. [7743/26]
2026-01-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the plans to bring forward the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 to introduce socio-economic disadvantage as a ground for discrimination in equality legislation; the reason this bill was not included in the Spring Legislative Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6255/26]
2025-12-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will ensure that a meeting with a social worker is provided to a person (details supplied) urgently. [68622/25]
2025-09-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early education providers that have left the core funding scheme from its inception to date in 2025, in tabular form; the measures she is taking to ensure that providers stay within the scheme; and the supports her department is offering to families that can no longer afford creche spaces after their provider has left the scheme. [45783/25]
2025-07-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 900 of 5 November 2024, if she will set out work carried out by her Department to transpose EU Directives 2024/1499 and 2024/1500 on standards for equality bodies into Irish law; the timeline she is working towards in order to ensure the transposition is completed by the deadline of 19 June 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37729/25]
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within her Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30768/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the work being undertaken in her Department to increase access to employment for disabled people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20281/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the work being undertaken in her Department to increase access to third level education for disabled people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20283/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in her Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20322/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all properties her Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20340/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to her Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20358/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to her Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20376/25]
2025-03-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to roll out HSE adult autism assessments; and, if so, the timeline involved in such a roll-out. [11174/25]
2025-02-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 978 of 5 February 2025, the breakdown of the overdue applications for assessments of need, by the number of months that individuals have been waiting, for each local health area, in tabular form. [7424/25]
2025-02-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is her intention under the Parental Leave Act 1998, for parents and guardians of children, to extend the age limit from 12 to 18 years of age. [7486/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6225/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6243/25]
2025-02-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 22 January 2025, to provide a breakdown of the 12+ month category to indicate the length of time individuals have been waiting, by CHO, in tabular form. [4071/25]
2025-02-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 22 January 2025, to detail which individual CDNTs, and their corresponding CHO areas, do not yet have a system in place to capture the level of activity requested; and to provide a timeline for the full roll out of the national information management system. [4725/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether she will consider a sensitive excavation of the suspected burial grounds at Sean Ross Abbey; whether engagements with survivors have been conducted to seek their views; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2350/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether she will consider a sensitive excavation of the suspected burial grounds at Bessborough; whether engagements with survivors have been conducted to seek their views; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2351/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide the current wait lists for assessments of needs for each local health area, including the number on the waiting lists; and the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form. [2868/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current average waiting period for assessments of needs in each CHO; the national average waiting periods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2880/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide detail on the current waiting lists for children's disability network teams, by wait time, number of people on each list and local area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1960/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2029/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the past ten years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2047/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details on the progress and location of the establishment of the six State reception centres which were recommended in the White Paper on Ending Direct Provision. [2066/25]
2024-11-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) will be transposed; how many EU directives are currently being transcribed; how many are overdue; and to provide a breakdown of directives in process and their timelines. [44229/24]
2024-10-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the annual staff turnover rate in Tusla, broken down by local area; from 2020 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [39931/24]
2024-10-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of children currently in the care of Tusla; the current number of social workers; and the number of children who do not have a specific social worker assigned to them; by local area, in tabular form. [39932/24]
2024-10-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of sexual abuse disclosures made to Tusla from 2020 to date in 2024; and the number of instances where parental access was removed from the person who made the disclosure. [39933/24]
2024-10-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of children in the care of Tusla aged one year or below, by monthly age. [39934/24]
2024-10-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of children in State care residing in care homes, broken down by private and public; the number of care homes, public and private, by county; and the number of inspections carried out on private and public care homes from 2021 to date, and the organisation responsible for said inspections; in tabular form. [39937/24]
2024-10-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to the disability sector in Budget 2025, with a clear outline on what funding is for additional services and what funding is for the provision of services already in existence. [40233/24]
2024-10-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether he will reiterate his commitment to sign the optional protocol of the UNCRPD within the lifetime of this Government; and to provide a timeline for doing so. [40237/24]
2024-10-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether his attention has been drawn to difficulties experienced by survivors of mother and baby homes in accessing the redress scheme due to the digital format of the application; and the avenues open to those who cannot access the application online or for those with a limited digital literacy. [40240/24]
2024-10-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an estimate of costs for a survey of the grounds of Bessborough mother and baby home, in order to establish the location of the burial grounds of the children and infants buried on the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40251/24]
2024-10-02Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will fund a physical survey of the estate of the Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork city to locate the possible burial place of the more than 800 unaccounted for children who died in Bessborough or in hospital after being transferred from Bessborough; to outline any plans the Government has for this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39321/24]
2024-10-02Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide respite services for disabled people in County Cork. [39322/24]
2024-10-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 625 of 18 September 2024, the number of people who have attempted to apply to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme but were unable due to ineligibility; and the monthly breakdown of the number of applications to the redress scheme from it’s opening to date; in tabular form. [38533/24]
2024-10-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the advertising spend on the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the nature and location of each advertisement; and the demographics that each online advertisement was aimed towards. [38534/24]
2024-10-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the planned excavation on the site of the mother and baby institution in Tuam, Galway; and the date on which exhumation will commence. [38535/24]
2024-10-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled persons resident in a congregated setting, by county, local age and type of residence from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [38536/24]
…and 595 more questions on Children
Education433 questions
2026-03-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) has been approved for a ‘special class for autistic learners’ in September 2026; and to provide assurance to the school that the new class will go ahead as scheduled. [21557/26]
2026-03-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps taken to implement the rulings under cases (details supplied); to outline any legislative steps which still need to be undertaken; and to provide a timeline for the full implementation of the changes necessary under each ruling [21559/26]
2026-03-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeframe for the provision of school buildings for a school (details supplied). [18344/26]
2026-02-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the provisions in place to support students with additional needs through State exams, including provisions for schools to maintain access to special classrooms throughout the exam timetable. [10644/26]
2026-01-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application by a school (details supplied) for the summer works climate action scheme 2026 was assessed. [74824/25]
2026-01-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to ensure a school’s (details supplied) application for emergency repair funding is processed quickly. [74825/25]
2026-01-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for the building of an approved extension at a school (details supplied). [74873/25]
2025-12-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the detailed timeline for the provision of school buildings for a school (details supplied). [70924/25]
2025-10-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has considered mandatory training for the use of EpiPens in schools, as well as the provision ofEpiPens to schools as part of an emergency medical kit; the current first aid programme requirements in schools; and if she will consider embedding allergy awareness and response training in schools, particularly in regard to food provision. [57549/25]
2025-07-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing funding to a theatre (details supplied) as a production created specifically for leaving certificate English students across Munster; if she will advise on alternative funding avenues which may be available; and if she will consider funding annual productions in line with the leaving certificate curriculum in the future. [39559/25]
2025-06-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 11 June 2025, to provide the requested email and phone lines available for Oireachtas members to raise queries in her Department and the bodies under its aegis, in tabular form. [34225/25]
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within her Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30922/25]
2025-06-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail any grants or schemes available to primary schools to support the employment of disabled staff members (details supplied). [28933/25]
2025-05-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide her Department’s recommended number of special classes available per population; the number of special classes currently operating in each county; and the number of future special classes which have been sanctioned, in each county; in tabular form. [25403/25]
2025-05-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department or the NCSE compiled data on the average number of school applications children with additional needs go through before receiving an appropriate school place; and if so, to provide this average for each county. [25404/25]
2025-05-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of new special classes sanctioned for September 2025 and their location; the current status on the preparation for each class; and to indicate which classes are projected to be ready for September 2025, in tabular form. [25405/25]
2025-05-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is her intention to commence the EPSEN Act; if so, to provide a timeline for its commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23045/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in her Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20324/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of all properties her Department has rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20342/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to her Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20360/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to her Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20378/25]
2025-03-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of US-based Catholic missionary organisations (details supplied) running pilot programmes in State-funded primary schools for pre-confirmation classes; if the content of these programmes has been examined by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11713/25]
2025-03-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if her Department has issued advice to primary schools on specific requirements or criteria for outside organisations brought into primary schools to run educational programmes; and if the learning outcomes of said programmes are overseen in any way by her Department. [11714/25]
2025-02-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the timeline for the completion of the reconfiguration survey among parents regarding their preferences on education and school patronage; if he will provide a further timeline for when results of this survey will be shared with the relevant groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8884/25]
2025-02-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she intends on commencing the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if so, the timeline for commencement. [8000/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education for an update on the opening of applications for the summer works scheme 2025; and if a detailed timeline for the application process can be provided to schools. [5901/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the timeline to build at a national school (details supplied) which was sanctioned in 2021 and that is still awaiting final sanction to go to tender for the build. [6148/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6227/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6245/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the planned phasing out of the ‘nearest school’ rule for the school transport scheme; a timeline for its abolishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2353/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education whether her attention has been drawn to the calls from organisations (details supplied) for an urgent review of the reporting mechanism for the use of restraint in schools; whether she would consider instigating an independent child protection review of the guidelines and the reporting mechanism on the use of seclusion and restraint in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2354/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the supports that are being provided by her Department to national schools under the threat of closure due to low enrolment numbers. [2870/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the supports and guidance given to national schools in regards to the leasing of sections of their premises to pre-schools. [2871/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the current collaboration between the Department of Children, Disability and Equality and her Department in terms of signposting the level of need for assessments of needs and disability services among students and the timely provision of those services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2872/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education whether her Department has issued any guidance to secondary schools on students access to bathrooms during class periods; and her views on the practice of some schools to limit bathroom access during class periods. [1961/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2031/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2049/25]
2024-11-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if her Department is engaging with a school (details supplied), and the steps being taken to ensure future funding of the school. [44142/24]
2024-10-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide details of any additional funding provided to the school transport scheme in Budget 2025; and the level of funding provided for additional services as opposed to the continued funding of existing services. [40239/24]
2024-09-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if her Department will reconsider an emergency works application, which was rejected, for a west Cork national school (details supplied). [35524/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if consideration can be given to the Taoiseach’s remarks on 2 July (details supplied) around a co-ordinated approach to school transport and the progress which may be made with schemes such as local link; and if, in light of there being no public bus to use a concessionary fare on, she will support the provision of a school bus route from Bantry to Schull, beginning in the upcoming academic year. [32766/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education for an update on her Department’s work to increase the provision of school bus services in rural areas. [32809/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she has engaged with disability groups in regard to concerns about a lack of consideration towards disabled students in schools' codes of behaviour; and if her Department would review the guidance being given to schools in how to put together these codes. [32814/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the level of instances of disabled children being expelled or suspended; if her Department has issued guidance to schools and boards of management in relation to inclusion of people with disabilities on boards of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32816/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will introduce statutory regulations around the use of seclusion and restraint in schools to ensure the safety and protection of all students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32817/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if it is intended to review the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and, if so, to provide a timeline for the review. [32818/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to detail the rates of pay for SNAs for the July provision; when payment was issued to SNAs in 2021, 2022, and 2023; and when it is estimated that payment will issue in 2024. [32820/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide the figures, or estimated figures, for the current unmet level of need in regard to children who require a space in a special educational class. [32830/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if unqualified teachers are subject to Garda vetting before teaching a class. [32833/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the current number of school bus services, per county, in tabular form. [32834/24]
…and 383 more questions on Education
Housing359 questions
2026-01-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the granting of licenses for the hunting of woodcock, now red listed due to a decline in breeding population in Ireland, and considered in decline in Europe, will be paused to allow a thorough assessment of the population and the impact of this hunting on the native population before the next season opens. [7040/26]
2025-11-12Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the inter-agency flood response plan for Bantry (details supplied); and the warning level at which such a plan is instigated. [62090/25]
2025-10-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the number of social housing offers accepted in each local authority per month, by local area, from 2024 to date, in tabular form. [54351/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding will be made available to Cork County Council for the installation of a dedicated surface water pipe in Union Hall from Doctors Hill to the lagoon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41414/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the examination of ‘meanwhile use’ for creative and cultural infrastructure (details supplied). [43617/25]
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30777/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the farm succession scheme promoted by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; whether his Department has considered the impact that passing on farmland and properties to farmers' children has on access to housing schemes such as the housing adaptation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19129/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20331/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20349/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20367/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20385/25]
2025-02-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 584 of 5 February 2025, if he will provide an update on when an approval notice will be issued to an organisation (details supplied). [8763/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current balances for development contributions, by local authority, and the current expected expenditure of said amount by each local authority, in tabular form. [5990/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6234/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6252/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the lack of emergency accommodation available in Cork south west; whether it is his intention to work with the local authority to improve supply; and if so, to provide details of his plans to do so. [6260/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has engaged with Uisce Eireann in regard to the need for a wastewater treatment plant in Shannonvale, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2352/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of and estimated timing for a decision on properties (details supplied). [2397/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2038/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2056/25]
2024-10-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that local councils are continuing to include child maintenance as part of the income calculation when people apply for social housing and in the calculation of the rent due (details supplied). [40947/24]
2024-10-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that local councils are continuing to include child maintenance as part of the income and rent calculation for social housing (details supplied). [40720/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the register of electors is regularly checked against a register of deaths; and if not, the work his Department is conducting to prevent undue distress for relatives of the deceased, and to ensure that the register of electors is up-to-date. [32243/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the work being undertaken by his Department to improve bathing water quality. [32798/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the requirements currently in place for developers to ensure accessible footpaths are provided. [32805/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current requirements for local authorities to provide in-person assistance to disabled people and older people to enable them to access council services, that is, help with forms or online applications; and should requirements not exist, whether their introduction is being considered. [33719/24]
2024-07-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a date for the opening of the public consultation on the new draft Wind Energy Development guidelines. [30062/24]
2024-07-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the measures being taken to ensure that the planning system can process applications related to vital energy infrastructure in a timely manner. [30065/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average rent for the Skibbereen, Bantry, and Clonakilty local areas, by quarter, from 2019 to date. [29668/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing schemes which have been provided in Cork south west to date; and the details of future plans for affordable housing projects in the area. [29669/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [29997/24]
2024-06-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of changing places toilets available nationally, by location and date of opening, in tabular form. [27440/24]
2024-06-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether child maintenance will be disregarded from the housing assistance payment and differential rent scheme assessment operated by local authorities, following the announcement that child maintenance will be excluded from all social welfare means tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27072/24]
2024-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider extending the remit of the Residential Tenancies Board to cover all tenants under the rent-a-room scheme; to detail any work undertaken by his Department on this issue to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24810/24]
2024-05-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the number of social homes acquired through long-term leasing in Cork; to provide detail on the length and cost of each leasing agreement, from 2020 to date, by year and local area, in tabular form. [22543/24]
2024-05-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the number of social homes acquired through long-term leasing in Kerry; to provide detail on the length and cost of each leasing agreement, from 2020 to date, by year and local area, in tabular form. [22544/24]
2024-05-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department or the OPW has engaged with An Post in relation to buying the listed Skibbereen and Bantry post offices in order to keep them in community use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20343/24]
2024-04-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current number of social homes in Cork south west; and the number of vacant social homes in Cork south west.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18788/24]
2024-04-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people in receipt of the housing assistance payment in Cork, by local area, in tabular form. [17365/24]
2024-04-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a timeline is set for the process to recruit a Chief Executive Officer to Cork County Council; the term of the contract for the new CEO; and, if applicable, the number of candidates who have so far expressed an interest in the role. [14288/24]
2024-04-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the evidence on which the decision was made to close voting at 8 pm on Whiddy Island for the recent referendum on 8 March 2024, considering the polling officer and polling clerk are residents on the island thus are not limited by bad weather or the ferry timetable, which could be altered as necessary to facilitate voting; to extend voting times for future polling days on Whiddy Island back to 10 pm in line with the rest of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14309/24]
2024-03-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of developments that have requested to be taken in charge by local authorities but have not yet been taken in charge; if additional funding will be made available to enable local authorities to continue taking estates in charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12525/24]
2024-03-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken to fix all discrepancies and inaccuracies on the electoral register and bring it up to date in advance of the local and European elections in June; if he will provide further funding for local authorities to facilitate this major update of the register; and to detail the plan of action for continually keeping on top of changes. [13102/24]
2024-03-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to address the remaining trihalomethanes non-compliances in drinking water, in respect of the ECJ ruling that Ireland has failed to meet its obligations under the EU directive on safe drinking water since at least 2012. [9961/24]
2024-03-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in light of the numerous referenda and elections being held in 2024, he will consider alternative locations for polling stations to national schools to reduce the need for repeated school closures and many parents being forced to take unpaid leave; and if these considerations will be taken before the next referendum. [9962/24]
2024-03-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to restore all critical breeding and wintering sites for hen harriers; what steps he is taking to guarantee absolute protection for all nationally important hen harrier breeding and wintering grounds from afforestation, forestry activities, and wind farm development; and how he aims to provide support to farmers to ensure hen harrier protection across all key breeding and wintering grounds. [9964/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9809/24]
2024-02-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the practice of county councils increasing differential rent rates of those who are in receipt of disability allowance due to the €13 increase in the flat rate; and whether, given the increase in cost of living and the documented cost of disability, assessment of disability allowance under means testing for differential rent rates can be reviewed. [6994/24]
2023-11-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all EU Directives which have not yet been ratified within his Department; the estimated date of ratification of each Directive; and the deadline set by the EU for ratifying each Directive, in tabular form. [52710/23]
2023-11-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his attention has been drawn to UCC’s “Ireland’s Offshore Islands: Housing Needs Survey”; what measures he is taking to ensure housing options are made available to enable younger generations and full-time residents to remain on our offshore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52568/23]
…and 309 more questions on Housing
Transport337 questions
2026-03-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport whether the current rail accessibility system, which requires disabled passengers to request assistance in advance in order to travel, has been assessed against equality and human rights obligations. [19357/26]
2026-03-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to ensure disabled passengers can access rail travel independently in line with universal design principles. [19358/26]
2026-03-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the number of road deaths which have occurred in Cork, by road, from 2020 to date in 2026. [17898/26]
2026-03-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the number of road accidents which have occurred in Cork south-west, by road, from 2024 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [17899/26]
2026-03-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider the establishment of a statutory Road Safety Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17900/26]
2026-03-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the number and location of identified high-risk road routes, in tabular form; the measures he is taking to address safety on these high-risk routes; and if he will consider a rapid rollout of average speed cameras on these roads. [17901/26]
2026-02-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the number of air traffic controllers employed in each of the years from 2018 to date in 2026, by location, in tabular form. [15301/26]
2026-02-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the number of instances of airspace closures from 2024 to date in 2026, by month and location; to provide the reasons for these closures, in tabular form. [15302/26]
2026-02-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport whether his attention has been drawn to reported airspace closures due to staff shortages in air traffic control; his Department's recruitment strategy to fill these roles; and when it is expected to reach full staffing levels. [15303/26]
2026-02-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the number of air traffic controllers who have left their roles from 2018 to-date in 2026, by location; whether retention measures have been implemented to encourage qualified air traffic controllers from leaving their roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15304/26]
2026-02-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport whether he has considered the impact of the removal of the passenger cap on air traffic control operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15305/26]
2025-07-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to develop a bypass of Innishannon, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37383/25]
2025-07-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide the number and location of helicopters currently used by the coastguard service; the range and on-scene time of each helicopter; and whether each helicopter is certified to carry stretchered patients. [35283/25]
2025-07-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has issued specific criteria around the range, on-scene time capability and stretcher certifications required for helicopters in the coastguard and air ambulance fleets; and if so, whether he would provide these criteria. [35284/25]
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30784/25]
2025-04-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport how the estimated time to car test invite statistics are compiled by the RSA; whether his attention has been drawn to significant disparities in the times reported on the CSO website and the waiting period in reality (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21406/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20338/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20356/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20374/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20392/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of current wait times for driving tests at test centres across the country, in tabular form. [5877/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of lengthy delays in driving tests at Skibbereen test centre in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5878/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6241/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6258/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2045/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last ten years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2063/25]
2024-10-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to upgrade the road infrastructure leading to Castletownbere port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41897/24]
2024-09-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the specific steps that have been taken by the National Transport Authority to address taxi licensing issues, such as cars with tinted rear windows, and the provision of vehicles by hotels driven by unlicensed persons. [37309/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the provision of the Bandon relief road; the estimated cost of the project; and when it is expected to undergo works. [32804/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he would consider an update of the road entering Castletownbere port due to the level of activity in the port. [32823/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of all elevators in Irish rail stations; the elevators that are currently not in use; the length of time they have not been in use; and the reasoning thereof, in tabular form. [33511/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of all elevators at Luas rail stations; the elevators that are currently not in use, the length of time they have not been in use; and the reasoning thereof, in tabular form. [33512/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the current bus fleet serving west Cork, by local area; and the number of busses which are accessible to disabled passengers, by local area, in tabular form. [33513/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the total number of the current bus fleet by county; and the current number of busses which are accessible to disabled passengers, by county, in tabular form. [33514/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and, if not, whether he would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [30004/24]
2024-06-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider a fee waiver of the driver theory test for those on the disability allowance (details supplied) [27441/24]
2024-06-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide an itemised breakdown of the cost of operating a driver theory test. [27442/24]
2024-05-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he or his Department has been approached by the organisers of a group (details supplied) as regards offering the flotilla the Irish flag in order for them to sail lifesaving aid to Gaza; if so, to provide details of the engagement; and if he would consider allowing them to sail under the Irish flag. [21246/24]
2024-05-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a study (details supplied) into the dangers of headlight glare on road safety; if he will urge the EU to carry out a similar study on the dangers of headlight glare resulting from the use of LEDs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19696/24]
2024-05-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport for a status update on the implementation of the legislation required for speed limit reduction, as planned for Q1 of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19890/24]
2024-04-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the imbalance of roads funding applied to county councils (details supplied); whether his Department will undertake a review to ensure all councils are provided with the necessary funding to meet Departmental guidelines for road resurfacing; and whether funding will be released to Cork County Council to alleviate the shortfall in funding provided to date. [18600/24]
2024-04-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport in view that CIE RWS Scheme pensioners, receiving an average of €52 per week, have not had a pension increase since 2008, if he will consider increasing it in line with other similar scheme increases; if the cost-of-living element of the pay award given to Irish Rail and Dublin Bus staff will be passed on to retired staff also; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13694/24]
2024-03-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will reconsider resurrecting the Bantry line of the west Cork railway; if he will make funding available to run cost-benefit analysis of a west Cork railway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11731/24]
2024-03-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to relocate the NCT centre in Skibbereen; and if so, if he could provide details of the relocation and the rationale for doing so. [9960/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9816/24]
2024-02-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the current lack of bus services on Sherkin Island; what actions his Department are taking to restore access to public transport on the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7739/24]
2024-02-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to provide daily local bus services between Kealkill and Bantry, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8001/24]
2024-02-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport whether there is an independent complaints mechanism available for those who wish to submit complaints against the DAA; if not, whether his Department would consider establishing such a mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7224/24]
2024-02-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport what engagement he has had with residents affected by severe noise pollution as a result of flight paths in north County Dublin; what measures his Department is taking to assist these communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7225/24]
2024-02-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the current wait times for driving theory tests and driving tests in each test centre; and the number of people currently booked in for each in each test centre, in tabular form. [5590/24]
…and 287 more questions on Transport
Justice330 questions
2026-04-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of instances of fridges being removed from residents in IPAS centres; and if ample consideration is given to and provision made for, vulnerable people with medically mandated dietary requirements or medicines which may require refrigeration (details supplied). [27369/26]
2026-04-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if data is available on the number and type of complaints made under Coco's law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27412/26]
2026-03-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he will provide urgent assistance to Iranian academics, who have been accepted by Irish universities or hold valid hosting agreements for research positions in Ireland, and are awaiting visa processing before they can travel safely to Ireland. [20189/26]
2026-03-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí assigned to road policing in Cork from 2014 to date in 2026, by local station, in tabular form; [17902/26]
2026-01-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of domestic violence refuge spaces in each county; and the current number of available spaces in each county, in tabular form. [6481/26]
2025-07-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an application (details supplied) will be urgently reviewed. [39111/25]
2025-07-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration following on from a person in the international protection process being identified as having a disability related to a neurological condition, to outline the specific accommodations that are made in relation to applicable benefits, accessible housing, and subsidised travel, in line with the recommendations of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [38340/25]
2025-07-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to examine the case of an urgent stamp 4 renewal (details supplied) given the time sensitive nature of their application. [37928/25]
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30927/25]
2025-06-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if issues regarding a passport renewal for Irish residents who are citizens of Myanmar has been drawn to his attention; and if he would provide guidance on the matter (details supplied). [29674/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20332/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20350/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20368/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20386/25]
2025-04-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to detail the groups and stakeholders which were consulted as part of the review of the Sexual Offences Act 2017; whether the Department consulted active sex workers as part of said review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15253/25]
2025-03-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the visa requirements for missionaries visiting Ireland to proselytise; and to provide a breakdown of the number of visas issued, by organisation, from 2014 to date. [11715/25]
2025-03-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of the religious bodies and faith communities eligible for the minister of religion visa; and to outline the process and eligibility requirements for a religious body or faith community to qualify. [12230/25]
2025-02-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if he will detail all awards for the payment of money to the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB); and the eventual amount recovered by the CAB in relation to each award in the past ten years, in tabular form. [6572/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6235/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6253/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide details on the Government's proposals to legislate for the removal of guardianship rights from guardians who have murdered their child's parent; whether this is intended to be a standalone Bill or as part of larger reforms; and to provide a timeline for such reform. [1963/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the current level of gardaí and Civil Service staff in each Garda station, by rank, in tabular form. [2027/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2039/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the past ten years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2057/25]
2024-11-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown of staffing levels in the immigration service delivery visa division, specifically the number of staff currently allocated to processing appeals. [45206/24]
2024-10-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the reasoning for the decision to remove the 90-day visa-free travel to Ireland from South Africa for tourists; and whether she would reconsider this decision. [42323/24]
2024-10-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if she intends removing the in camera rule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39935/24]
2024-10-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice whether she intends introducing requirements for expert witnesses in court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39936/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of people who made reports to the Garda in regard to sexual assault or violent assault; the number who withdrew from the process after reporting; and if the reasonings for withdrawal are recorded by the Garda; and to provide the reasoning for withdrawal from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [31623/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if she would consider regulation around the prevalence of online advertising for gambling; and if she has engaged with social media and search engine companies in relation to the need to have an opt-out system for said advertisements for those in recovery from gambling addiction, separate to current systems which only allow an opt-out under child-safe browsing. [32825/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí stationed in County Cork, by station and role, in tabular form. [33507/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of Garda vehicle resources in County Cork, by station, in tabular form. [33508/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of Garda numbers, by role and station, per county, in tabular form. [33721/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by her Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and, if not, whether she would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [29998/24]
2024-07-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of serving gardaí who have ever been issued with a serving order, protection order, or barring order, in tabular form. [28482/24]
2024-07-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of serving gardaí who have, through internal garda investigations, been found to have engaged in domestic, sexual or gender-based violence, in tabular form. [28483/24]
2024-07-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have been dismissed from the force due to domestic, sexual or gender-based violence, from 2016 to date, in tabular form. [28484/24]
2024-07-02Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of serving members of An Garda Síochána who have received a criminal conviction for a violent crime and the number of An Garda Síochána who have been convicted of domestic, sexual or gender-based violence, in tabular form. [28175/24]
2024-07-02Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide the number of serving members of An Garda Síochána who are currently undergoing criminal proceedings for a violent crime; the number of gardaí who are currently undergoing criminal proceedings for domestic, sexual or gender-based violence, in tabular form. [28176/24]
2024-06-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps she will take to combat lenient sentencing in cases of violence against women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27683/24]
2024-05-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if the recent extension of stamp 1G permissions can be extended to spouses of non-EU PhD students, given the contribution such students make to the Irish economy and education sector. [23985/24]
2024-05-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide the data underpinning her recent claim that 80% of all asylum seekers in Ireland are entering the State via the North; to detail the methodology for the collection of this data; and to detail the timeframe over which this data was collected. [20281/24]
2024-05-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice whether all international protection applicants are asked whether they have travelled to Ireland via the UK as part of the standard interview; the number of IPO applicants over the past 12 months who have confirmed they did so; and the total number of IPO applications over the past 12 months. [20282/24]
2024-05-02Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice when the review of the IRP card fee will be completed; and if a reduction on these fees is anticipated for Budget 2025. [19993/24]
2024-04-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice what steps are being taken to alleviate the backlog in visa applications for family reunification; what steps are being taken to streamline the process going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14341/24]
2024-03-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the measures in place to alleviate the backlog and streamline the visa application process for family reunification. [11728/24]
2024-03-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice when it is intended to bring forward the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2023 for second stage debate. [12116/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to her Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9810/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if alternative arrangements are possible for those who cannot attend citizenship ceremonies in person due to ill health; if alternative arrangements can be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9817/24]
2024-02-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of visa application appeals for family reunification for immediate family members of Irish citizens that have not yet been decided upon; the number of weeks each appeal has been awaiting a decision; the business target for these appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7736/24]
…and 280 more questions on Justice
Environment283 questions
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20326/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20344/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20362/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20380/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the process for granting a mining license; to detail the number and location of mining licenses currently active; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5509/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the reasoning for the granting approval of a prospecting license in west Cork (details supplied); if he has been made aware of the concerns of local people in regard to possible future mining activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5510/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6229/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6247/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2033/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2051/25]
2024-07-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when it is intended to publish the electricity storage policy framework which was due to be published in Q2 of this year. [30063/24]
2024-07-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when it is intended to provide the definition and recognition of electricity storage in legislation and regulation; and if he will also provide detail on storage needs and targets, fire safety and management responsibilities and requirements. [30064/24]
2024-07-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether he plans on taking measures to improve public understanding of the need for battery energy storage system infrastructure, and information on the issues of concerns, as well as mitigation measures which will be in place; and if so to provide detail on these plans. [30066/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [29992/24]
2024-07-02Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has engaged with the Attorney General in relation to the Whiddy Island disaster; and to provide details on the Government’s plans to engage with victims’ families. [28239/24]
2024-05-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of households that were included in the NBP intervention areas, in error (details supplied); what engagement they have had with households, NBI and commercial providers on this issue; and the steps being taken to resolve it. [23708/24]
2024-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the work being conducted by his Department to ensure that there will be no undue planning delays for foreshore licences, given the transfer of authority from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; and to provide a status update and timeline for completion of an application (details supplied). [23376/24]
2024-05-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide the number of BER assessors assigned to each county, by year, from 2019 to date, in tabular form. [22433/24]
2024-05-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide the number of people currently waiting on a BER assessment and the length of time each has been waiting, by local area, in tabular form. [22434/24]
2024-05-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of time individuals are expected to wait before receiving a BER assessment; if his attention has been drawn towards instances of excessively long waiting periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22435/24]
2024-05-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to detail which companies are contracted to carry out works by the SEAI for each of its grant schemes; the work being conducted by each company; and the value of each contract. [22500/24]
2024-05-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current waiting times for a BER assessment, by scheme and local area, in tabular form. [22501/24]
2024-05-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to detail the employment arrangements for BER assessors who work with the SEAI; whether BER assessors are obliged to work alongside companies subcontracted by the SEAI to carry out works in relation to grant schemes; and if his attention has been drawn to assessors' concerns in regard to these arrangements. [22502/24]
2024-05-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that disabled people in rural areas cannot avail of the deposit return scheme as collection machines are not generally available in small retail outlets; and if he would consider introducing a grant to small retailers who cannot afford to purchase a collection machine. [21244/24]
2024-04-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if, following the CRU consultation on electricity generation and system services connection policy, he will support a second annual application window for renewable energy projects to connect to the electricity grid, in order to increase the number of grid connections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14293/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9804/24]
2024-02-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that offshore islands are exempt from the new EU legislation in regards to brown bin collection services; what food waste collection services are available to communities on offshore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7222/24]
2023-12-12Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on the progress in introducing the Aarhus Convention Bill. [54696/23]
2023-11-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a list of all EU Directives which have not yet been ratified within his Department; the estimated date of ratification of each Directive; and the deadline set by the EU for ratifying each Directive, in tabular form. [52705/23]
2023-11-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated date for the roll-out of fibre broadband to (details supplied). [52563/23]
2023-11-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and to detail what work his Department are conducting to address this issue in Bandon and across rural Ireland during the rollout of broadband. [49919/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47334/23]
2023-10-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average lifespan of a smart meter by model; the number of reported meter failures by model; and the average waiting period for smart meter repair. [45623/23]
2023-10-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the methodology used for estimated smart meter readings when a meter has failed; and the avenues individuals have to appeal these readings. [45624/23]
2023-10-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether a study would be conducted on the noise and air pollution present in Innishannon village centre. [44386/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the National Broadband Plan rollout for Bantry, County Cork; the measures he is taking to increase the speed of the rollout of broadband in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39492/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to detail the preparations being undertaken by his Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the guidance that is being issued by his Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39666/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what national commitments he will seek to make at the Sustainable Development Goals Summit; and to detail how civil society groups have been facilitated to participate in the development of these commitments. [40208/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether his attention has been drawn to an upcoming vote on the Critical Raw Materials Act in the European Parliament; what actions will be taken by his Department domestically in light of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40425/23]
2023-09-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide detail on how the NISA wind turbine project will be affected by the newly established SPA for birds in the area; to detail any assurances which have been given to the NISA wind turbine project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37959/23]
2023-07-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the proposed pay and pension increase for An Post workers; and when current and former An Post employees can expect to receive these increases. [37112/23]
2023-07-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures he is taking to ban the production and use of single-use plastics, aside from medical supplies; to encourage the development of environmentally friendly alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34824/23]
2023-07-06Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to promote the use of HVO as a diesel alternative. [33259/23]
2023-06-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a pensions agreement (details supplied) will be implemented. [30768/23]
2023-06-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide his response to a report (details supplied) concerning Ireland's implementation of the sustainable development goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30769/23]
2023-06-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a pensions agreement will be implemented (details supplied). [30776/23]
2023-06-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 789 of 13 June 2023, to outline the locations of the activities undertaken by IFI to improve habitat for salmon, including, but not limited to, habitat enhancement, barrier mitigation, stream maintenance and stock management; the amount spent annual on these activities; the systems in place to monitor the impact of these activities; any reports or findings from said monitoring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31076/23]
2023-06-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline his engagement with Inland Fisheries Ireland conceding the impacts of the Bandon Fish Pass on the flow of the River Bandon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29836/23]
2023-06-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to remove the registration fee per product under the deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29602/23]
2023-06-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to outline the measures he is taking to ensure that the deposit return scheme does not importunately impact on small-scale drinks producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29603/23]
…and 233 more questions on Environment
Social266 questions
2025-10-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for disability allowance appeals; and the number rejected over the past three years, in tabular form. [56466/25]
2025-10-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for disability allowance; the number rejected; and the number of those rejected who were successful on reapplication, in tabular form. [53548/25]
2025-10-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for carers allowance; the number rejected; and the number of those rejected who were successful on reapplication, in tabular form. [53549/25]
2025-06-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection for an updated timeline on the progress of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025. [33726/25]
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30781/25]
2025-05-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline if a reform of the half-rate carer's payment for people receiving a disability payment will be included as part of the Government's plans to phase out means testing the carers allowance; if this has been investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27762/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20335/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20353/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20371/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20389/25]
2025-02-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update and a proposed timeline, as per the commitment in the Programme for Government, when the means testing for carer’s allowance will be abolished. [7190/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the current amount of funding allocated to the rural social scheme; and the number of individuals in receipt of payment under the scheme, by local area, in tabular form. [6218/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants to the rural social scheme; and the number of rejected applications to the scheme, from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [6219/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update and proposed timeline for the removal of the means test for the carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5992/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6238/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6255/25]
2025-02-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a report of the inspections which took place in 2024 of schools participating in the hot school meals programme; and to provide a representative sample of lunches provided, with an ingredient and preparation method breakdown. [3999/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the current quality standards for hot school lunches; and the way these standards are monitored and maintained. [2873/25]
2025-02-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools under the hot meal programme currently; and the number of schools which have registered complaints with the quality of the food to the relevant office in his Department. [2874/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2042/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2060/25]
2024-10-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures, if any, in Budget 2025 which are aimed at decreasing the rate of unemployment among disabled people; and if funding for these measures are for additional services or for the continuation of existing services. [40236/24]
2024-10-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to issues with the voucher scheme run by the Sign Language Interpreting Service and Citizens Information Board specifically related to the limited availability of vouchers per person; and if she will consider increasing funding to the scheme in order to expand the amount of vouchers available. [38538/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the length of time allowable to leave the country for recipients of each form of social welfare and State pension; and whether the Minister would consider extending these allowances in order to grant people a freedom to travel. [31629/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to report on her engagements with National Advocacy Service workers in relation to their labour dispute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32812/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by her Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether she would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [30001/24]
2024-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection for an itemised breakdown of how the Budget 2023 allocation of an additional €1 million in funding to expand the provisions made under the Reasonable Accommodation Fund is being spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25248/24]
2024-04-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of the jobseeker’s benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19226/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to her Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9813/24]
2024-02-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allocating each application for carer's allowance to a specific staff member in the relevant section of her Department in order to prevent time-consuming repetition of providing information during the application process. [9170/24]
2024-02-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection whether her attention has been drawn to the non-payment of sign language interpreting services under the voucher scheme for interpreters, and the resulting cancellation of all interpreter bookings from 20 February 2024; whether she will ensure that this funding is released urgently in order to allow the deaf community to avail of ISL interpreters under the voucher scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7737/24]
2023-12-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on work ongoing to address the pay gap between Tús scheme supervisors and CE scheme supervisors; whether her Department will commit to meeting Tús committees and union representatives without further delay; the reason for the delayed response to their pay claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54311/23]
2023-11-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all EU Directives which have not yet been ratified within her Department; the estimated date of ratification of each Directive; and the deadline set by the EU for ratifying each Directive, in tabular form. [52714/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within her Department. [47343/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to detail the consultations which took place within her Department in the formation of the green paper on disability allowance. [48212/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the closing date for the public consultation on the green paper on disability allowance in order to allow disabled people and organisations ample time to submit their responses to the proposed changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48205/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection whether her Department has conducted any research into the social and structural barriers preventing people with disabilities from accessing employment; and whether this research fed into the construction of the green paper on disability allowance. [48206/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received for disability allowance; the number of applications refused; and the number of applications approved on appeal, from 2019 to date, by year, in tabular form. [48207/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details on the proposed structure of means testing under the green paper on disability allowance; how cohabitating couples will be assessed; and what the income threshold would be. [48208/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasoning behind the proposal to raise the age of access to the disability allowance from 16 to 18 years of age in her Department’s green paper on disability allowance; to detail the research that went into the basis for this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48209/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection whether the cap of a €20,000-per-annum scholarship income disregard for PhD students who are in receipt of disability allowance will be raised in light of the increase to PhD stipends announced by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48210/23]
2023-10-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if, given the ongoing high cost of energy, she would consider changes to the fuel allowance threshold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43247/23]
2023-10-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of old-age pensioners who have been deemed ineligible for the fuel allowance due to residing with someone who does not qualify for the payment; and the number of OAPs deemed ineligible for the fuel allowance due to residing with an adult child, from 2018 to date. [42401/23]
2023-10-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the issue of old-age pensioners being unable to access the fuel allowance due to adult children moving back into their parents' home; whether her Department will review the eligibility requirements for the fuel allowance in light of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42402/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to detail the preparations being undertaken by her Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the guidance that is being issued by her Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39675/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she would consider extending eligibility of the fuel allowance to those in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40427/23]
2023-09-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has considered adjusting the free travel pass scheme for carers to accommodate joint caring arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37654/23]
2023-07-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of community welfare officers, by INTREO office, from 2011 to date, in tabular form. [35654/23]
2023-07-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in light of the cost-of-living crisis, her Department plans to extend eligibility for the fuel allowance to persons employed under the job initiative scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35868/23]
2023-07-06Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to address the findings of the Cost of Disability in Ireland – Research Report. [32538/23]
…and 216 more questions on Social
Further and Higher Education244 questions
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30775/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the work being undertaken in his Department to increase access to third level education for disabled people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20284/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20329/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20347/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20365/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20383/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6232/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6250/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2036/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2054/25]
2024-09-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the make-up of the board of Taighde Éireann; the number of researchers currently on the board; and the method for appointment. [35163/24]
2024-09-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total level of funding provided by Taighde Éireann; the breakdown of the level of funding provided to different categories of research for example, basic and applied; and the institution associated with each research project in receipt of funding, in tabular form. [35164/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to explain and address the pay discrepancy between personal assistants working in further education and funded by either the HEA or Solas (details supplied). [29163/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [29995/24]
2024-06-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when all ETB tutors can expect their new contracts to be issued. [27328/24]
2024-06-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he can ensure that historic disparities between ETB tutors and teachers in other settings are being addressed in the new contracts, and that ETB tutors are now treated on parity with teachers in other settings. [27329/24]
2024-05-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will work with his Cabinet colleagues about furthering the recent extension of the stamp 1G permissions to cover spouses of non-EU PhD students. [23987/24]
2024-05-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there exists a discrepancy in how travel and subsistence payments are taxed for those carrying out examinations as part of FET, as compared with those working for the State Examinations Commission; and if so, to provide a reasoning for these arrangements. [23283/24]
2024-05-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of FET examiners currently available to carry out examinations; and to provide a numerical list of available examiners between 2021 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [23284/24]
2024-03-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the phase 6 training for electrical and instrumentation in SETU Carlow is still scheduled for April 2024; why notification of the training has not been issued yet; and if he will give a date by which notification of training will be issued to apprentices so they can plan accordingly. [10053/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9807/24]
2024-02-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether he would review the internal process within SUSI for classifying students under 23 years of age as being irreconcilably estranged from their parents; if he is aware that students who have become estranged from their parents after having aged out of TUSLA’s remit, must receive a court order to prove their estrangement; if alternative, less expensive avenues to prove estrangement can be introduced ahead of the upcoming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7735/24]
2023-12-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the case of apprentices (details supplied); whether he will take steps to ensure off-the-job training will be arranged in SETU Carlow as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53857/23]
2023-12-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprenticeship programmes operating in the State; the number that have experienced delays in arranging off-the-job training in education centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53858/23]
2023-11-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of all EU Directives which have not yet been ratified within his Department; the estimated date of ratification of each Directive; and the deadline set by the EU for ratifying each Directive, in tabular form. [52708/23]
2023-11-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what avenues are available to student nurses who feel they have been unfairly treated on placement; and what appeal mechanisms are in place for student nurses who wish to contest the grading of their placement. [52564/23]
2023-11-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail the work ongoing in his Department to provide adult education tutors with a public service contract or incremental salary scheme; and to provide a timeline for its implementation. [49918/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47337/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what financial supports can be made available to graduate entry medical students who are struggling with high course fees and a lack of loan provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47905/23]
2023-10-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in regard to the need for regulation of digs-style accommodation arrangements. [45584/23]
2023-10-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will increase HEI block grants to facilitate an increase in university awarded PhD stipends in line with the stipends awarded through the Science Foundation of Ireland and the Irish Research Council. [45583/23]
2023-10-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether he would consider approving a course (details supplied) for tax relief. [44983/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail the preparations being undertaken by his Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the guidance that is being issued by his Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39669/23]
2023-06-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he will publish the National Review of State Supports for PhD researchers. [31071/23]
2023-06-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on providing PhD researchers who are non-EEA citizens with updated residency visas with a four-year duration; if he has engaged with the Minister for Justice on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31072/23]
2023-06-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on enabling PhD research to have access to the PRSI system and to access sick leave and parental leave; if he has engaged with the Minister for Social Protection on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31073/23]
2023-06-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding options available to Irish students pursuing degree programmes in other jurisdictions when there is no comparable course available in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30482/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what continual funding will be put in place to ensure that the SUSI grant payments are reflective to the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27205/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27657/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27675/23]
2023-06-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to reform the SUSI application process. [26396/23]
2023-06-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline his engagement with Minister for Housing, Local Government, and Heritage concerning the provision of student accommodation. [26395/23]
2023-05-31Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide annual funding for an inclusive dance course (details supplied) which accommodates people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26525/23]
2023-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department and public bodies/agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species, such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24263/23]
2023-05-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under his Department being progressed in Cork South West, including the current status of each project and the planned completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23309/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23031/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [23049/23]
2023-04-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to reform the student grant scheme. [20052/23]
2023-04-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that ETB tutors are given full-time contracts including holiday pay cover and pension entitlements. [19075/23]
2023-04-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that the remuneration received by ETB tutors is allotted on an incremental basis comparable with other educational professionals and reflecting experience/years of service. [19076/23]
…and 194 more questions on Further and Higher Education
Finance221 questions
2026-03-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there are plans to review or modernise the primary medical certificate legislation; and if these plans could be outlined. [21388/26]
2025-06-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the matter of mortgages and loans being refused to disabled people and those with chronic illnesses due to being classed as 'high risk' by financial institutions; and if he has examined measures which would provide these groups greater access to loans and mortgages. [32322/25]
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30773/25]
2025-06-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the volume and value of whiskey exports to the United States in 2023 and 2024; if his department has calculated the impact of possible 30% tariffs on tax revenue, and if so, if he would provide detail on this. [29240/25]
2025-04-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20345/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide the details of revenue raised by taxation of dog breeding establishments; from 2018 to date, in tabular form. [19162/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20327/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20363/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20381/25]
2025-03-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the number of rent tax credit claims which have been made annually in County Cork, by local area, from 2022 to date, in tabular form. [11012/25]
2025-03-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of indemnity insurance requirements excluding people in bankruptcy from practicing as therapists; and if this exclusion is continued after they are discharged from their bankruptcy. [9318/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6230/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6248/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2034/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2052/25]
2024-09-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the exclusion of mead, categorised often as other fermented beverages, specifically those sold under CN code 2206, from the small cider producer excise relief scheme; and if he will consider including it in Budget 2025. [37308/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by their Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [29993/24]
2024-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider expanding the criteria for the primary health care certificate to include persons with a single upper body amputation; if there are plans to update the criteria more broadly to reflect modern living and working conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24809/24]
2024-04-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the number of dwellings eligible to pay the vacant homes tax in Cork, by local area, in tabular form. [17364/24]
2024-03-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance whether legally divorced persons who have no legal interest in any property are excluded from the help to buy scheme; and if so, the reasoning behind this policy. [11729/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9805/24]
2023-11-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of all EU Directives which have not yet been ratified within his Department; the estimated date of ratification of each Directive; and the deadline set by the EU for ratifying each Directive, in tabular form. [52706/23]
2023-11-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance whether his Department would consider making it mandatory for any film or TV co-productions shooting in Ireland to engage local Irish performers on equal terms and conditions as any visiting performer whose fees are subsidised by state bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52569/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47335/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to detail the preparations being undertaken by his Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the guidance that is being issued by his Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39667/23]
2023-07-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to engage with an organisation (details supplied) concerning the implications of changing VAT rates on hospitality services. [32228/23]
2023-07-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking in response to a recent increase in interest rates for people with mortgages on their family homes. [32527/23]
2023-06-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the provision of a grant-aided, needs-based vehicular adaptation scheme to replace the disabled drivers and disabled passenger's scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30770/23]
2023-06-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address rate insurance premiums faced by SMEs. [29564/23]
2023-06-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the rates charged to hospitality businesses by financial institutions for transactions carried out with cards. [29565/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the fuel grant element of the disabled drivers' and passengers scheme facilitates disabled drivers charging their electric car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27204/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27655/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27673/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the larger transaction charges imposed on SMEs, especially in hospitality and retail, by the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27736/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on adjusting the capital acquisitions tax thresholds for individuals without children to assign a relative or relatives from Group B - a brother, sister, niece, nephew or lineal ancestor or lineal descendant of the disponer as a primary beneficiary who is treated the same as a child for the purposes of the capital acquisitions tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27737/23]
2023-05-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on extending the small cider producer excise relief scheme to include mead as a premium Irish product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25807/23]
2023-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if his Department and public bodies/agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species, such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24261/23]
2023-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking in response to rising mortgage repayments on family homes as a result of the ECB increasing interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24795/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23029/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [23047/23]
2023-05-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline his responsibility in determining special regeneration areas under the Living City Initiative; the criteria that is used to define these areas; if he is reviewing the criteria to expand the SRAs to enable more families avail of the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21920/23]
2023-05-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons' that have availed of the Living City Initiative in each eligible area to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21921/23]
2023-05-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to assist sporting organisations that cannot access insurance cover at a reasonable cost. [21232/23]
2023-05-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to addresses high insurance premiums for SMEs. [21233/23]
2023-05-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide tax incentives to support the tillage sector, including to adjustments to tax-free land rental incomes to incentivise the leasing of land for tillage or horticulture purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21237/23]
2023-05-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will adjust the rent tax credit to enable a person renting a room from a relative to claim the credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21238/23]
2023-05-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking in response to concerns from trustees of a sporting organisation regarding registering with the Central Register of Beneficial Ownership of Trusts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21342/23]
2023-05-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on adjusting the qualifications for single person child carer credit to apply to both parents when they are legally separated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21349/23]
2023-05-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if the small cider producer excise relief scheme will be extended to include other fermented beverages, such as mead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21679/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on engaging with the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to offer an individual a boat which was been decommissioned under the Brexit voluntary permanent cessation scheme as compensation relating to a High Court ruling (details supplied). [17218/23]
…and 171 more questions on Finance
Rural186 questions
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30926/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount provided to each local authority annually in order to employ veterinary inspectors and dog wardens, by local authority, from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [19154/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail the actions his Department undertakes in order to implement the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19155/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether his Department maintains a register of all veterinary inspectors and dog wardens hired by local authorities in order to carry out functions under the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; if so, to provide detail of the number of each role employed under each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19156/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether his attention has been drawn to the disparity among local authorities in regard to their regulation of dog breeding practices, such as a disparity in requirements for registering on a dog breeding establishment register, regular inspections by a county vet, and planning permission for dog breeding establishments; whether his Department has issued local authorities with guidance in regard to regulating dog breeding establishments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19157/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether his Department maintains a register of all dog breeding establishments in the country; and, if so, to provide a list of all establishments, by county, in tabular form. [19158/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department maintains a register of county vet inspections to dog breeding establishments; if so, to provide the number of visits per establishment conducted in 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19159/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of all local authorities that operate a register in accordance with the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; and to detail the work conducted by his Department to ensure that local authorities are monitoring all dog breeding establishments. [19160/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether his attention has been drawn to the work of an organisation (details supplied); and to outline funding streams which may be available to them to continue and expand their social enterprise. [20285/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20334/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20352/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20370/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20388/25]
2025-02-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update in regards to planned works at Rosscarbery playground, County Cork (details supplied); when it is expected to receive a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8756/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6237/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6533/25]
2025-02-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether the urban regeneration and development fund could be replicated for rural towns and villages in order to support sustainable and regenerative development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4726/25]
2025-02-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail the funding avenues available for sports, arts and community facilities and amenities in growing towns and villages. [4727/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2041/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last ten years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2059/25]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail her Department’s plan to invest in amenities for the Bandon area in County Cork. [33509/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by her Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether she would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [30000/24]
2024-05-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the work being undertaken by her Department to support the further development of communities on the Beara Peninsula. [21214/24]
2024-05-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available by her Department to address vacancy and dereliction in rural towns and villages. [21215/24]
2024-05-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the work of the town centre-first policy. [21216/24]
2024-04-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding and grants available to communities that wish to establish community arts centres; and if she would consider the establishment of an arts centre in Bandon, County Cork. [17352/24]
2024-04-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding currently available to each local authority for dog wardens and animal welfare inspectors; when dog wardens and an animal welfare inspector will be appointed in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14314/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to her Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9812/24]
2023-11-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of all EU Directives which have not yet been ratified within her Department; the estimated date of ratification of each Directive; and the deadline set by the EU for ratifying each Directive, in tabular form. [52713/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within her Department. [47342/23]
2023-10-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of new approved participants in the senior alert scheme for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [45237/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail the preparations being undertaken by her Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the guidance that is being issued by her Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39674/23]
2023-07-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures his Department is taking to improve recreational facilities and services for young people in Wexford town. [36396/23]
2023-07-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the CLÁR measure 1 funding for community facilities and amenities will be announced. [33460/23]
2023-07-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the process by which a closure order for a premises engaged in dog breeding is withdrawn, including the list of rationales for a withdrawal. [32222/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the step she is taking to support and promote employment and remote working on offshore islands. [28363/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to improve public infrastructure on offshore islands. [28362/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of social media videos posted on each of her Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27662/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department, and public bodies and agencies under her remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27680/23]
2023-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department and public bodies/agencies that operate under her remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species, such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers, and beehives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24268/23]
2023-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline her engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Communications, and Climate concerning the subsea cable to Sherkin Island, which has been out of order since November 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24357/23]
2023-05-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under her Department being progressed in Cork South West, including the current status of each project and the planned completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23322/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of social media posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23036/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under hers remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [23054/23]
2023-05-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to work with Tidy Towns committees locally and nationally to encourage the protection of nectaring habitats by restricting mowing and hedge cutting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21345/23]
2023-04-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide her response to a report (details supplied) from the Heritage Council's CTCHC Programme, Tipperary Town Revitalisation Task Force, and Tipperary County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19955/23]
2023-04-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline her engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to improve the provision of housing on offshore islands. [19394/23]
2023-04-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to support and promote employment and remote working on offshore islands. [19393/23]
2023-04-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide her response to the recommendation in the UCC report Housing and Sustaining Communities on the west Cork Islands to support young families on the islands through services and infrastructure, including free ferries where access to schooling is not available on the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18608/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide her response to the recommendation in the University College Cork report: 'Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands', to "establish a gateway housing programme for the islands to attract newcomers, ensuring that plans are put in place to ensure the availability of housing for those wishing to remain on the island full-time at the end of the trial period". [17505/23]
…and 136 more questions on Rural
Enterprise173 questions
2026-02-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his attention has been drawn to the 2024 acquisition of the Whiddy Island terminal by a US corporation (details supplied); the decision making process for allowing the acquisition to go ahead; whether the company’s environmental and human rights track record were considered as part of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8392/26]
2026-02-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether Ireland has implemented our FDI screening mechanism; whether this policy was used to oversee the acquisition of the Whiddy Island terminal by a US corporation (details supplied); whether the company’s environmental and human rights track record were considered as part of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8393/26]
2025-09-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if they would investigate reopening the ICOB application process for appeals by businesses who missed the original deadline. [49977/25]
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30923/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the work being undertaken in his Department to increase access to employment for disabled people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20282/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20325/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20343/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20361/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20379/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6228/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6246/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2032/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2050/25]
2024-10-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports which will be made available for businesses in Cork which were affected by recent flooding; and when they will be open for application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41559/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by their Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [29991/24]
2024-04-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that will be make available for small businesses struggling with the increased cost of operating a business. [17042/24]
2024-04-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s plans to implement the statutory sick pay scheme. [17043/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9803/24]
2023-11-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of all EU Directives which have not yet been ratified within his Department; the estimated date of ratification of each Directive; and the deadline set by the EU for ratifying each Directive, in tabular form. [52704/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47333/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail the preparations being undertaken by his Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the guidance that is being issued by his Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39665/23]
2023-07-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that persons adjudicating in State industrial relations mechanisms have training on disability matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32227/23]
2023-06-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to address food price inflation. [30760/23]
2023-06-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to address rising rates of food prices, including his engagement with larger retailers and wholesalers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29601/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27653/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27671/23]
2023-05-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on actions to address an aspect of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25118/23]
2023-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department and public bodies/agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species, such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24259/23]
2023-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on actions to address Recommendation 1.2 in the Report of the SME Taskforce: National SME and Entrepreneurship Growth Plan to ‘Remove the cost and availability of insurance as a barrier to the start-up and growth of SMEs and to the types of businesses that can be established. Review the extent to which there is a systemic market failure problem in Ireland’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24344/23]
2023-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking in response to large retailers offering the same products at different prices depending on whether a consumer has access to a loyalty card system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24545/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23027/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [23045/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking in response to working conditions being unilaterally changed by workers employed to fulfil orders for a retailer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23117/23]
2023-05-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to improve the employment rates among individuals with disabilities. [21884/23]
2023-03-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a grant for self-employed disabled people and disabled entrepreneurs to employ a non-disabled person to help them run their business. [12775/23]
2023-03-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that staff receive their full wages in a timely manner from a former employer. [13053/23]
2023-03-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will engage with the concerning the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022 (details supplied). [14003/23]
2023-02-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his response to the report by an organisation (details supplied) which shows that nearly two-thirds of retail workers are earning less than €451 per week. [8584/23]
2023-01-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will add fishers to the critical skills occupations list to enable them to be eligible for employment under the critical skills permit system, reflecting skills and worker shortages in this vital area. [2268/23]
2022-12-06Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the number of persons employed in all bodies/agencies under his remit, including the number of persons who have full or part- time permanent contracts; the number of persons on temporary contracts; and the number of persons who have had their contracts terminated. [60366/22]
2022-11-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that the supports available to employees with disabilities are offered in comparable forms to self-employed disabled people and disabled entrepreneurs. [55429/22]
2022-11-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to providing a grant for self-employed disabled people and disabled entrepreneurs to employ a non-disabled person to help them run their business. [55430/22]
2022-11-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the number of employment permits applied for, and issued, to holders of Russian passports from March 2022 to date, and for the corresponding period in 2021, in tabular form. [55653/22]
2022-10-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking to provide target supports to self-employed disabled people and disabled entrepreneurs. [53271/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces within his Department and the workplaces of public bodies and agencies under his remit, including a list of said buildings which do and do not have these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50338/22]
2022-10-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to reform and streamline the recruitment process of non-European Union and European Economic Area nationals and the fast-tracking of the processing of critical skills employment permits relating to the shortage of healthcare professionals for the nursing home sector. [48085/22]
2022-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and bodies under the Department’s remit. [45577/22]
2022-09-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking to fast-track the processing of critical skills employment permits relating to healthcare professionals for the nursing home sector. [44962/22]
2022-09-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking to improve the employment rates among persons with disabilities. [44963/22]
2022-09-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that he is proposing to support SMEs struggling to meet rising energy bills. [45127/22]
…and 123 more questions on Enterprise
Tourism140 questions
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expected timeframe for the publication of the 3-Year Action Plan for 2025-2027 for the National Plan for Irish Language Public Services; to detail the objectives of the action plan; to detail any impact the plan will have on the provision of public services in the Gaeltacht areas over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19132/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20337/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20355/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20373/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20391/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6240/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6257/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current number of registered short-term lets (details supplied), by local area, in tabular form. [1962/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2044/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2062/25]
2024-10-02Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the use of AI generative art by An Post; if her Department has issued any guidelines to public bodies around the use of AI generative art; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39353/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of short-term lets in operation in Cork, by local area, in tabular form. [32807/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on the regulation of short-term lets. [32806/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide detail on all funding which has been allocated historically to an organisation (details supplied), by year, in tabular form. [33510/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by her Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether she would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [30003/24]
2024-04-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding and grants available to communities that wish to establish community arts centres; and if she would consider the establishment of an arts centre in Bandon, County Cork. [17353/24]
2024-03-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details on the arrangements for the national famine commemoration this year. [9819/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to her Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9815/24]
2023-11-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of all EU Directives which have not yet been ratified within her Department; the estimated date of ratification of each Directive; and the deadline set by the EU for ratifying each Directive, in tabular form. [52716/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within her Department. [47345/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to detail the preparations being undertaken by her Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the guidance that is being issued by her Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39677/23]
2023-07-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by the tourism sector in rural Ireland due to the rate of inflation and rising cost of living; what measures her Department is taking to assist the tourism sector in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37114/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the percentage of social media videos posted on each of her Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27665/23]
2023-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department and public bodies/agencies that operate under her remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species, such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24271/23]
2023-05-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she its taking to support festivals in meeting rising operating costs. [23338/23]
2023-05-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide her response to the recommendation in the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media’s report Working Conditions - and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector - that she ‘engage with Cabinet colleagues with a view to nominating a single Government Department to retain direct oversight of and responsibility for all aspects of Ireland’s tourism and hospitality sector, to include working conditions and training and recruitment.’ [23339/23]
2023-05-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under her Department being progressed in Cork South West, including the current status of each project and the planned completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23323/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the percentage of social media posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23039/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under hers remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [23057/23]
2023-05-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking regarding the lack of accessibility at a publicly funded tourist attraction (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21686/23]
2023-04-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline her engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communication concerning online trolling and other online abuse targeted at LGBTQ+ young people. [18601/23]
2023-03-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding opportunities that are available for sports clubs to assist them in facilitating children and young people resident in direct provision centres participating in club activities, including funding for transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15510/23]
2023-03-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to address rates of online abuse targeted at LGBTQ+ people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13715/23]
2023-03-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to the online trolling and other online abuse targeted at LGBTQ+ young people. [13691/23]
2023-02-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to support the hospitality sector, specifically with regard to tourism, in rural areas. [8583/23]
2023-01-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the development of new infrastructure at Garrylucas Beach, Ballinspittle, County Cork, which was announced in April 2021. [2309/23]
2022-10-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide details of her engagements with the Minister for Foreign Affairs concerning negotiations with governments of other states to ensure the return of antiquities and historical objects held in museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions which originated from this country. [54104/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces within her Department and the workplaces of public bodies and agencies under her remit, including a list of said buildings which do and do not have these facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50350/22]
2022-09-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to address rising costs of operation for the hospitality sector, specifically with regard to their impact on tourism. [47326/22]
2022-09-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline her engagements with representatives of the hospitality sector, with specific regard to tourism, since 1 January 2022. [47327/22]
2022-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps that she is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by her Department and state agencies and bodies under the Department’s remit. [45589/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when applicants will be informed of the decisions concerning the small-scale local festivals and summer schools scheme; when the allocated funding will be distributed to successful applicants; and if there is an appeals mechanism for unsuccessful applications. [40796/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way that her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit met their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 in 2021, including the way that relevant policies and actions are monitored and the way that the obligation is reflected in their annual reports. [41379/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies; the total number of members of each board; the numbers on each board broken down according to gender; and the number of persons with a declared disability on each board in tabular form. [41397/22]
2022-07-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which her Department owns and public bodies and agencies under her remit to offer people with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene, in safety and comfort. [38728/22]
2022-07-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way that her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit are implementing action 32 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38746/22]
2022-06-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to support the live performance sector. [32415/22]
2022-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit that operate in direct contact with members of the public have policies in place for members of the public to report instances of sexual harassment or assault that occur on the property of her Department or each public body and agency under her remit; if so, if these policies are publicly accessible on the relevant website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31751/22]
2022-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit have policies in place for employees to report instances of sexual harassment or assault that occur involving other employees or members of the public or on the property of her Department or each public body and agency that operate under her remit; if so, if these policies are publicly accessible on the relevant website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31770/22]
2022-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if assistance will be provided to run a community-run swimming pool that has been affected by rising energy prices.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31776/22]
…and 90 more questions on Tourism
Foreign128 questions
2026-03-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail the works being done by her Department to repatriate Irish citizens in the middle east; whether she has engaged with European counterparts to collaborate on the evacuation of Irish citizens; and when it is expected to be able to begin repatriation flights. [18721/26]
2025-12-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consider providing diplomatic assistance or engagement to assist in securing the safe return of children and staff abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic primary and secondary schools in Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria (details supplied); if she could outline any assistance provided to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68599/25]
2025-12-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of preparations for the expected visit of President Zelenskyy; and the date and time on which her Department was given notice as to whether the visit would go ahead or not. [68879/25]
2025-09-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether his Department will provide emergency travel documentation to a family (details supplied); and whether his Department is currently engaging with the individuals concerned. [48503/25]
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30774/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20328/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20346/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20364/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20382/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6231/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6249/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details on the Government's proposed changes to the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; the reasoning for such changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1967/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2035/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2053/25]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [29994/24]
2024-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to detail funding and resources provided by Ireland to organisations for the maintenance and establishment of field hospitals in Gaza; whether his department has been approached in regards to providing support for the establishment of a field hospital in Al Mawasi; and to detail what support the state can provide to medical professionals in Gaza seeking international assistance for the establishment and running of a field hospital. [25512/24]
2024-05-02Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports of German police banning the use of the Irish language at gatherings outside of the Reichstag building in Berlin; whether he or his Department has engaged with German or EU authorities in relation to this incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20001/24]
2024-03-06Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will consider cooperating with other states in conducting air drops of food and other aid into Gaza. [10839/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9806/24]
2024-02-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason there is no phone line available for the travel emergency section of his Department; how individuals experiencing travel emergencies who cannot operate email are able to engage with this section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8002/24]
2024-02-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide the value of property funded or donated by Ireland in the West Bank which has been damaged by Israeli settlers since 7 October 2023; whether the State is pursuing any legal action to recuperate costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7221/24]
2024-02-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if his Department will engage with the family of the person in Ireland in order to ensure safe passage out of Gaza. [5938/24]
2024-02-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has met with or received any correspondence from representatives of South Africa in regards to their case against Israel in the International Court of Justice; and if so, if he would provide details of the correspondence. [5589/24]
2024-01-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what efforts his Department is making to ensure the safe release of a person (details supplied) from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56555/23]
2023-12-12Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has reached out to his counterpart in the United States, or other representatives of the United States government on the situation in Gaza; and if so, to provide details on these engagements. [55228/23]
2023-11-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a list of all EU Directives which have not yet been ratified within his Department; the estimated date of ratification of each Directive; and the deadline set by the EU for ratifying each Directive, in tabular form. [52707/23]
2023-11-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether, in light of the Taoiseach’s recent comments, his Department is actively considering a change to the conditions on which Ireland will provide aid to vulnerable people and communities in Palestine; whether the Minister or his Department has engaged with the Taoiseach on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52337/23]
2023-11-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has investigated whether US military aircraft passing through Shannon Airport towards US military bases in Europe then proceed to travel to Israel, Syria or Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52338/23]
2023-11-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline the process for ensuring that all US military aircraft which pass through Shannon Airport are not carrying weapons or munitions of war. [49571/23]
2023-11-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of US military aircraft which have refuelled in Shannon Airport to date in 2023; and the following destination for each aircraft, in tabular form. [49572/23]
2023-11-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he will call on Pakistan to halt the forced deportation of 1.7 million Afghan refugees; and to detail the work being conducted by his Department on the issue. [49921/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47336/23]
2023-10-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to press for the renewal of the mandate of the UN assistance mission in Afghanistan when it expires in March 2024. [43711/23]
2023-10-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has considered bringing forward an action in the International Court of Justice against Afghanistan over the violation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. [43712/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to detail the preparations being undertaken by his Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the guidance that is being issued by his Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39668/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27656/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27674/23]
2023-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department and public bodies or agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species, such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24262/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to facilitate the evacuation of Irish residents from Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22743/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23030/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [23048/23]
2023-05-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to help address the humanitarian need in Sudan as a result of hostilities in the region. [21239/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking in response to increased tensions in Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17701/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking in response to increased tensions in Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17959/23]
2023-03-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure the timely processing of an application for Irish citizenship (details supplied). [12464/23]
2023-03-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to address the backlog of applications to the foreign birth registry system. [12787/23]
2023-03-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will address the delays in an individual's application to the foreign birth registry system (details supplied). [12788/23]
2023-03-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine concerning the State's response to non-Irish registered super trawlers fishing in Irish territorial waters. [13984/23]
2023-03-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to secure the release of an Irish citizen imprisoned in another jurisdiction (details supplied). [14004/23]
2023-01-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of his engagement with the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning recent protests for women’s rights and the treatment of protestors by state security services. [2425/23]
…and 78 more questions on Foreign
Public102 questions
2023-01-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the flood relief scheme in Bantry, County Cork. [2093/23]
2022-12-06Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood relief scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork will be officially completed. [60375/22]
2022-11-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the flood relief scheme in Bantry, County Cork. [56220/22]
2022-11-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken by the OPW to ensure buildings it has responsibility for are fully accessible for persons with disabilities, including having a suitable toilet and changing places facilities. [56221/22]
2022-10-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces within his Department and the workplaces of public bodies and agencies under his remit, including a list of said buildings which do and do not have these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50346/22]
2022-10-04Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief scheme in Bantry, County Cork. [46990/22]
2022-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and bodies under the Department’s remit. [45585/22]
2022-09-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to ensure the implementation of a pensions agreement by a semi-State body (details supplied). [44315/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit met their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 in 2021, including the way that relevant policies and actions are monitored and the way that the obligation is reflected in their annual reports. [41375/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies; the total number of members of each board; the numbers on each board broken down according to gender; and the number of persons with a declared disability on each board in tabular form. [41393/22]
2022-07-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and public bodies and agencies under his remit to offer people with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene, in safety and comfort. [38724/22]
2022-07-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing action 32 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38742/22]
2022-07-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on adjusting travel and subsistence rates given increasing travel costs. [35553/22]
2022-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that operate in direct contact with members of the public have policies in place for members of the public to report instances of sexual harassment or assault that occur on the property of his Department or public body and agency under his remit; if so, if these policies are publicly accessible on the relevant website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31748/22]
2022-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place for employees to report instances of sexual harassment or assault that occur involving other employees or members of the public or on the property of his Department or each public body and agency that operate under his remit; if so, if these policies are publicly accessible on the relevant website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31767/22]
2022-05-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [24312/22]
2022-05-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23861/22]
2022-05-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23054/22]
2022-05-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in languages besides English or Irish between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that featured languages besides English or Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23072/22]
2022-05-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit included closed captioning and or subtitling between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23090/22]
2022-04-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken by the OPW to ensure that buildings it has responsibility for are fully accessible for people with disabilities, including having suitable toilet and changing places facilities. [21418/22]
2022-04-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to trial natural flood management as part of flood relief schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21657/22]
2022-04-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of trees that have been planted as part of each flood relief scheme nationally since 1 January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21658/22]
2022-04-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit run apprenticeship programmes or are directly engaged in the training of apprentices; if so, the number of apprentices involved; the specialities in which they are being trained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19589/22]
2022-04-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit facilitate internships by students engaged in full-time or part-time further and higher education courses; if so, the number of interns his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit accept annually; if any or all of these interns receive remuneration of any kind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20012/22]
2022-04-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if defibrillators are installed in all offices and buildings accessible by the public in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19176/22]
2022-03-31Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to identify and address gender pay disparity in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17363/22]
2022-03-31Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to encourage active travel modes to and from work in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17382/22]
2022-03-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken by the Office of Public Works to ensure that buildings it has responsibility for are fully accessible for persons with disabilities including having suitable toilet changing places facilities. [11087/22]
2022-02-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of all current and proposed flood relief schemes for County Cork. [10497/22]
2022-01-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the flood relief scheme in Bantry, County Cork. [2543/22]
2022-01-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood relief scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork will be officially completed. [2618/22]
2021-12-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62531/21]
2021-11-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to improve accessibility across national monument sites under the care of the OPW for persons with disabilities including persons with mobility restrictions and persons with visual and hearing impairments. [57396/21]
2021-11-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood relief scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork will be officially completed. [55905/21]
2021-11-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities in all publicly accessible Departmental buildings to offer persons with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene in safety and comfort. [55906/21]
2021-10-12Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of women on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of women. [49565/21]
2021-09-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief scheme in Bantry, County Cork. [45593/21]
2021-09-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood relief scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork will be officially completed. [45592/21]
2021-09-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the locations of all offices and buildings either owned or used by his Department or by public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit which are usually open to the public to access services. [44918/21]
2021-09-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that all staff in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit who, by necessity of their work have to come into close proximity with others, including other employees or members of the public are provided with medical grade masks in the EN14683 category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44379/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are accommodating requests for persons to work from home. [42762/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the completion of the flood relief scheme in Bantry, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42800/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the completion of the flood relief scheme in Skibbereen County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42801/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the completion of the flood relief scheme in Bandon, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42802/21]
2021-09-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the completion of the flood relief scheme in Clonakilty, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42803/21]
2021-07-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38497/21]
2021-07-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 32 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38514/21]
2021-07-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the social impact assessments carried out by his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit since 1 January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37298/21]
2021-07-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made towards action 24 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [38085/21]
…and 52 more questions on Public
Defence98 questions
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30769/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20323/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20341/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20359/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20377/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6226/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6244/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2030/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2048/25]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his office has ever received correspondence from the Defence Forces seeking powers to suspend members pending a criminal trial; and if so, the date and details of the correspondence. [29135/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by their Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [29989/24]
2024-07-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of serving members of the Defence Forces who have ever been issued with a serving order, a protection order, or a barring order, in tabular form. [28485/24]
2024-07-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of serving members of the Defence Forces who have, through internal Garda investigations, been found to have engaged in domestic, sexual or gender-based violence, in tabular form. [28486/24]
2024-07-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who have been dismissed from the force due to domestic, sexual or gender-based violence, from 2016 to date, in tabular form. [28487/24]
2024-06-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the procedures in regard to senior members of the Defence Forces attending the criminal trials of Defence Force members; to provide the guidance given to members of the Defence Forces around providing character references at such trials; and if he would consider a review of these procedures. [27681/24]
2024-06-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of times senior members of the Defence Forces have attended the trials of Defence Force members in an official capacity; the number of times senior members of the Defence Forces have provided character references at the trials of Defence Force members in an official capacity; from 2018 to date, in tabular form. [27682/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9801/24]
2023-11-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all EU Directives which have not yet been ratified within his Department; the estimated date of ratification of each Directive; and the deadline set by the EU for ratifying each Directive, in tabular form. [52702/23]
2023-11-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many women in the Defence Forces did not submit official complaints of abuse due to fears of repercussions; and whether, in light of this, the terms of reference for the inquiry into the Defence Forces could cover ‘incidents of abuse’ rather than being confined to ‘complaints of abuse’. [49922/23]
2023-11-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act could be explicitly included in the terms of reference for the inquiry into the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49923/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47331/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to detail the preparations being undertaken by his Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the guidance that is being issued by his Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39663/23]
2023-06-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to improve recruitment and retention rates in the Defence Forces. [29552/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27651/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27669/23]
2023-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department and public bodies/agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species, such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24257/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to address staffing shortages in the Defence Forces. [19970/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to address systematic sexual harassment and assaults in the Defence Forces. [19971/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will facilitate the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence having an oversight role in the appointment of individuals to the Independent Oversight Board for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22742/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23025/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [23043/23]
2022-10-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces within his Department and the workplaces of public bodies and agencies under his remit, including a list of said buildings which do and do not have these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50336/22]
2022-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and bodies under the Department’s remit. [45575/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit met their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 in 2021, including the way that relevant policies and actions are monitored and the way that the obligation is reflected in their annual reports. [41365/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies; the total number of members of each board; the numbers on each board broken down according to gender; and the number of persons with a declared disability on each board in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41383/22]
2022-07-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and public bodies and agencies under his remit to offer people with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene, in safety and comfort. [38714/22]
2022-07-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing action 32 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38732/22]
2022-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit in direct contact with members of the public have policies in place for members of the public to report instances of sexual harassment or assault that occur on the property of his Department or each public body and agency under his remit; if so, if these policies are publicly accessible on the relevant website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31738/22]
2022-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place for employees to report instances of sexual harassment or assault that occur involving other employees or members of the public or on the property of his Department or public body and agency that operate under his remit; if so, if these policies are publicly accessible on the relevant website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31757/22]
2022-05-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [24302/22]
2022-05-12Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the steps that he is taking to improve reporting mechanisms for personnel in the Defence Forces who are experiencing sexual abuse, harassment and bullying. [23496/22]
2022-05-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23851/22]
2022-05-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23044/22]
2022-05-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in languages besides english or Irish between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that featured languages besides english or Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23062/22]
2022-05-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit included closed captioning and or subtitling between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23080/22]
2022-05-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to recognise the contribution of the members of the Defence Forces in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. [23143/22]
2022-04-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit run apprenticeship programmes or are directly engaged in the training of apprentices; if so, the number of apprentices involved; the specialties in which they are being trained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19580/22]
2022-04-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit facilitate internships by students engaged in full-time or part-time further and higher education courses; if so, the number of interns his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit accept annually; if any or all of these interns receive remuneration of any kind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20002/22]
2022-04-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence if defibrillators are installed in all offices and buildings accessible by the public in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19166/22]
2022-03-31Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to identify and address gender pay disparity in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17353/22]
…and 48 more questions on Defence
Taoiseach77 questions
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30782/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20354/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20372/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20390/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6239/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6256/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2043/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2061/25]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [30002/24]
2024-07-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the informal meeting of the European Council on 17 June 2024. [28142/24]
2024-07-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent telephone call with President Biden. [28143/24]
2024-07-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [28144/24]
2024-07-02Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [28139/24]
2024-07-02Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [28140/24]
2024-07-02Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach for an update on the outcomes of the child poverty and well-being summit. [28141/24]
2024-05-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet. [17528/24]
2024-05-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being unit. [17527/24]
2024-05-01Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [17526/24]
2024-03-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9814/24]
2024-02-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if he will ensure that the Covid-19 inquiry terms of reference comply with domestic and international human rights law; what steps will be taken to ensure the inquiry is carried out with full transparency to the public; and if the inquiry will be chaired by a Judge or someone of a similar standing with knowledge of the State's investigative obligations. [7723/24]
2024-02-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if the Covid-19 inquiry will give formal status to bereaved families and other interested parties who have suffered as a result of Covid-19; and to detail how such groups will be permitted to participate and contribute to the inquiry. [7724/24]
2024-02-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide details on the investigation into the leak of the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, including the time period in which it was conducted, the amount and grade of staff members assigned to the investigation and the budget allocated for the investigation. [6573/24]
2023-12-12Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if he will consider requesting that the CSO conduct a regular victims of crime survey in order to capture data on crime which is not reflected in Garda statistics due to a lack of reporting. [54699/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within his Department. [47344/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to detail the preparations being undertaken by his Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); and the guidance that is being issued by his Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive. [39676/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language. [27664/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public. [27682/23]
2023-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if his Department and public bodies/agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species, such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives. [24270/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations. [23038/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [23056/23]
2022-10-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces within his Department and the workplaces of public bodies and agencies under his remit, including a list of said buildings which do and do not have these facilities. [50349/22]
2022-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the steps that he is taking to increase the percentage of electric or hybrid vehicles owned by his Department and state agencies and bodies under the Department’s remit. [45588/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit met their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 in 2021, including the way that relevant policies and actions are monitored and the way that the obligation is reflected in their annual reports. [41378/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies; the total number of members of each board; the numbers on each board broken down according to gender; and the number of persons with a declared disability on each board in tabular form. [41396/22]
2022-07-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and public bodies and agencies under his remit to offer people with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene, in safety and comfort. [38727/22]
2022-07-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing action 32 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38745/22]
2022-06-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that operate in direct contact with members of the public have policies in place for members of the public to report instances of sexual harassment or assault that occur on the property of his Department or public body and agency under his remit; if so, if these policies are publicly accessible on the relevant website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31753/22]
2022-06-21Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place for employees to report instances of sexual harassment or assault that occur involving other employees or members of the public or on the property of his Department or public body and agency that operate under his remit; if so, if these policies are publicly accessible on the relevant website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31754/22]
2022-05-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [24315/22]
2022-05-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives [23864/22]
2022-05-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations [23057/22]
2022-05-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in languages besides English or Irish between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive; the percentage of same that featured languages besides English or Irish. [23075/22]
2022-05-10Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit included closed captioning and or subtitling between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022, inclusive [23093/22]
2022-04-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if defibrillators are installed in all offices and buildings accessible by the public in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit. [19181/22]
2022-04-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit run apprenticeship programmes or are directly engaged in the training of apprentices; if so, the number of apprentices involved; and the specialities in which they are being trained. [19592/22]
2022-04-26Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit facilitate internships by students engaged in full-time or part-time further and higher education courses; if so, the number of interns his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit accept annually; and if any or all of these interns receive remuneration of any kind. [20015/22]
2022-04-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the steps he is taking to identify and address gender pay disparity in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit. [17369/22]
2022-04-05Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the steps he is taking to encourage active travel modes to and from work in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit. [17388/22]
2022-03-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach his views on the Central Statistics Office automatically assigning male or female sex to those who choose not to declare on the 2022 census form. [15065/22]
2022-03-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the options that are available to persons who do not identify as either female or male on the 2022 census form. [15066/22]
…and 27 more questions on Taoiseach
Public Expenditure37 questions
2025-11-12Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the original and revised commencement dates for the Mill Culvert Upgrade Project in Bantry, County Cork; the reason the timeline has been moved; and the interim measures which have been put in place to date. [62088/25]
2025-11-12Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the person or body responsible for the monitoring of OPW water-level sensors (details supplied). [62089/25]
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30925/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20333/25]
2025-04-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20351/25]
2025-03-19Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether his Department has circulated advice on instances where a civil servant is serving a custodial sentence for a serious violent crime; and if he could provide detail of this advice, and the impact such a conviction would have on the individual’s employment status within the civil service. [11005/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6236/25]
2025-02-18Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6259/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2040/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last ten years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2058/25]
2025-01-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether any consideration is given to the treatment of staff when accepting bids for public tenders, such as the presence of clear pay scales, payment of wages above minimum wage, union recognition, and WRC and Labour Court cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2064/25]
2024-10-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when works on improving the culvert system in Bantry will begin; the stage of the process the works are currently at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41560/24]
2024-10-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to detail all of the flood protection projects currently underway in Cork; the stage of the development process each are currently at; the expected timeline for completion of each; and the expected costs associated with each, in tabular form. [41561/24]
2024-09-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the projected planning application submission timeframe for the Midleton flood relief scheme. [33849/24]
2024-09-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the voluntary homeowner relocation scheme will be made available to people who were impacted by the floods of October 2023 and whose properties will remain undefended by flood relief schemes into the future. [33850/24]
2024-09-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has any plans in respect of east Cork to draw on flood defence programmes internationally which have successfully deployed land use changes to build up flood resilience in a relatively short period of time and without the need for lengthy planning processes as are associated with standard flood relief schemes. [33851/24]
2024-07-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [29999/24]
2024-04-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of residents per county who accessed the voluntary homeowner’s relocation scheme for people whose houses flooded in 2015; if the scheme is currently open to people impacted by more recent floods and if not, if he plans to re-open it. [18746/24]
2024-02-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been made available by the EU. [9811/24]
2023-11-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a list of all EU Directives which have not yet been ratified within his Department; the estimated date of ratification of each Directive; and the deadline set by the EU for ratifying each Directive, in tabular form. [52712/23]
2023-11-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within his Department. [47341/23]
2023-09-20Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to detail the preparations being undertaken by his Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the guidance that is being issued by his Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39673/23]
2023-07-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will consider a review of the rate of pay for conservation officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36394/23]
2023-07-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by the hospitality sector in rural Ireland due to the rate of inflation and rising cost of living; what measures his Department is taking to assist the hospitality sector in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37115/23]
2023-07-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether his Department has conducted a review into the appropriate height of footpaths in relation to accessibility for those with mobility issues; and if so, what guidance is provided to those contracted to carry out the construction of new footpaths. [37116/23]
2023-07-25Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether an accessibility review was conducted in relation to the redevelopment of Bandon town centre; whether disabled parking bays will be provided close to amenities in the town centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37117/23]
2023-07-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when it is intended to replace the temporary boulders at the fish pass in Bandon with a permanent structure; the estimated cost of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34823/23]
2023-06-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the flood relief schemes in Cork South-West. [30759/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27661/23]
2023-06-13Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27679/23]
2023-05-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department and public bodies/agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species, such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24267/23]
2023-05-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the Bantry flood relief scheme. [23546/23]
2023-05-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the Skibbereen flood relief scheme. [23547/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the percentage of social media posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23035/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform how his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [23053/23]
2023-05-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the steps he is taking to ensure that degrees undertaken by State employees paid for by public monies are suitable for the areas they are working in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23122/23]
2023-02-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the Skibbereen flood defence scheme will be complete, given current delays are holding up necessary road works on the N71. [7757/23]
Employment20 questions
2020-07-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria used by registrars under the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 to assess the way in which a proposed marriage is deemed to be a marriage of convenience. [20143/20]
2020-07-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason contribution conditions for the invalidity pension include a condition (details supplied). [15896/20]
2020-07-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow persons to exclude savings for a specific purposes, for example, to purchase a home, to be excluded from means-testing for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14572/20]
2020-06-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a time extension will be committed to regarding pandemic supports to photography and videography businesses in order to provide the certainty required for members of an organisation (details supplied) to keep their companies. [12657/20]
2020-06-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the extension of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment will be extended beyond the current timeline for the small public service vehicle industry. [12658/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending the pandemic unemployment payment to those who were in full-time employment prior to the crisis and are now full-time carers as a direct result of the pandemic. [11528/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide additional exceptional payments for carers to access equipment to enable them to safely and effectively work, for example, PPE and additional work clothing. [11530/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance who have availed of the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [11532/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 9 June 2020 and her contribution to the Dáil debate of 28 May 2020, if she will clarify the position regarding the future clawback of the pandemic unemployment payment (details supplied). [11533/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will not be subject to forms of clawback in the future. [10148/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance who have lost employment due to Covid-19. [9361/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be a supplementary payment to support persons on disability allowance to supplement their income if they are unable to return to work (details supplied). [9362/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the firewall will continue with regard to information sharing with the Department of Justice and Equality on social welfare payments for migrant workers (details supplied). [9363/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending payment eligibility to those who have lost employment due to Covid-19 but reside in direct provision. [9364/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to review the anomalies in operational guidelines on disability allowance (details supplied). [9365/20]
2020-05-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to a response during Leaders' Questions on 30 April 2020, if short-term emergency rent supplement will be progressed which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months and-or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency. [7048/20]
2020-05-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will put in place a short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months and-or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency as the Minister with responsibility for the coordination of the emergency Covid-19 response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence [8206/20]
2020-05-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to secure safe housing for a period of three months and-or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency. [8202/20]
2020-05-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on enabling full-time students that cannot get usual part-time or seasonal employment due to Covid-19 temporary access to the jobseeker's allowance or a comparable allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8213/20]
2020-05-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure all meat plant workers whose health or employment has been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 clusters are provided with the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment and illness benefit. [8215/20]
Culture16 questions
2025-07-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider providing funding to a theatre (details supplied) as a production created specifically for Leaving Certificate English students across Munster; if he will advise on alternative funding avenues which may be available; and if he will consider funding annual productions in line with the Leaving Certificate curriculum in the future. [39558/25]
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30928/25]
2020-07-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Toon Wood, Macroom, County Cork, will be designated as a natural heritage area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20140/20]
2020-07-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Garrylucas bog, County Cork will be designated as a natural heritage area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20141/20]
2020-07-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the recent destruction in the Mealagh Valley, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15894/20]
2020-07-14Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of prosecutions relating to wildlife crimes under the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2012 and the European Communities Birds and Natural Habitats Regulations 2011 from January 2014 to May 2020, inclusive, in tabular form. [15895/20]
2020-07-07Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the obligations of the NPWS on proposed natural heritage areas. [14574/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when persons that own homes on offshore islands but do not reside there can travel to the islands.
[13511/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated date for the publication of the islands action plan. [13512/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on putting in place funding to provide public toilet facilities on each offshore island. [13513/20]
2020-06-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of sites on the list of proposed natural heritage areas by county; and when they will be designated as natural heritage areas. [12663/20]
2020-06-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the recent destruction of sensitive marsh habitats in Garrylucas, Garrettstown, Kinsale, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12664/20]
2020-06-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an exception will be made for ferries to offshore islands to allow persons social distance at 1 m with compulsory face masks in order to ensure the viability of the services. [12665/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expected date non-resident travel to offshore islands can resume under the reopening roadmap. [11534/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of reported cases of wildlife illegal poisonings and or killings from January 2016 to April 2020, in tabular form; and if in each case a person or persons were prosecuted. [9393/20]
2020-05-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason non-resident tourist travel to offshore islands can only resume in phase 5 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business while tourism activities in the rest of the country with appropriate restrictions are being facilitated in phase 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7049/20]
Climate9 questions
2025-06-11Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30924/25]
2020-09-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the implications of the upcoming policy statement on banning the importation of fracked gas on the planned LNG project by the Port of Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26218/20]
2020-09-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks if his attention has been drawn to allegations that local authorities are allowing construction waste to be buried under road projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26219/20]
2020-09-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks his views on introducing ecocide as criminal offence in legislation.. [25202/20]
2020-09-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks his views on the fact that the Irish State is working with other countries towards ecocide becoming a recognised crime in international law through the relevant EU and UN bodies. [25203/20]
2020-09-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the process for granting foreshore fishing licences in Bantry and Kenmare Bay; the number of licences sought; the number of licences granted; the entitlements accompanying a licence and the permissions granted or not granted in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24664/20]
2020-09-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks if his attention has been drawn to the UNEP report Enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for Food Systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24667/20]
2020-09-15Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks if terrestrial television broadcasts will be required to include subtitles. [24180/20]
2020-09-08Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the steps he is taking to ensure sufficient broadband access is provided in rural areas to facilitate online learning. [21735/20]
Business8 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to evidence indicating that injuries and fatalities related to agriculture are increasing; and the steps he is taking to address the matter. [13508/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason Covid-19 is not classified as an occupationally acquired illness under health and safety legislation. [13514/20]
2020-06-23Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if it will be ensured that all grants and supports are accessible by businesses which operate on offshore islands (details supplied). [12655/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the systems in place to ensure supermarkets and other retail spaces are adhering to Covid-19 guidelines. [11541/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if supports or grants will be put in place for businesses that operate from privately-owned home premises in view of the fact the restart grant being issued by local authorities is inequitable as it only caters for businesses paying commercial rates. [11543/20]
2020-06-16Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of employment permits issued to boners of meat from August 2015 to April 2020, in tabular form. [11544/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workers in the meat processing industry who are stamp 1 or stamp 2 from January 2016 to April 2020, in absolute and percentage terms relating to the total number of workers in the sector in tabular form. [9385/20]
2020-05-27Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on establishing a rental support scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises adversely affected by the Covid-19 emergency similar to that provided to private home renters. [8200/20]
Community5 questions
2020-09-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the funds granted to villages with a population of under 1,000 persons under the town and village renewal scheme by each local authority area between 1 January 2017 and 1 September 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26221/20]
2020-09-24Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands her plans to increase digital infrastructure and connectivity in County Cork in view of the increased number of persons working from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26222/20]
2020-09-22Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the status of the roll-out of broadband connection points in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25206/20]
2020-09-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the steps taken to advance the commitment in the Programme for Government to improve connectivity and access for rural dwellers to work, study, social activities and public services while reducing car dependence. [24320/20]
2020-09-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands if she will expand the 2020 town and village renewal scheme outline for accelerated measure in response to Covid-19 to enable more communities to avail of this funding. [24321/20]
Communications4 questions
2020-07-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the manifesto by an organisation (details supplied) on climate justice. [20130/20]
2020-07-28Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure sufficient broadband access is provided in rural areas to facilitate online learning. [19162/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the situation in which workers have to work in their cars in a church carpark in Bandon, County Cork due to poor broadband in areas close to Bandon (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13517/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the provision of broadband for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13518/20]
Media2 questions
2020-09-29Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if south-west County Cork will be included as a designated area for inclusion in the regional film development uplift; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26552/20]
2020-09-17Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if Údarás na Gaeltachta will continue to fund Gaeilge based initiatives in third-level institutes to the same levels as previous years in view of the fact it now falls under the remit of her Department. [24648/20]
How they're voting583 votes cast · 100% with Social Democrats
Financial Resolution No. 2: Natural Gas Carbon Tax
2026-04-14 · 1 vote
✓voted fora budget financial resolutionmotion passed · 115–52
Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax
2026-04-14 · 2 votes
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Confidence in Government
2026-04-14 · 1 vote
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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
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✗opposed the schedulethe week's Dáil business schedulemotion passed · 93–74
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2026-03-03 · 1 vote
✗opposed the schedulethe week's Dáil business schedulemotion passed · 84–68
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✗opposed the schedulethe week's Dáil business schedulemotion passed · 79–65
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2026-02-17 · 1 vote
✗opposed the schedulethe week's Dáil business schedulemotion passed · 79–63
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2026-02-10 · 1 vote
✗opposed the schedulethe week's Dáil business schedulemotion passed · 85–68
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2026-02-04 · 1 vote
✗opposed the schedulethe week's Dáil business schedulemotion passed · 79–63
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-01-27 · 1 vote
✗opposed the schedulethe week's Dáil business schedulemotion passed · 82–59
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-01-20 · 1 vote
✗opposed the schedulethe week's Dáil business schedulemotion passed · 80–67
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
2026-01-13 · 1 vote
✗opposed the schedulethe week's Dáil business schedulemotion passed · 84–67
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2025-12-09 · 1 vote
✗opposed the schedulethe week's Dáil business schedulemotion passed · 76–67
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2025-11-25 · 1 vote
✗opposed the schedulethe week's Dáil business schedulemotion passed · 83–63