1033. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he would support a ban on the importation of non-native honeybee; and to outline the work being conducted by his Department on protections for the native Irish honeybee. [41776/26]
165. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the work undertaken by her Department in regard to the possibility of the introduction of menstrual leave for workers; if her Department will consider progressing legislation to this effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40390/26]
810. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of non-coursing greyhounds placed in foster care centres/care homes under a programme (details supplied) from 1 January to 31 March for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in-2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37248/26]
811. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the total number of greyhounds homed by a centre (details supplied). [37249/26]
1193. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the support that can be provided for out-of-hours patient care when a GP has to withdraw from arrangements such as South Doc (details supplied). [37582/26]
483. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he is aware that his Department has excluded political staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas from accessing the 3% local bargaining fund under Building Momentum, despite the 2022 agreement which linked political staff to public service pay agreements; whether he has been made aware that…
294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to define the emergency in the context of emergency works funding; and the way a school can act proactively to prevent harm if funding applications are repeatedly denied due to being deemed as not 'sudden and unforeseen' (details supplied). [31577/26]
301. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if CH04 is currently accepting adult ADHD assessments; the number of people on the waiting list; the average wait time; if CH04 currently is fully staffed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27859/26]
283. Deputy 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]
288. Deputy 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]
449. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of drinking water used by data centres in Ireland annually; whether his Department has conducted research to project the water usage of data centres into the future; and if his Department has conducted, or is conducting, research on the sustainability of data centres water usage. [25230/26]
1220. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proposed solution to the issue of providing substitution cover for primary school teachers who return to work after maternity leave and wish to avail of breastfeeding breaks; and the timeline in which this solution may be rolled out. [23625/26]
1472. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an agreement will be reached to ensure school caretakers are not left without pay during the upcoming school summer holidays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26090/26]
1527. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the published results of her Department’s Primary School Patronage Survey excludes the responses of parents of pre-school children and parents of children who currently attend multi-denominational schools; the criteria used to determine which responses were included in the final reported outcomes; and if she will commit to releasing the full dataset…
3160. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if a decision not to reimburse a treatment Omaveloxolone sold under the brand name Skyclarys will be reviewed given it is the only pharmaceutical treatment available for treating Friedreich's Ataxia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26180/26]
412. Deputy 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 activ…
441. Deputy 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]
442. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for orthodontic treatment in the southwest region. [23203/26]
362. Deputy 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]
473. Deputy 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]
474. Deputy 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]
817. Deputy 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]
818. Deputy 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]
840. Deputy 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]
869. Deputy 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]