Results 1-20 of 254 for long speaker:Holly Cairns

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...for the Israeli investigation to take place before declaring it a mistake. Meanwhile, Germany continues to supply Israel with weapons. German military exports to Israel have increased tenfold. For too long the international community’s reaction to conflicts like this is to defer to America but the Americans will not act to stop Israel’s carnage. Joe Biden has made it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Holly Cairns: I warmly welcome the Government's decision to recognise the state of Palestine. The Social Democrats have long called for the Government to match its strong words on the carnage in Gaza with action, and this is a powerful move which sends a commanding message. That message is one of hope, peace, justice and freedom for an imprisoned Palestinian people being massacred by a brutal occupier....

Dentistry Services: Motion (22 May 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...dentists on forms. The clinics these people were based on are apparently still operating because no one has the power to stop them. The Department of Health has been dragging its feet for too long and it is time the Minister committed to reforming the dental profession. We need basic regulation to ensure patient safety because people have been left completely vulnerable to fraud and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...dental services have been completely abandoned by successive health Ministers. Every child in this country should have three free check-ups during primary school, but waiting lists have got so long that some children are not being seen until they are in transition year. The number of dentists with a public contract has plummeted from 1,450 in 2012 to only about 600 today. On top of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Building Energy Rating (21 May 2024)

Holly Cairns: ..., Climate Action and Environment 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]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 May 2024)

Holly Cairns: 349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government 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]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 May 2024)

Holly Cairns: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government 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]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...to the job but Fine Gael certainly is not, and this Government is not. The Taoiseach's party has been in office for 13 years now. Clear commitments have been given, including a commitment to end long-term leasing. The practice of long-term leasing is actually just one of those broken promises. The Taoiseach is now promising that it will be phased out, just like when Deputy Micheál...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...numbers. That will go out to consultation. A finalised breakdown and composition of those numbers will be published in the autumn. There is no broken promise in relation to the phasing out of long-term leasing. The exact commitment the Government has consistently given is that it will end by the end of 2025.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...since the then Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, gave a very clear commitment. In response to questions from my colleague, Deputy Catherine Murphy, he said he was opposed to the State entering long-term leasing deals for social homes. To quote him directly he said, "No local authority should be on the other side of this, engaging in a long lease with these institutional...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...break is not enough for fields to dry out. This has been an absolutely devastating time for farmers across all sectors. Some livestock farmers are having to provide supplementary feed for much longer periods than expected as animals remain indoors. Slurry tanks are at capacity and farmers’ silage and fodder stocks are depleted. Many are struggling to afford to buy additional...

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: I want to start by warmly welcoming the members of the Stardust families who are here today. It has been a long and difficult road to justice but their perseverance, courage and deep love of their family members has brought us here to this historic, but long overdue, day. It is less than a week since the jury in the Stardust inquest returned the verdicts that families and survivors have...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (23 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: 569. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to address the shortages in childcare staff in the short and long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17982/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (18 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...availability of the mobile BreastCheck mammogram service in Bantry; and whether he would ensure the provision of a mammogram service in west Cork to ensure access to care for those unable to drive long distances. [17106/24]

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...own expert reports and implement change. That final part - implementation - is what has been missing and it is the only thing that will make a difference. The Minister does not have to wait any longer to take action. There are things the Government could do this week that would make a significant difference. It could recognise the cost of disability with a cost-of-disability payment....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...? Will he outline to the House, when considering them, what position he is coming from? Does he understand why these things need to be changed and why considering it now, a year later, is far too long for the women who have been forced to travel and for the ongoing suffering? Every day women are still travelling.

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: ..., which is that successive Government plans have not worked and are not working. This Government and previous governments have had endless opportunities to get housing right. People have waited long enough. Last year alone, 21,000 people left for Australia. Others are leaving for Canada, Dubai and elsewhere. Many do not want to go, but they feel they are being forced out because a...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...need a Government that will provide pay parity for section 39 workers if we are to have any hope of staffing our children's disability network teams. We need a firm commitment to naming the date for the long overdue ratification of the optional protocol. People's lives are being destroyed due to completely inadequate or non-existent services. These are services that the Government does...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...Catherine Day report after the fact, instead of immediately starting work on six State reception centres and 700 modular homes, the Government’s response has been shambolic, with no sign of medium- or long-term planning. If the Government had followed the recommendations of the report, the sixth reception centre would be delivered this year. Not only are we nowhere near having...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...prices and rents but they are locking out first-time buyers. The Government recognised that the stamp duty needs to change. It has not yet. What was the result of the review and why is it taking so long?