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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: But there will be no regulator

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: After diagnosis, would two separate instruments have to be drafted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: It is worth pointing out to the Minister of State that the Irish Dementia Working Group has pointed out issues around that when a person receives a diagnosis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I have a final question on the national policy on access to services and how well integrated it has been.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: Children's services. It is probably a separate example but it is the children's services in terms of integration I am wondering about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: No, these are for children trying to get from the Beara peninsula into Bantry for education purposes. I had a Topical Issue matter on it yesterday that was taken by the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte. The HSE gave a response stating that there was a bus service, and the Minister herself said that all she had to do was google it to realise there was not. The local Society of St. Vincent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: That would be great. It is as McArdle said that there should be one point of contact and then the stuff is there for you afterwards. That is just not the case for most people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: Education.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability, Mental Health and Ageing: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: There is an issue there for sure, if that could be looked into. The last question is about the name of the ADHD app.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister of State for her response and engagement with this issue. She mentioned that people in west Beara have approached Local Link. I assure the Minister of State that I have also met with Local Link on this issue. It is doing everything it can to try to find additional funding support. At present, it simply does not have the funds to provide an additional service. It...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: A group of young adults in Beara, west Cork, need a bus to access training and day services in Bantry, which is more than an hour's drive for some of them. These are incredibly important facilities that not only offer education but also give them social, emotional, and employment opportunities. This issue initially arose during the summer when the need became apparent. However, it became...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Sales (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify that an individual will be permitted to sell turf, bought from another individual with turbary rights, in farmers’ markets under the new solid fuel regulations. [57013/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on ensuring that biofuels are exempted from carbon tax and excise duty. [57011/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a student (details supplied) who requires a laptop as assistive technology is provided with this essential equipment. [57012/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify that persons attending recognised training courses who are receipt of a qualifying payment will be eligible for the one-off €500 disability support payment. [57015/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to provide specialist gynaecology services for individuals with down syndrome. [57014/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide details of the funding allocated to all producer organisations in the fishing sector annually since 1 January 2018, including the total amounts as of 31 October 2022. [57010/22]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I wish to put on the record our frustration and disappointment that it was only during lunchtime that we got an email from the committee secretariat advising us that the majority of the amendments that Deputies Funchion and Ward and I had submitted had been ruled out of order because they have financial implications under Standing Order 212. In effect, that means the substantive changes that...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I was speaking about the need for a review after six months. The Minister said he thinks that is too soon because there would not be time to flesh it out and to see how the legislation is working. The point I think we are all trying to make is that we do not need six months to know that the legislation is unsuitable and outrageous in that it excludes, for example, people who spent less than...