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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: This week a primary school teacher told me about an incredibly upsetting incident in their classroom where they asked the children to draw out their house and mark the name of the rooms as Gaeilge and one child got very upset and whispered to their teacher that they could not do the exercise because they did not have a home. That is one of the 4,316 children who are homeless. The damage...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: How is Ireland different to the rest of Europe?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. A leading pediatrician has issued a stark warning about the dire impacts of child homelessness. Dr. Aoibhinn Walsh has said that children are presenting with rickets, anaemia, faltering growth, extreme tooth decay and skin conditions like scabies. Children with autism or intellectual disabilities experience additional trauma from overcrowded...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: Yesterday at the launch of the summer economic statement the Taoiseach stated that the budget will support people with disabilities. If the Government is serious about that commitment, this budget has to deliver more than one-off measures. It has to address the structural issues around income inequality for disabled people, including a weekly cost-of-disability payment and an increase in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: Section 39 organisations still do not have pay parity.

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: I thank everybody who contributed to the debate. The Minister correctly identified that changing cultures and institutions is not easy and takes time. We know that. That is why it is so frustrating that the relatively easy first steps, such as updating and introducing regulations, simply have not been done. If the Government is not willing to do the easy stuff, how on earth can we have...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: I move: That Dáil Éireann: commends Natasha O'Brien, Bláthnaid Raleigh, the Women of Honour, women in the Football Association of Ireland, and all of the women whose bravery in speaking out about domestic, sexual and gender-based violence has shone a spotlight on this insidious crime and highlighted the need for radical reform; notes that: — domestic, sexual and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (10 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when it is intended to publish the electricity storage policy framework which was due to be published in Q2 of this year. [30063/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (10 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 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]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (10 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 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]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (10 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a date for the opening of the public consultation on the new draft Wind Energy Development guidelines. [30062/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government 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]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: The conviction of taxi driver Raymond Shorten for the rape of two young women and one young child is shocking. This serial predator faces sentencing later this month, which is a matter for the courts. The case has caused significant public revulsion and alarm. Women get taxis at night not just to get home, but to get home safely without having to worry about being attacked. The notion...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (9 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 75. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Communications (9 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Communications (9 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 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]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 123. To ask the Taoiseach 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]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Communications (9 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 132. To ask the Taoiseach 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]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Communications (9 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Communications (9 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 223. To ask 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]