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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (1 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 496. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the disability capacity review report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29271/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Institutionalisation and the Inappropriate Use of Congregated Settings: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: I thank all the witnesses for appearing before the committee. The dignity and rights of those individuals affected is at the heart of this subject for me and for this committee. Our systems still have a kind of paternalistic attitude that views people with intellectual disabilities as requiring care, rather than enabling them to live as independently as possible and appropriate. Choices in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Institutionalisation and the Inappropriate Use of Congregated Settings: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: I just remind the Chair that I posed three questions to the witnesses in total.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Institutionalisation and the Inappropriate Use of Congregated Settings: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: My next question is for Professor Gulati, who spoke about the disproportionate number of people with intellectual disabilities in emergency homeless accommodation. I presume much of that is to do with the fact we do not have enough builds for independent supported living. Can Professor Gulati give us any insights into what other structural and bureaucratic barriers there are in that regard?

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: The agreement on the new Common Agricultural Policy has been met with mixed responses. The sooner the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine can provide clarity on key questions, especially for small and family farms, the better. The Minister has pushed for national flexibility and now that he has it, we need to know what he will do with it. We need to see the best outcome for a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Equality Issues (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 52. To ask the Taoiseach the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014. [34861/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Equality Proofing of Policies (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 53. To ask the Taoiseach the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; and the process by which these assessments are monitored. [34879/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his response to a report of a fish kill (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35189/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rental Sector (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 23 June 2021, the steps she is taking to regulate elements of the short-term letting sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35196/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 95. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will increase Fáilte Ireland’s financial contribution to the work of rural recreational officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35197/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 98. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if one-on-one personal training is permitted in private gyms and studios under current restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28039/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Equality Issues (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking in response to Hungary’s recent anti-LGBTQ legislation. [35192/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 27 January 2021, if the Holy See has provided a response to the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35193/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to review and update the National Carers’ Strategy. [35312/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: General Practitioner Services (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to extend free general practitioner care to carers in receipt of the carer’s support grant. [35313/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on recognising the costs associated with caring in the deductions allowable for carer’s allowance and assess income on its net rather than gross value; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35314/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending eligibility for carer’s benefit to include persons who are self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35315/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending eligibility for domiciliary care allowance to children residing in hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35311/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Proofing of Policies (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on revising the language used to refer to persons with disabilities and disabled persons in all legislation under his remit; the steps he is taking to ensure that the language in legislation being written and future legislation will refer to persons with disabilities and disabled persons...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (30 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response to an organisation’s (details supplied) report on the rise of reported domestic violence in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35306/21]