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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: There is also the option of removing the diplomatic status of the ambassador. Yesterday, the Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau joined with the French President Macron in telling Israel that the killing of babies must stop. The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reacted angrily and stated that "the forces of civilisation” must back Israel in defeating “Hamas’s barbarism"....

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: I have listened to the Minister of State and, earlier, the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, saying "This needs to stop", while simultaneously taking no actions to actually help it stop, when the actions in our motion are to match the words they are saying. Today, 650 patients and up to 7,000 civilians are trapped inside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Among them are 36 premature babies who have...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: I move: That Dáil Éireann: — expresses its horror at the death and devastation being wrought by the Israeli government in Gaza; — expresses its outrage at the scale of the death toll in Gaza, with more than 11,000 people having been killed, including more than 5,000 children, 89 United Nations (UN) workers and 39 journalists; — expresses its abhorrence at...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Irish Council for International Students published a report earlier that outlines the impact of the housing crisis on international students. Such students are some of the most vulnerable renters in Ireland and abusive landlords know this. Some 5% have come across sex-for-rent arrangements while trying to find accommodation. Rental advertisements constantly appear on platforms aimed at...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (14 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the process for ensuring that all US military aircraft which pass through Shannon Airport are not carrying weapons or munitions of war. [49571/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (14 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of US military aircraft which have refuelled in Shannon Airport to date in 2023; and the following destination for each aircraft, in tabular form. [49572/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (14 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he will call on Pakistan to halt the forced deportation of 1.7 million Afghan refugees; and to detail the work being conducted by his Department on the issue. [49921/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (14 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and to detail what work his Department are conducting to address this issue in Bandon and across rural Ireland during the rollout of broadband. [49919/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (14 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: 86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many women in the Defence Forces did not submit official complaints of abuse due to fears of repercussions; and whether, in light of this, the terms of reference for the inquiry into the Defence Forces could cover ‘incidents of abuse’ rather than being confined to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (14 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: 87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act could be explicitly included in the terms of reference for the inquiry into the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49923/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft (14 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: 103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of exemptions permitting the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft in Irish sovereign territory that have been granted to US military aircraft from 2022 to date; and the destination of each aircraft which has been provided an exemption, in tabular form. [49573/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the work conducted by her Department on introducing a fairer post-primary teacher redeployment scheme; what engagements she has made with teachers unions on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49920/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: School Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: 405. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding a lack of therapists in a school (details supplied); what staffing needs have been identified in the school by his Department; and if he could provide an estimate for when these staff will be hired. [49916/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (14 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: 596. To ask the Minister for Health whether spinal muscular atrophy will be added to the national heelprick test; and if so, if he would provide a timeframe for its implementation. [49917/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education Provision (14 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: 620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the work ongoing in his Department to provide adult education tutors with a public service contract or incremental salary scheme; and to provide a timeline for its implementation. [49918/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: I am very concerned about the prevalence of strategic lawsuits against public participation or so-called SLAPPs. As the Taoiseach knows, these lawsuits involve public figures, powerful individuals or rich corporations taking vexatious cases against the media, activists or, indeed, members of the public in an effort to muzzle their critics. It is particularly concerning when journalists...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: -----has been completed and a report was published in September. When can we expect the Government to publish the revised Bill?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: Israel is committing blatant abuses of international law every single second in Gaza. Palestinian civilians are trapped in the world's largest open-air prison, a prison that their jailer is indiscriminately dropping bombs on. More than 25,000 tonnes of explosives have been dropped on Gaza in the past month. When a missile strikes and buildings collapse, there is no fuel or machinery, or...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: Today marks the one-month anniversary of the brutal Hamas attack on Israel in which 1,400 people were killed, 1,000 were injured and at least 243 people were kidnapped. We now know an Irish-Israeli girl, eight-year-old Emily Hand, is among those who were kidnapped. I know everyone in this House is hoping for Emily's safe return and the safe and swift return of all hostages. Israel has a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Artificial Intelligence (7 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: 86. To ask the Taoiseach to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within his Department. [47344/23]