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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Post Office Network (15 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Everyone can understand what he says about size, distribution and so on, but it does not take into consideration the importance of post offices, particularly in rural areas, in providing financial independence to many people and vulnerable groups, older people and people with disabilities, in terms of paying bills and accessing their own...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Post Office Network (15 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: The €10 million per annum is very welcome. Everybody recognises that. Does the Minister of State recognise it is too little, too late for the ones that have closed? It is harder to reopen something after it has closed but is there recognition that they were a vital part of the community that should never have gone? Does the Minister of State have an ambition to reopen those post...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Government's rural development policy looks good on paper. The Minister has already referred to several success stories, but in some cases those success stories are divorced from the reality. In many towns and villages across west Cork and Ireland, community after community has to fight and fundraise for basic services. In my constituency, villages such as Drimoleague and Kealkill are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: I want to express my deepest condolences to Christy Dignam's family, friends, band mates and fans. Christy was an icon of Irish music and his huge talent and generous spirit will ensure he leaves a lasting legacy. It is ten years since the then Fine Gael and Labour Party Government axed the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant after the schemes were found to be in breach...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ensure that the Bus Éireann Routes 236 and 237 incorporate a stop in Ballinhassig County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28809/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the scope under the National Islands Policy 2023-2033 to enable the construction of clusters of houses on offshore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28807/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to engage with an organisation concerning the provision of housing on an off-shore island (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28808/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on extending the planning exemption for conversion of certain former commercial properties to housing to be applied to offshore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28806/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (14 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the process by which properties are inspected regarding their suitability to accommodate people before they are used to house refugees. [28802/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (14 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 169. To ask the Minister for Health to engage with a representative organisation (details supplied) in relation to pay for services provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (14 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the failure to increase pay rates for community pharmacists since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (14 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 171. To ask the Minister for Health his views on banning or restricting the sale of disposable vapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28805/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Taoiseach commented about there being no new planning applications for data centres. We know there are a few still in the planning stages and a number of others that are still in the construction stages. They are on course to consume at least 30% of our grid capacity by 2030. To give some context on that, the average in other countries is just 2%. It is clear that the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: I have to ask if the Government believes in climate science. It is hard to see how it can believe in climate science and then take some of the decisions that it is taking. We had confirmation yesterday that the extraordinary growth of data centres is continuing. Their consumption of electricity increased by more than 30% last year. Data centres now use up as much electricity as every...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 72. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the step she is taking to support and promote employment and remote working on offshore islands. [28363/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 80. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to improve public infrastructure on offshore islands. [28362/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (13 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 118. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language. [27664/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policies (13 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 119. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public. [27682/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Communications (13 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (13 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27674/23]