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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on increasing the VAT threshold for small and medium enterprise service providers to €80,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35547/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (5 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on adjusting travel and subsistence rates given increasing travel costs. [35553/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 689. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide numbers of the current public patient waiting lists for ophthalmology in Cork University Hospital, including a breakdown of the numbers of months patients are waiting, in tabular form. [35549/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide numbers of the current public patient waiting lists for neurology in Cork University Hospital, including a breakdown of the numbers of months patients are waiting, in tabular form. [35550/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to recruit recent occupational therapist graduates for roles in children’s disability network teams. [35551/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 692. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to encourage occupational therapists who are Irish nationals working in other jurisdictions to take up roles in children’s disability network teams. [35552/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 82. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that all children and families in direct provision being moved from congregated living are housed in own-door or independent living accommodation as close as possible to the community in which they have been residing. [36285/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: Previously when we discussed direct provision the Minister assured me that moving all remaining families currently in congregated living to own-door independent accommodation was a priority. He did not mention that there was no assurance that this move would consider the wishes of the families concerned or the connections those families had made in communities. Are families being moved far...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: The issue is that the Department is doing some good, of course, but in a bad way. Everyone wants to end direct provision as soon as possible. Moving families from congregated settings has to be a priority but must be done in co-ordination with the people involved. A key criticism of direct provision is the undignified way in which people are treated and the infantilising, condescending...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: Dignity is key here. Deputy Connolly's question is next, seeking an update on the plan to end direct provision but that process will be hollow if it is not based on consideration and respect. Unless dignified engagement with asylum seekers is embedded into the Department's interaction with them, any new system will have in many ways failed before it even begins. Regrettably, Ukrainian...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Provision (7 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 87. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare supports available to one-parent families. [36287/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Provision (7 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: The recent Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, report entitled Headline Poverty Target Reduction in Ireland and the Role of Work and Social Welfare found that lone parents and working-age adults with disabilities experienced distinctively higher rates of income poverty, deprivation and consistent poverty. In light of that, yesterday the Social Democrats tabled a motion calling for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Provision (7 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: The discussion in the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth of child poverty was quite harrowing. We heard how the lack of supports for lone parents was a major driver of deprivation. Exorbitant childcare costs mean it is more economic for parents in many families to stop working or reduce their working hours. It is primarily the mother who does so. For...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Provision (7 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: Ultimately, this comes back to the need for quality, accessible early years and school-age childcare. Privatisation and the neoliberal model are failing everybody - children, families and workers in the sector. While I recognise the changes that have been made, I must point out that they were not sufficiently targeted at those most disadvantaged under the current system. Lone parents,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: On that exact point, national aid forestation rates have actually decreased since the Green Party entered Government. The programme for Government set out a target of 8,000 ha of new forest per year, but somehow we are only planting 2,000 ha. The licensing system is still not fit for purpose and afforestation incentives are not competitive with other farm subsidies. Despite the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (7 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his engagement with the Minister for Health to increase the number of graduates from clinical therapies, including but not limited to occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, and psychology in order to address shortages in disability services. [36282/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (7 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he is taking to ensure the roll-out of a sexual violence response programme (details supplied) to all third level educational institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36283/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (7 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process that he has in place to closely consult with and actively involve persons with disabilities, including children with disabilities through their representative organisations in the development and implementation of legislation and policies relating to persons with disabilities as required under...

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: The importance of a well-resourced and co-ordinated approach to asylum and integration has been strongly reinforced since we discussed this fund in February. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has resulted in a massive humanitarian crisis, with millions of displaced people. We can be proud of the speedy response from people in the State. Whole communities have mobilised to provide assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to provide public chiropody services in Cork south west. [37592/22]