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Impaired Farm Credit Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I welcome the Bill and thank the Rural Independent Group for developing it. The Bill provides greater security and entitlements for farmers in terms of credit and debt proceedings, especially in situations where families are pursued by banks and financial businesses for debt. Crucially, the farm house, which is not only a family home but often a generational and inter-generational home,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Sales (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify that an individual will be permitted to sell turf, bought from another individual with turbary rights, in farmers’ markets under the new solid fuel regulations. [57013/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on ensuring that biofuels are exempted from carbon tax and excise duty. [57011/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a student (details supplied) who requires a laptop as assistive technology is provided with this essential equipment. [57012/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify that persons attending recognised training courses who are receipt of a qualifying payment will be eligible for the one-off €500 disability support payment. [57015/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to provide specialist gynaecology services for individuals with down syndrome. [57014/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (16 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide details of the funding allocated to all producer organisations in the fishing sector annually since 1 January 2018, including the total amounts as of 31 October 2022. [57010/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 81. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his response to the report by an organisation (details supplied) concerning urgent action to address accommodation crisis for persons seeking protection in Ireland. [56955/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking in response to difficulties by persons in accessing their personal information under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022. [56958/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 98. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking to engage with survivors concerning the forthcoming intervention at the Tuam site under the Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2022. [56954/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the details of his engagement with religious orders and pharmaceutical companies concerning making payments to the redress scheme for the survivors of mother-and-baby homes. [56956/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (17 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the details concerning his engagement with disabled persons' organisations concerning the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022. [56957/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: Last year, at least 206 women were forced to seek abortion care in the UK, the vast majority of whom were over 12 weeks pregnant, with foetal anomaly cases being the leading reason. It is beyond disgraceful that our laws, after repeal, are still forcing people enduring the pain of complicated pregnancies and foetal anomalies to go overseas for healthcare. There is also the unnecessary...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: "Warm bank" is a definition added to the dictionary this year. It refers to buildings such as libraries or churches that provide a space for people struggling to heat their homes due to spiralling energy costs. It is a terrifying summary of where many people find themselves. Previously, we had food banks, another facility that emerged in response to chronic and consistent poverty. They...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (22 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of his Department’s engagement with the ambassador for the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning recent protests for women’s rights and the treatment of protestors by state security services. [57453/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the flood relief scheme in Bantry, County Cork. [56220/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (15 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken by the OPW to ensure buildings it has responsibility for are fully accessible for persons with disabilities, including having a suitable toilet and changing places facilities. [56221/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Registration Service (23 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is taking to reform the stillbirth registration process, with particular reference to families who wish the records of their child to be publicly accessible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58459/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (23 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date that he is working towards to ratify the Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58451/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (23 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on removing the State’s reservation to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58452/22]