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Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: It is related to the amendments. The Bill must be met with improvements in the provision of accessible and affordable childcare under the care services. In this context, the least we can do is ensure people have the right to flexible working arrangements as an acknowledgement of the poor provision of childcare and social and healthcare. One area of concern in the Bill was covered by...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: Several of these amendments relate to gender-based violence leave. I wholeheartedly welcome the right to access leave for domestic and gender-based violence. It is significant that people now have that statutory right, but the provisions fall short of what is required. Most obviously, the Bill only allows for five days' leave, when the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Adoption Services (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 4. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to improve the operation of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 in assisting relevant persons, as defined in the Act, in accessing personal information. [15561/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Adoption Services (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: Despite concerns raised during discussions on the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 and the scepticism expressed by survivors, the Minister said it would provide a clear pathway for access to identity records for adopted people and others. However, survivors are encountering delays, barriers, and in some cases less information than they had been able to gather themselves previous to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Adoption Services (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Minister said that as of last Monday, 7,526 applications for information have been received by Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland, as well as 3,489 applications made for tracing services. However, only 2,948 requests have been completed. The Minister said that like it was a good thing but that is kind of the problem because of the requests yet to be processed, does he know how...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Adoption Services (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: I do not think the Minister said how many of the applications are waiting for longer than the statutory time period, but maybe I missed it. That was one of my questions. We all knew there was going to be thousands of applications when the Minister set out the timeframes for responses. People have been waiting for decades to access this really basic information about themselves. Every time...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: The report of the independent review group into the Defence Forces is damning and deeply disturbing. It details a toxic culture that has become embedded in the Defence Forces, in which abuse, bullying, harassment, sexual assault and rape occur with regularity and impunity. The Defence Forces, we are told, "barely tolerates women and, at its worst, verbally, physically, sexually and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: It drove lots of excellent members of the Defence Forces out of the institution, and resulted in huge levels of trauma and suffering.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: My question is simple: Does the Tánaiste have confidence in the current leadership of the Defence Forces?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Tánaiste but am a little bit confused about his reply. He spoke of resistance to change within the institution but then spoke of confidence in the leadership being able to change that. Will he clarify if he has confidence in the ability of the current leadership to change it, when it says it has no awareness? After 40 years of being an institution, it has no awareness. Is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: Does the Tánaiste have confidence in the current leadership?

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: I welcome this overdue discussion of the major challenges facing the sheep sector. It is fair to say that these farmers have been severely hit by recent circumstances, especially Brexit and increasing operating costs, and that they simply have not received the same level of support as other sectors in agriculture. There are more than 47,000 sheep keepers registered with the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will establish an additional hourly service on the Cork-Kinsale 226 route that does not include the airport, to facilitate local passengers and commuters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15511/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding opportunities that are available for sports clubs to assist them in facilitating children and young people resident in direct provision centres participating in club activities, including funding for transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15510/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of family reunification applications under the terms of the International Protection Act 2015 received by his Department in 2022, by month received, in tabular form; if he will provide the number of decisions issued per month on family reunification for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide greater clarity on how the publicly funded IVF treatment system will work, including: how the funding will be distributed; how many cycles will a patient be able to avail of; if patients will only be able to avail of public treatment via a GP referral or will be able to self-refer; if there will be age or BMI restrictions; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the routes available to persons wishing to report alleged abuse in nursing homes. [15503/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to tackle abuse in nursing homes. [15504/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken in response to recommendations contained in the independent rapid review of specific issues in the CervicalCheck screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15506/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address delays in individuals accessing public transgender healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15507/23]