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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (20 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 817. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which the €5 million in the budget for town and village hubs will be deployed to assist 2020 students participate in third level education remotely. [31771/20]

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: Deputy Sherlock has agreed to swap and allow me to speak first. I thank the Regional Independent Group for tabling this motion discussing the significance of post offices, especially in rural areas. It calls on us to recognise their role and support the sustainability of this public service. Rural post offices are vital connections and nodal points in villages, like Goleen, Kealkill and...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. It is so important during this debate to remember the gravity of it. We are talking about the worst human rights violations imaginable: missing children, enforced disappearance, illegal adoptions, incarceration and so much more horrific systematic institutional abuse. It is so important to remember that this commission was formed in light of the discovery of...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: Could the Minister please clarify from the outset if he intends to accept any of the amendments offered by me and my colleagues today?

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: A few weeks ago I sat through a three-hour debate on the forestry legislation and the Government did not accept even one of the over 100 amendments we submitted. It was only towards the end of the debate that I asked if the Government had any plans to accept any of them and it transpired that it did not. Therefore, I am just curious to know what the case will be here. The Minister seems to...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: I might later. I just wanted to clarify that at the outset.

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: That was my point.

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: I suppose as we know the Minister will not accept any amendments today, I will speak for the record, as it is the only thing we can do. Regarding the amendments to which the Minister just referred, I note that there have been many references to Dr. Maeve O'Rourke's article on thejournal.ietoday. I would like to put some of it on the record. Dr. O'Rourke writes that the first amendment is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (22 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the bike station at King John's Castle and Limerick Institute of Technology which was committed to in 2017 by the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32264/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (22 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for and a breakdown of the additional €273,000 provided by the NTA to a company (details supplied) on 2 July 2019 which was in addition to the €1.2 million annual lump sum price paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32265/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Issues (22 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of fines the State is paying weekly since 1 January 2020 to the European Commission relating to cases for infringements of EU law in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32263/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (22 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will lower the age for cervical screening to 20 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32266/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (22 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will lower the age for prostate cancer screening to 40 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32267/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (22 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will lower the age at which women are screened for breast cancer to 30 years of age as a preventative measure for the incidence and mortality from breast cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32282/20]

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: I commend Sinn Féin on bringing forward this well-considered and timely Bill. I am delighted to note as well that it is many of my fellow rural, female Deputies who are taking the lead on it. Flooding continues to cause irreparable damage to communities and businesses across Ireland regularly. We desperately need a proactive, whole-of-government and sustainable response to this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Sales (3 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to respond to the crisis in the marts sector; and his plans for the safe return of physical marts. [33596/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Sales (3 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: In the past hour or two, I turned 31. I say this because, for one, it is ridiculous that we are consistently keeping staff here past midnight. I have a birthday wish, which is for a small bit of cop-on in regard to marts. I am wondering what the Minister's plans are to respond to the crisis in the sector. Given all the issues arising over online sales, could the Minister make plans to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Sales (3 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: I acknowledge that online mart sales have been in operation since early April and that hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep have been bought and sold successfully through the various online platforms. It it is simply not feasible, however, to expect farmers to go online instead of to the mart when doing so is an essential part of essential work and when some simply do not have good...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Sales (3 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: What is the status of actions the Minister is taking as a result of the High Court ruling that overturned Policy Directive 1 of 2019 and will an external review of the consultation process-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Sales (3 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: Apologies, I thought we had come to the end of it.