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Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: I will be speaking to my amendment, amendment No. 12, which is grouped with amendment No. 7. This discussion of the Bill is incredibly timely, with soaring food costs for ordinary households while, at the same time, many primary producers and smaller retailers are scrambling to get by. Amendment No. 12 is about ensuring that the new office is empowered to examine issues and publish...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 12: In page 11, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(b) publish an annual analysis and reports on costs associated with the production of different foodstuffs in order to determine a cost-of-production, and”.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: I am pressing the amendment.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: Similar to my previous amendment, amendment No. 15 is about transparency in our food systems. The price the consumer pays in the shop is the result of a chain beginning with the primary producer. We need more structures to guarantee a fair and clear connection between what the consumer pays and what the producer receives. The shorter the supply chain, the easier it will be for the producer...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (11 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to improve the employment of rates among individuals with disabilities. [21884/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (11 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: Ireland has one of the lowest employment rates for disabled people in the EU at 32.3%. This results in almost one quarter of people who are unable to work due to illness or disability living in consistent poverty compared to 6.7% of the rest of the population. Many disabled people want to work but they continue to face structural and physical barriers. What is being done to assist disabled...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (11 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Minister is right that at a time when employment rates are so high, the lack of employment for disabled people is even more stark. The absence of joined-up policies is a key issue here. For example, poor public transport means disabled people cannot get to jobs. In Cork South-West, many Local Link services only run in the mid-afternoon which means people cannot use them to get to work....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (11 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: The hub in Skibbereen is a great example of a remote working hub but if one lives in a rural area, one needs transport, in many instances, to get to it. The hub is doing its bit to provide remote working opportunities but there is no public transport available for people to get to it. I encourage the Minister to help his colleagues in other Departments to consider how their...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (9 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to assist sporting organisations that cannot access insurance cover at a reasonable cost. [21232/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (9 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to addresses high insurance premiums for SMEs. [21233/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Access (9 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to help address the humanitarian need in Sudan as a result of hostilities in the region. [21239/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (9 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide his response to a semi-State company (details supplied) that imports large amounts of biomass fuels form other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21340/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (9 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to assist families meeting high energy bills between 1 June and 31 December 2023, inclusive. [21341/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (9 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media concerning investment in Eblana Theatre in the basement of Busáras; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21243/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wildlife Protection (9 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure the NRA only mows embankments or cuts roadside hedging where necessary for safety to help protect these sites as nectaring habitats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21350/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Semi-State Bodies (9 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with a trade union (details supplied) concerning the vesting day on the separation of the Irish Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21351/23]