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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: I know we all unequivocally condemn the abuses described in that report. It revealed a toxic environment which is unsafe for both women and men. The extreme malpractices were systematic and facilitated by senior offices, while predators acted with impunity. The report found "the Defence Forces is unable (or unwilling) to make the changes that are needed". The Tánaiste mentioned the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: I cannot speak for the Women of Honour, but I suspect it is not anything personal. I think it is just a view the group has, because it wants an independent review done of this and does not want any institutional aversion to change or to calling out what has been systematic. The systems involved include oversight of the whole Defence Forces. I do not think the group is coming from the place...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: However, the oversight body is not the only part of the Government's response about which the Women of Honour group has raised concerns, both publicly and with me directly. The group has expressed its disappointment that the Tánaiste and the Department are seeking to design draft terms of reference without any consultations with it and the group feels the Government seeks to railroad...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (11 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the home tuition grant is processed in a timely manner to provide funding for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22226/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Diaspora Issues (11 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that voting rights for Irish emigrants are aligned with the criteria used in other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22228/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure all applicants approved for the national liming programme 2023 will receive a financial contribution of €16 per tonne of lime spread; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22223/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (11 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 30 March 2023, the steps he is taking to examine evidence presented to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters concerning the burial of human remains at the former mother-and-baby home site (details supplied) and to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Accommodation (11 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 271. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the legislative basis or policy rationale for the criteria that disused nursing homes, i.e., nursing homes registered with HIQA on or after 1 September 2022 will not be considered, are an approved accommodation category under the Offers of Commercial Accommodation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection from Ukraine; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline his responsibility in determining special regeneration areas under the Living City Initiative; the criteria that is used to define these areas; if he is reviewing the criteria to expand the SRAs to enable more families avail of the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21920/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons' that have availed of the Living City Initiative in each eligible area to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21921/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide her response to the finding in a report (details supplied) concerning the priority need for end-of-life care for survivors of institutional abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21918/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the free primary schoolbooks scheme allocation to a school (details supplied) factors in exceptional circumstances to ensure that all students receive their books; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21919/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to provide affordable and social housing for single people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21923/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide his response to the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) regarding offshore windfarm planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21924/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to regulate the use of horses for drawing vehicles for commercial purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21915/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking examine the impact of Brexit on the Irish sheep sector and the resultant eligibility for sheep farmers to access support through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21916/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken to appoint a special advocate for survivors of institutional abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21917/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that healthcare workers in Section 39 organisations who worked in primary care in Covid-19 exposed healthcare environments with people with disabilities are made eligible for the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21922/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: I was very struck by a photograph taken by Niall Carson carried in the Irish edition of the Daily Mailtoday. It shows several asylum seekers leaving Magowna House and walking along a small country road. The caption says they are heading back to Dublin. The men are not lumbered down with many heavy bags. They each have small backpacks and a plastic bag. Their only possessions are crammed...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: Modular housing was supposed to come on stream last November. Not a single unit has been delivered. Is this rapid in the opinion of the Minister?