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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (20 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa application appeals for family reunification for immediate family members of Irish citizens that have not yet been decided upon; the number of weeks each appeal has been awaiting a decision; the business target for these appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7736/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 569. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of patients awaiting treatment from CAMHS in each CHO; the length of time patients have been on said waiting lists, in tabular form; and what steps are being taken to rapidly reduce CAMHS waiting lists. [7725/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (20 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 570. To ask the Minister for Health to provide clarity on the eating disorder treatment process; and to detail what treatments families are entitled to. [7726/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (20 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 571. To ask the Minister for Health if eating disorder treatment could be provided regardless of an individual's weight; and whether individual and-or family-based therapy could be provided at every step of the treatment process. [7727/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (20 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 572. To ask the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to provide more specialised facilities for eating disorder sufferers; what steps are being taken to provide more outpatient facilities; and what steps are being taken to provide eating disorder specialists in all public hospitals. [7728/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (20 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 573. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide more in-patient facilities for eating disorder sufferers or to facilitate a reduction of catchment restrictions; and if all in-patient facilities will provide nasogastric tube feeding where required. [7729/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (20 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 574. To ask the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to recruit staff so existing eating disorder treatment teams can reach full capacity; if more staff will receive specific training to treat eating disorders; and if funding for specialised staff will be ring-fenced. [7730/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (20 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 575. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to update the expired 2018 Eating Disorders Services Model of Care; if funding will be ring-fenced for more beds; and if funding can be ring-fenced to consistently fund the HSE Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders. [7731/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (20 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 576. To ask the Minister for Health if transitional supports for eating disorders such as meal support and mental health supports can be provided to patients in order to improve the transition between hospitals and homes, CAMHS and AMHS. [7732/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (20 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 577. To ask the Minister for Health what avenues are available for families who wish to seek recourse where the level of care for an eating disorder is not adequate; and if he will commit to putting in place such a process if one is not available. [7733/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (20 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 578. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department would conduct research to gain an accurate picture of how many people are suffering with eating disorders in Ireland and what resources are actually needed; and if a needs assessment for bed capacity will be carried out. [7734/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (20 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether he would review the internal process within SUSI for classifying students under 23 years of age as being irreconcilably estranged from their parents; if he is aware that students who have become estranged from their parents after having aged out of TUSLA’s remit, must receive a court order to prove their estrangement; if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the provision of ACRES payments; and the number of eligible farmers who have not yet received payment from his Department. [8556/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: There is a great deal of hurt and anger in the country at the moment. Many disabled people and their carers feel forgotten and abandoned by the Government and the referendum. The proposed amendment only gives recognition to care within the family. The Social Democrats attempted to amend this wording to include care in the community and ensure that the State had an explicit obligation to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: The simple fact of the matter is that it is within the Government's power to address the issues faced by people with disabilities. It does not need a referendum to fully staff the children's disability network teams, to provide more personal assistance hours, to replace the transport schemes that Fine Gael scrapped over a decade ago or to ratify the optional protocol. Every year, when we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: We are running out of time to stop the climate crisis becoming a catastrophe. Every day, every equivocation and every cowardly U-turn makes that work so much harder. We know that people in Ireland are especially worried about the impact of climate change. We only need to look at the recent flooding events in Midleton to get a glimpse of what the future holds. According to new research...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: The Minister either did not hear my contribution or questions or he just did not have a defence for our climate targets, which are what I am asking about. While I obviously welcomed the Government MEPs voting for the nature restoration law, I did not ask the Minister about that issue, which is the only one he replied on. The reality is that independent expert groups believe Ireland is on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: What will the Minister do about it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: Does the Minister accept the Government will not meet the targets?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (27 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allocating each application for carer's allowance to a specific staff member in the relevant section of her Department in order to prevent time-consuming repetition of providing information during the application process. [9170/24]