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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 May 2024)

Holly Cairns: 485. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the decision by an organisation (details supplied) to no longer collect centre-specific data for a large proportion of west Cork, as was established practice; if a reasoning for the limitation of data collection has been provided to his office; his views on whether localised data collection is essential to understanding...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 May 2024)

Holly Cairns: 486. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of all SouthDoc clinics and services included under west Cork data; and the number of patients seen per month in each clinic from June 2022 to date, in tabular form. [24020/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residency Permits (28 May 2024)

Holly Cairns: 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with his Cabinet colleagues about furthering the recent extension of the stamp 1G permissions to cover spouses of non-EU PhD students. [23987/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: Counts are still taking place, so the elections are not quite over. One thing that was made clear to me on the doors is that people out there are not interested in the Punch and Judy show that often takes place in this House.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: They are not interested in petty, political one-upmanship or politics that values sound bites over substance.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: The people who voted for candidates who they met at their doors and who they put their trust in want representatives who will work hard, who are clear in what they can deliver and who can offer credible solutions to the many problems we face. We all know what those problems are, namely the housing disaster, the healthcare crisis, the climate emergency and threadbare disability services. ...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: Carers and their families were promised a lot. When will the Government actually deliver?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: When will carers have access to at least 20 days respite a year? Will the Government abolish the means test for carer's allowance?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: Respectfully, I said people did not buy the rhetoric on carers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: What the Taoiseach just said is a really good example of how different the rhetoric is versus the reality of what people experience. The problem with what he is saying is that people have heard it all before. Carers have heard the same promises, not just from him but from his predecessor and the taoisigh before them. Instead of things getting better, they are getting worse. Already...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: You mentioned a report on respite.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: I would not usually bring such a local and specific issue to the notice of the Taoiseach, but he is not the first Taoiseach I have brought this matter to the attention of because it has been going on for so long and is so desperate. A village in my constituency, Shannon Vale, a gorgeous village next to Clonakilty, has a green space in its centre. It is the heart of the village, where...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: We have done that many times.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Taoiseach.

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: I welcome the opportunity to speak about special education. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. I receive correspondence every week, as does everyone in this House, from parents fighting and struggling to get their children the education and secure the supports they need. The systems in place simply are not good enough. There are nowhere near enough special schools,...

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: The nature restoration law is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the EU to take action in respect of the massive losses of biodiversity in recent decades. The Social Democrats are very supportive of the nature restoration law. It is vital to restore damaged ecosystems to a healthy state in Ireland and across Europe, to attempt to stop the collapse of our wildlife and to slow the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: The recent interview with the Minister for agriculture demonstrated everything that is wrong with the Government's approach to agriculture and climate change. When he was asked about the nitrates derogation, the Minister was clear. He said he was not even contemplating a scenario in which Ireland loses its derogation. How can a Minister proudly declare he is not going to plan for what is a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: When is the Government going to do its job and how will it support derogation farmers to change their ways?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: 68.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail funding and resources provided by Ireland to organisations for the maintenance and establishment of field hospitals in Gaza; whether his department has been approached in regards to providing support for the establishment of a field hospital in Al Mawasi; and to detail what support the state can provide to medical professionals in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: 176.To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider expanding the criteria for the primary health care certificate to include persons with a single upper body amputation; if there are plans to update the criteria more broadly to reflect modern living and working conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24809/24]