Results 181-200 of 1,468 for speaker:Holly Cairns in 'Dáil debates'

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: Business owners in Midleton are meeting this morning to try to plan for the future. Last week one month's worth of rain fell in the town in the space of 24 hours, causing utter devastation. I welcome that the Government has moved quickly to put in place an enhanced scheme for businesses, with up to €100,000 in support now available. Work needs to be done to ensure these funds can be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: Based on his reply, I think the Taoiseach understands the impact on the community in Midleton. Bearing that in mind, he can also understand how stressful and anxiety inducing it is to know that might happen again and again. They are waiting a decade for flood relief works and it will be another decade before they are introduced. A lot of impacts go with that. I know from my own...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: On Sunday night there were 320 separate missile strikes on Gaza and on Monday that number was 400. The bombing is relentless and the carnage is unprecedented. More than 2,000 children have been killed. There are no words to describe the tragedy. Many world leaders are providing political and military support. The EU eventually managed to agree that Israel should abide by international...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: My generation is the first to be worse off than our parents. A new report from the CSO helps to explain why. It all comes down to housing. In 1973, average house prices were four and a half times the average salary. Today, they are more than seven times higher. Wages have increased too but not enough. Wages are 21 times higher than they were in 1973 but house prices are 35 times more...

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion and giving us an opportunity to discuss this important issue. The Social Democrats will be supporting the motion. I did not believe the figure of €64 million of additional expenditure for investment in disability services when I first read it in the budget document. It is a pitiful investment into improving services with so much unmet...

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

Holly Cairns: I agree it needs to be condemned on both sides. We have been clear about that but the Taoiseach saying that her statements lack balance in itself lacks balance. It is more than lacking balance to go over and stand with the Israeli President and say that Israel has the EU's support. A genocide is occurring on our watch and the international community is standing by and letting it happen....

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

Holly Cairns: The more minority the voice, the more important it is to speak louder for these people.

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

Holly Cairns: The situation in Gaza is a humanitarian catastrophe. Yesterday, the death toll stood at 3,000, more than one third of whom are children. A child in Gaza is now being killed every 15 minutes, so in real terms, by the time the Taoiseach finishes responding to my questions, another child will be dead. There is no water or electricity. Food has nearly run out. Even the body bags have now run...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. He might clarify if that means he does or does not share my concern about the EU response. When Russia targeted civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, the European Commission President was unequivocal. She said, "Russian attacks against civilian infrastructure, especially electricity, are war crimes". She continued, "Cutting off men, women, children...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: On the EU response. Has the Tánaiste concerns about it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: What about the President's response?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I join others in this House in extending my deepest sympathies to the family of Kim Damti who was brutally killed in a savage attack by Hamas. Kim was just 22, and like so many people her age loved attending music festivals with her friends. She was doing that last weekend when Hamas opened fire. More than 260 young people were massacred at that...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: I have been wondering who this budget is designed for. When the Ministers for Finance and for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery, and Reform sat down and thought about the people they wanted to help, who did they think of? One would imagine it would be the young people who are locked out of buying their own home and who cannot even afford to rent; the more than 500,000...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Minister's refusal to answer a straight question with a straight answer speaks volumes. The Minister did inadvertently answer it by saying that he will continue with the same head in the sand approach. I do not particularly want to use up my time replying to it, but the Minister referred to my pointing the finger at farmers when I explicitly said in my opening that no farmer went out...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Minister is talking about pursuing the same failed approach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Holly Cairns: What will the Minister do to support farmers in transition?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Holly Cairns: When is Fine Gael going to be honest with farmers? The Taoiseach is out trying to score a few political points at the expense of the coalition partners but in the process he is misleading farmers and giving them false hope. On Friday we saw the Taoiseach contradict the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine by going over his head and suggesting that the EU decision to reduce the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: Some 323 affordable homes last years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: This is the final opportunity I will have to ask the Tánaiste questions before the Dáil rises for the recess. I want to ask the Tánaiste about housing. The Dáil may be going into recess for two months but there will be no break in the number of evictions, no break in the number of notices to quit that are sent, and no break in the number of men, women and children who...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: It is not a surprise that the Tánaiste rejects my criticisms on housing. We are all used to witnessing this kind of denial from the Government now. To say that I have not given any solutions is something we hear on a regular basis. Obviously in this Leaders' Questions slot I cannot give every single solution to the housing crisis. In my contribution I mentioned three things that...