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Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: May I come in on that? This is the first time we are speaking on these amendments.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: I just want to come in on amendments Nos. 34 to 38, inclusive. Amendment No. 56 is in this grouping. Is that not correct?

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: I am sorry, amendment No. 56 is the one I want to come in on. I thought that amendment No. 34 was grouped with amendment No. 56.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: The grouping list reads: 34 to 38, inclusive; and 39, 43, 44, 48, 49 and 56.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: That is fine.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: Is this amendment No. 56? I am sorry; I cannot hear the Chair.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: I warmly welcome everybody in the Gallery this evening. I extend the same warm welcome to anybody who is watching at home. If I were watching on and not a Member of this House, I would find what is happening confusing. I just want to explain to people the reason we are talking about very technical amendments at this stage of the progress of the Bill. Perhaps those watching did not hear...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: Yes.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: These amendments are about ensuring applications are processed in a timely manner. The current wording states that a deciding officer will assess an application "as soon as practicable". That is completely unacceptable. The amendment in my name and that of other Deputies insists that this be replaced with "within 28 days". These amendments are necessary because survivors and campaigners...

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: While I greatly welcome this motion establishing the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use, it is truly shocking that it has taken this long. There are almost two drug-related deaths in Ireland every day, and this rate is almost five times the figure for those who die in road traffic accidents and twice the European average. Now that we have the assembly, it is essential that it is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (21 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to support the hospitality sector, specifically with regard to tourism, in rural areas. [8583/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (21 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that ETB tutors are given pension entitlements. [8613/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (21 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 510. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that five facilities (details supplied) are added to the schedule of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022. [8611/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (21 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the number of Ukrainian refugees currently being accommodated in an area (details supplied). [8612/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (21 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately publish the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. [8614/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (21 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 656. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to regulate private providers of assessment of need for children and young people. [8615/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 734. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of monies that were unspent for 2022 and returned to the central Exchequer concerning forestry programmes. [8610/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: Today, my Social Democrats colleague, Deputy Whitmore, held a briefing on the continuing barrier people who are pregnant are facing in accessing medication for hyperemesis. As the Tánaiste will be aware, this is a condition involving vomiting and nausea and it is very debilitating. Many end up in hospital as a result of dehydration or weight loss. Hyperemesis Ireland has campaigned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Proofing and Data: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: I thank all of our guest speakers for appearing before the committee today and for sharing their insights on disability-proofing and data. It is a very important topic, but probably not on the face of it because people do not very much realise how important it is. Disability-proofing is simply ensuring people with disabilities are considered and included in the development and...

Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: The price of energy has more than doubled in the past year. More than 40% of households are now estimated to be living in fuel poverty, according to the ESRI. The unprecedented energy crisis is threatening the future of many viable businesses. We are in the middle of an energy crisis. Like the housing crisis, though, the Government's response has been slow, wholly inadequate and,...