Results 221-240 of 625 for cork speaker:Holly Cairns

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Supporting People with Disabilities to Live in Communities: Discussion (20 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...organisations operate and how their models of support can and should be applied in other settings to help as many people as possible to live independent lives actively in their communities. As a Cork TD I am familiar with the incredible work that Crann Centre Ireland does in Ovens, County Cork. Its use of the two-generation approach that recognises whole family units and integrated...

Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...redress scheme that excludes so many survivors and ignores the reality of illegal adoptions and other crimes. What about now? When those same people are being denied basic justice again, will the Minister blame society once more? Is it the fault of people watching today or people in Blanchardstown or west Cork? Are they to blame for this failure? When there is an inquiry into all of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...because they feel that they have nowhere else to go. We have had witnesses before this committee and one of the ones that I just want to rewind to for a moment is Marie Mulholland, who came to speak to us from the West Cork Women Against Violence Project. She highlighted the unique barriers that women face in rural areas when they are fleeing domestic violence and the court days, trying...

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: ..., addiction services, specialised health interventions and disability services are provided by dedicated and severely underpaid workers. Organisations such as CoAction and EmployAbility in west Cork fall into this category, as do other community care groups, homeless services and community employment, CE, schemes. These workers provide essential services. They do it because they are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to increase the number of places in secondary schools for young persons with autism in County Cork. [49624/22]

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...classifies it as a local route rather than a regional one, which would downgrade the connectivity of the entire Beara Peninsula. Castletownbere must be recognised as a hub for the area. The Cork-Kinsale bus route goes via the airport, which means regular commuters are delayed due to the extra time taken in accommodating tourists. There needs to be a separate service for regular users...

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: The costs of construction are rising sharply. Yesterday, we learned that child homelessness increased by 40% over the past year in counties Cork and Kerry. In the middle of a housing disaster, with thousands of families homeless and a whole generation trapped in a cycle of ever-increasing rents, it is increasingly expensive to build a home. Somehow, the Government's response is to make it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Resource Centres (4 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister of State for his commitment to family resource centres. They are an essential public support service. The centres in Cork South-West represent the incredible success they can be in helping groups and individuals. However those same centres also illustrate the weakness in the model, with insufficient funding and reliance on local goodwill and circumstances, rather than...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Family Resource Centres (4 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: .... They are also interconnected with other services and groups, helping to link different people. For example, in Dunmanway, meals on wheels and the community garden are based in the centre. In Cork South-West, we are lucky to be served by family resource centres in Castletownbere, Adrigole, Dunmanway, Skibbereen and Bandon. They are an essential support facility embedded into those...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (4 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief scheme in Bantry, County Cork. [46990/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...to VAT but the whole sector will have to pay for that. Rural businesses are suffering because of the prices charged in Dublin hotels. Cafés, restaurants, pubs and hotels in rural areas like west Cork need targeted interventions now because their closure will have a disproportionate effect not only in terms of people losing jobs, but a reduction in footfall will have a knock-on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)

Holly Cairns: While I acknowledge that there is lots of Government engagement with the sector, ultimately there is a significant discrepancy between what tourism and hospitality businesses in Cork south west are telling me and the messaging from the Minister of State, his Department and others. The Government must be getting similar briefings to the ones I am getting but the urgency and need is not being...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (28 Sep 2022)

Holly Cairns: 208. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address the shortage of childcare and early education facilities in Kinsale, County Cork. [47569/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (28 Sep 2022)

Holly Cairns: 209. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to improve the recruitment and retention of childcare workers in County Cork. [47570/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2022)

Holly Cairns: ..., a HSE report with no input from midwives recommended limiting home births to women who live within 30 minutes of a maternity hospital. In effect, that would mean people in large swathes of west Cork, Kerry, Clare, Roscommon, Wicklow, Donegal and Monaghan, as well as substantial parts of Galway, Mayo, Tipperary and other rural areas would not be allowed by the State to have home births....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Holly Cairns: Small and medium enterprise are facing into a bleak winter with rapidly increasing energy and operating costs. Shops, restaurants and many other businesses on main streets across west Cork and all of rural Ireland are looking at closing. We have seen this before and some of them might not reopen. That will have a detrimental impact on our towns and villages. How is the Minister proposing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...of witnesses, families and advocates, highlights the lack of school places, inadequate transitions between primary and secondary schools and insufficient ASD classes and SNA supports. Cork South-West has no special school and a severe shortage of special classes. The classes that are in place are doing incredible work but they are oversubscribed. Last week, I raised the case of an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (14 Sep 2022)

Holly Cairns: The proposed reduction in the number of beds in the mental health unit in Bantry General Hospital is extremely worrying. The unit provides a vital service for west Cork in treating people in their own locality. Since the news broke, many people have been speaking about the fantastic help they received in the unit including, in some cases, life-saving assistance. I cannot emphasise enough...