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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide interim funding for the provision of a bus service to enable young people in Beara, County Cork, to access day services in Bantry, County Cork, until the permanent service is in place later in 2023. [4800/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reform the "atypical working visa" to enable doctors providing locum services to reside in the State for longer periods of time. [4799/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 748. To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to reform the ‘atypical working visa’ to enable doctors providing locum services to reside in the State for longer periods of time. [4801/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 749. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that out-of-hours GP services can recruit and retain doctors, including non-EEA locums, to cover the service requirements. [4802/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 803. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the call by a fishing representative organisation (details supplied) for an equitable allocation of fishing opportunities to small-scale low impact fishers, using Article 17 to reallocate fishing rights to smaller scale, environmentally compatible, economically viable and socially responsible fishery activities,...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for being willing to share their experiences. Regrettably, PDS and CDNTs are failing children and families every day. Ultimately, the witnesses should not have to come before this committee to share their stories. I am really familiar with the incredible work of West Cork Down Syndrome Support and Down Syndrome Cork and I have no doubt about the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: It was quite powerful when Ms O'Donovan was speaking about the difference in services before 2013. Most of the issues in terms of waiting lists etc. are coming down to the progressing disability services, PDS, plan and the issues with children's disability network teams, CDNTs. Different professionals in the industry and different speech and language therapists seem to have different views....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: I want to make a final point particularly in relation to Senator Ruane's questions. It really comes down to staffing in the HSE in terms of the waiting lists. It is something we discuss at the Joint Committee on Disability Matters too. We had a joint sitting of these two committees and it is important at the end of the discussion to have a sense of the crux of the problem. Where has it...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: Absolutely.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: Either Ms. Moran or Ms Flanagan suggested that there could be a shorter training course particularly for paediatric speech and language therapists. Those are the kind of solutions the HSE needs to look into.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (26 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to assist communities in improving wastewater infrastructure. [3404/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable homes that were built in County Cork in the years 2021 and 2022. [3403/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: I thank everyone for coming in today and for being willing to share their experiences and insights to help us understand this particular dimension of disability. It is very important for the committee. In all of our discussions with the committee - from healthcare, education and transport - families are always there in the background. Parents, siblings, relations and friends all of course...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: Yes, that is great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: I welcome everyone to the committee. I thank them for being here today. While I welcome everything Mr. O'Regan said, we all know the reality faced by children with disabilities and their families is very different. We heard from Ms Kerrigan, who has an 18 year old daughter. She recalled crying down the phone to the district nurse. Her daughter did not get an assessment until she was 12....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: There are different ways to address a crisis and to perceive something as a crisis or a problem. There are hierarchies within the issues the State is dealing with. There is the idea that because we are now focusing on assessment we are losing out on intervention. Basically, there are not enough resources. We always hear it comes down to staffing, we cannot get the staff and we are looking...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Rural Independents and welcome this rare opportunity to talk about inshore fishing. Despite being the largest segment of our fishing sector and providing the most employment, it is too often overlooked. This is a timely discussion as the National Inshore Fishermen's Association has finally, thanks to its members’ tireless efforts, achieved producer organisation status....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Research (25 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister of State for her response and for her commitment. I would appreciate an update on the laboratory. The Minister of State is also right to highlight that awareness and accessibility are essential to the success of the programme and ultimately to the prevention of deaths. The Department of Health and the HSE must continue to promote and explain the relevance of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Research (25 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: Every year in Ireland around 290 women get cervical cancer. Almost 90 of those women die from it. In women aged from 25 to 39 years cervical cancer is the second most common cause of death due to cancer. It is the responsibility of individuals, families, communities and the State to do everything possible to drive this number down. This week is European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week and...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: The proposed partnership between Coillte and a UK-based investment fund is a bad deal for multiple reasons. It is also symptomatic of this and the previous Government's disastrous approach to forestry. The forestry sector has been in crisis for years. The Government is only reaching one quarter of its own afforestation targets and its agricultural policies are pushing farmers away from...