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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (13 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the status of speech and language therapy and occupational therapy appointments for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61993/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Young People and the Built Environment: Carlow Educate Together (13 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank the witnesses for visiting and sharing the results of our research. While we are called the children's committee, it is quite rare that we engage with children. This means that we talk about children but not with children. It is important that the witnesses are with us. They can help us to understand why it is important that their voices are heard at this committee. All I have...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Young People and the Built Environment: Carlow Educate Together (13 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: Dulcie and Rachel spoke about the importance of having more art on the streets. Art can help to brighten a place up and make it feel more welcoming. I was delighted that they had some examples from Cork. As part of the arts festival in Skibbereen, we hire an artist to produce murals to make the town livelier and more colourful. I love the Waterford walls, which are famous now for being so...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Young People and the Built Environment: Carlow Educate Together (13 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: I have a final question for anyone who wants to answer it. What was the witnesses' favourite part of doing the project?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Young People and the Built Environment: Carlow Educate Together (13 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: Well done to everyone. It is so great to have them here. Fair play to their teachers.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 56. To ask the Minister for Health his views on providing multi-annual funding for the mental health unit in Bantry General Hospital. [60993/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 117. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all women who choose to have home births are supported in their decision. [60994/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policies that he is putting in place to help farmers achieve sectoral emissions targets in a just manner. [60999/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to ensure that the Common Fisheries Policy supports inshore fishers. [61001/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the call by an organisation (details supplied) to set up a new Food Vision tillage group. [61003/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to address the programme For Government commitment to ensure that inshore waters continue to be protected for smaller fishing vessels and recreational fishers and that pair trawling will be prohibited inside the six-mile limit. [61002/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to support the inshore fishing sector. [61000/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: When the witnesses say they have no power, I think we all understand what they mean. The Mental Health Commission has a power in that its words carry some weight. That in itself is a powerful thing the commission has. When we are asking about the stance and other things, the weight of the witnesses' words really does matter. The Mental Health Commission has a legal obligation to enforce...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: Crucially, that means people in their communities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: From my experience in Cork South-West, I am well aware how willing the Mental Health Commission can be to take action against the HSE, as was the case with room sharing in the acute ward in the mental health part of the hospital in Bantry. I see it also took a strong line recently over the admission of an acute patient to St. Stephen's Hospital in Glanmire over a breach of directions from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: Does Mr. Farrelly accept that, from the perspective of the general public, this might call into question whether the Mental Health Commission is the right body to go ahead and extend its remit into community and adult and child mental health teams?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: I am not asking Mr. Farrelly about my view. I am asking for his view on that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: Does Mr. Farrelly think it is acceptable to appear before the committee and say what he will or will not talk about without explaining the reason for that? Does he think other bodies do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: Mr. Farrelly went on "Drivetime" with a family member and spoke at length about the issue, and Dr. Finnerty refused to meet a family member a week later. The situation had not changed much in a week. Now we have a situation where Mr. Farrelly spoke to theIrish Examinerbut he will not speak to the committee.