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

Holly Cairns: I can only presume that he did not quite understand when Deputy Hourigan tried to explain to him in respect of what normally happens at committees. Is that the case?

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

Holly Cairns: If Mr. Farrelly understands what is required, perhaps he or Mr. Kiernan will explain when this legal action went into place or when the situation in respect of what the Mental Health Commission can or cannot speak about publicly and under privilege changed.

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

Holly Cairns: To be clear-----

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

Holly Cairns: To be clear, the committee is charged with the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Under that convention, people with disabilities have the right to live in their community and independently. This clearly falls very much under the remit of the committee.

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

Holly Cairns: Now that we have the understanding that Mr. Farrelly can speak about it and he has spoken about other specific situations, why did the commission take such a strong stance in respect of other issues that have similarities but not in respect of this one? It says it wants to keep people in their community but not that is not the case in east Cork. Why has the Mental Health Commission taken...

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

Holly Cairns: I did not state that the Mental Health Commission has the power to do that. I asked why it did not take a stance against the closure when it has done so very strongly in comparable scenarios.

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

Holly Cairns: Does Mr. Farrelly believe those residents should be able to stay in their community in Owenacurra?

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

Holly Cairns: We have just been through that.

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

Holly Cairns: Once again, we have spoken about this already. We realise what powers the Mental Health Commission does or does not have but there is weight in its words. We have seen it coming out strongly against other situations relating to accommodation. How does Mr. Farrelly stand over taking a back seat and not saying anything in respect of people being moved from Owenacurra into ward-based settings...

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

Holly Cairns: Why does the Mental Health Commission not have a stance on that when it does on the other situations that I raised?

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

Holly Cairns: Yet Mr. Farrelly is able to speak to the Irish Examiner.

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

Holly Cairns: My time is nearly up. Mr. Farrelly is not really answering my question. I hope I will be able to come back in later in the meeting. The commission has stood over the transfer of Owenacurra residents to inferior ward-based settings, cutting them off from the community, but it has taken a different stance on other situations. Has that called into question the oversight of these things by...

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: Needless to say, the Social Democrats knew this was a crisis and this is why we tabled this motion. Since then, however, in engaging with schools in Cork South-West and beyond, and through receiving messages on social media, I am realising how truly desperate the situation has got. Let us imagine being the principal of a primary school and getting a message late in the evening from a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (6 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refuge spaces for victims/survivors of domestic violence/gender-based violence currently being funded by her Department in each county. [60307/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (6 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide her response to the annual report from an organisation (details supplied). [60306/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Sector Staff (6 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the number of persons employed in all bodies/agencies under his remit, including the number of persons who have full or part- time permanent contracts; the number of persons on temporary contracts; and the number of persons who have had their contracts terminated. [60366/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (6 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the provision of a bus service to enable young people in Beara, County Cork access day services in Bantry, County Cork. [60371/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (6 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of his engagement with LocalLink concerning the provision of a bus service to enable young persons in Beara, County Cork access day services in Bantry, County Cork. [60376/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that a driving test centre in Skiberreen will have two full-time equivalent testers working from January 2023. [60378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of testers working in each driving test centre, including a breakdown of the number workers that are on full-time or part-time contracts. [60379/22]