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Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: Greyhound racing is in terminal decline, both here and internationally. It is only legal in a handful of countries, one of which is the US, where it started. Now it has been banned in most states there. This is a cruel industry that has no place in modern society. No matter where this industry is, it is plagued with animal welfare concerns. Of course it is, when it is based on the...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: Both Sinn Féin and the Labour Party have tabled motions calling for reviews of this fund, which is unfortunately political speak for kicking the can down the road.

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: The Government is trying to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds on this issue and it is obvious to everyone. In essence, this dying industry is being propped up by the Government. Greyhound Racing Ireland’s own reports are showing significant declines in attendance. The facts as outlined in RTÉ’s documentary “Greyhounds - Running for their Lives”...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: Another planning application has been submitted for development on the former Bessborough mother and baby home site, adjacent to the area known as the children's burial ground. More than 900 children died in the care of the nuns at Bessborough. The burial place of more than 800 of those children is unknown. The commission of investigation found that it was very likely that the remains of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: We have the Institutional Burials Act 2022, so the context is different.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (29 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on reforming the stillbirth registration process [59051/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (29 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is taking to increase the pension entitlements of full-time family carers. [59052/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (29 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the statutory guidelines for local authority climate action plans, which will include the guidelines for the implementation of local authority decarbonising zones. [59569/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (29 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 746. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of home help staff currently available to work in each area of CHO4, including a breakdown of the numbers employed on a full-time or part-time basis. [59570/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (29 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 747. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the Health Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018 will be published. [59571/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (29 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 799. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an organisation's (details supplied) application for producer organisation status. [59568/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (24 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to address the restrictions in the redress scheme for victims of historical school abuses. [58132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to address the shortage of places in secondary schools for young people with autism in County Cork. [58131/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Registration Service (23 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is taking to reform the stillbirth registration process, with particular reference to families who wish the records of their child to be publicly accessible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58459/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (23 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date that he is working towards to ratify the Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58451/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (23 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on removing the State’s reservation to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58452/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (23 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugee spaces for victims/survivors of domestic violence/gender-based violence currently being funded by her Department in each county. [58458/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (23 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on waiting lists for therapeutic care in each CDNT according to each speciality; the average waiting time for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58454/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 216. To ask the Minister for Health if the budget for medical aids and equipment for children is ring-fenced within each CHO budget; if he will provide figures on the breakdown of different types of aids/equipment, for example wheelchairs and walkers, provided by each CHO for the period between 1 January 2019 and 31 October 2022. [58455/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (23 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: 217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set a national ambition to reduce the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths. [58456/22]