Results 241-260 of 7,362 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (1 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the planned excavation on the site of the mother and baby institution in Tuam, Galway; and the date on which exhumation will commence. [38535/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (1 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 381. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled persons resident in a congregated setting, by county, local age and type of residence from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [38536/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Nursing Homes (1 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will release the necessary funding to continue to fund transitioning those under 65 years out of nursing homes and into appropriate accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38537/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (1 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 18 September 2024, the reason for the reduction in service provision in the centre since 2019, despite the minor increase in staffing; and the number of staff currently on leave in the centre. [38951/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 504. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts advertised in the Cork/Kerry primary care child and adolescent psychology services since January 2024; the date those posts were advertised; and the grade of psychologist post in each instance. [38945/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: 244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on the integrity of the scientific advice behind the closure of pollack fishery; and whether his Department has conducted a review into the impact of the closure decision on island and inshore fishing communities. [38491/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: 245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide detail on the dedicated funding which will be made available for the upcoming tranche of the organic farming scheme. [38492/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide detail on the measures he is taking to ensure a timely release of ACRES funding in year two. [38493/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: Since Deputy Harris became Taoiseach, there has been a dominant message from this Government trying to make the lives of international protection applicants as miserable as possible. The Government has announced plans to cut their meagre allowances and to charge them to stay in institutional settings. The Minister's Department is enforcing transfers from international protection applicant...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: At the weekend, when asked to explain the spiralling homelessness figures, the Taoiseach blamed vulnerable migrants. He said homeless numbers are now heavily impacted by people seeking international protection. This, as the Minister knows, is not true. The biggest correlating factor in the context of rising homelessness in Ireland is not rising migration, it is Fine Gael in government....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: Recently, a constituent reached out to me. Her daughter had an epileptic seizure and she called an ambulance, but had to wait for four hours. That is not an isolated incident. Response times for ambulances are too long, especially in rural areas. Due to staffing shortages, the service depends on workers on non-rostered overtime. This issue is particularly acute in the south west....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: They have no funding to address the staff shortages.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (24 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific steps that have been taken by the National Transport Authority to address taxi licensing issues, such as cars with tinted rear windows, and the provision of vehicles by hotels driven by unlicensed persons. [37309/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (24 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the exclusion of mead, categorised often as other fermented beverages, specifically those sold under CN code 2206, from the small cider producer excise relief scheme; and if he will consider including it in Budget 2025. [37308/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (24 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: 350. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of clinical sessions typically offered to children and adolescents attending the CHO4 primary care occupational therapy services; and if these clients are placed on another waiting list following discharge in the event that they require ongoing support. [37306/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (24 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: 351. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of clinical sessions typically offered to children and adolescents of the CHO4 primary care physiotherapy services; and if these clients are placed on another waiting list following discharge in the event that they require ongoing support. [37307/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (24 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: 412. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2043 of 23 July 2024, the number of clinical sessions typically offered to children and adolescents attending the CHO4 primary care speech and language therapy services; and if these clients are placed on another waiting list following discharge in the event that they require ongoing support. [37305/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: The Taoiseach said this Government takes nothing off the table and anyone who thinks they will get off the hook is wrong but for his information, this has literally just happened with regard to the redress scheme for mother and baby homes. The Minister went over cap in hand to the Church to try to get a contribution and did not get one. Is the Taoiseach aware of a legal strategy that is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: The report into abuse in religious-run schools is horrific. Hundreds of predators subjected thousands of children to relentless sexual abuse. Survivors described being molested, stripped naked, raped and drugged in an atmosphere of terror and silence. The abuse happened in classrooms, offices and sports facilities. Some were sexually abused in their own homes by predators who had gained...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: 578. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff available for respite cover at weekends for children with disabilities at a location (details supplied); and the number of children receiving such care, from 2019 to date, in tabular form. [36079/24]