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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: HIQA's Overview Report - Monitoring and Regulation of Designated Centres for People with Disabilities in 2021: Discussion (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank Ms Grogan very much for her reply.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: As a regular visitor to Cork South-West, the Taoiseach will be aware of the desperate need for a bypass for Innishannon and for the development of the Bandon relief road. Both communities have been waiting years for these vital projects. Innishannon is basically divided in two because of the amount of traffic and the tailbacks in the morning and evening are only getting worse. In Bandon,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: No.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (26 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: Unfortunately, that is the exact stock answer I have come to expect. This is a pressing health and environmental issue. Raw sewage and poorly treated wastewater impact on local ecology and has public health implications. Wastewater in Kinsale and Clonakilty, two of Ireland's major tourist destinations, has failed to meet EU treatment standards and raw sewage is being discharged into...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (26 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: The latest Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report on wastewater has highlighted major issues with poorly treated sewage continuing to harm the quality of our rivers, lakes and coastal waters. The damage the report reveals is being done to our waters is incredibly worrying. Some 51% of Ireland's sewage was treated to the European standard set to protect our environment, well below the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (26 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that he is taking in response to the EPA finding that just 51% of Ireland’s sewage was treated to the European Union standards set to protect our environment, well below the EU average of 90%. [53888/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Rockall Island Ownership (26 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of his engagements with the British government concerning the status of Rockall and its implications for Irish fishers since taking office. [53884/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (26 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish an independent review (details supplied) conducted as part of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 review. [53885/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all teachers, teaching and school staff are made eligible to receive a Covid-19 booster vaccination immediately. [53886/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Wastewater Treatment (26 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to examine the implications of the EPA report on Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2021 and its findings on public health. [53887/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wastewater Treatment (26 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to examine the implications of the EPA report on Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2021 and its findings on the inshore fishing sector. [53882/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: With the time limit, perhaps the Minister will respond to my question about the Common Fisheries Policy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: With the time limit, perhaps the Minister will respond on the Common Fisheries Policy, which barely mentions the inshore sector. It is all for the bigger boats. That will obviously be Ireland's position as it goes into negotiations in Europe.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: They were ripped off with the mackerel quota, for example.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made in the Programme for Government commitment to ‘support the small food producer, providing support for on-farm diversification enterprises and investment in local processing facilities, allowing farmers to sell their products into the local and wider domestic markets’. [53207/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: The programme for Government commits to supporting small food producers with "on-farm diversification enterprises and investment in local processing facilities". The reality is that small farmers, fishers and producers are very vulnerable to the prices set by the larger retailers and the processors. They are being squeezed between rising operating costs and fluctuating prices, then they are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: Government policy needs to recognise the unique role of small farmers and producers, who provide incredibly high-quality food but are highly vulnerable to economic forces. While we pay lip service to this model of agriculture, as in the Minister of State's response, the reality is that farmers are being forced into fewer and fewer areas - mainly dairy - because it is the only way to make...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Food Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: In relation to small food producers, inshore fishers are important and often overlooked food producers. They offer guaranteed fresh fish that is sustainably caught. Those are the basics of the unique culinary landscape in places like west Cork. One of the issues that is really affecting them at the moment is rising fuel costs, which is having a severe impact on the inshore sector. I know...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that he is taking in response to backlogs in the forestry licensing system. [53208/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that he is taking to increase the low national rate of afforestation. [53209/22]