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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 11: In page 8, line 31, to delete “16 years” and substitute “18 years”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 12: In page 8, to delete lines 32 and 33, and substitute the following: “(ii) has recovered from that long-term illness or any other long-term illness,”. The amendment deals with the unusual wording that flexibility working arrangements will end when the child "ceases to have that disability or long-term illness or any other disability or long-term...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: My amendment seeks to replace the words "ceases to have" with the words "has recovered from" because one can recover from something and not cease to have a disability. Will the Minister indicate what kind of disability someone would cease to have?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: The amendment states: "has recovered from that long-term illness or any other long-term illness” but should include the word "disability". My amendment simply proposes that the words "ceases to have" be replaced with the words "has recovered from". I can understand if that is in the Parental Leave Act or whatever, and why it might be taken from there, but it is that kind of...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: No, sorry. To include "disability" and to change "ceases to have" with-----

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: Yes, "has recovered from".

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: How does that work?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: Perfect. I will withdraw it then.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 15: In page 9, lines 22 to 25, to delete all words from and including “in”, where it firstly occurs, in line 22, down to and including “(b)”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 16: In page 9, lines 29 to 31, to delete all words from and including “, and” in line 29, down to and including “concerned”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 18: In page 11, lines 4 and 5, to delete all words from and including “or” in line 4, down to and including “matters” in line 5. The Bill gives employers an ill-defined and ambiguous reason to deny flexible working arrangements because of "any other relevant matters". The pre-legislative scrutiny report called for the removal of any such...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 20: In page 13, line 6, to delete “reasonable grounds for believing” and substitute “clear evidence”. This amendment is similar to amendment No. 18. Section 13G(2) allows an employer to terminate flexible working arrangements if they have "reasonable grounds for believing" that the employee is not using it for the approved circumstances....

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Holly Cairns: "Reasonable grounds" is ambiguous and "clear evidence" would be stronger language. I will leave it at that.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: The scale of abuse, terror and cruelty experienced by thousands of women, children and infants in mother and baby homes is almost unimaginable. This includes unexplained infant deaths, disappeared children, illegal adoptions, incarceration, forced labour, illegal medical experimentation and emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Both the church and State have responsibility for these abuses...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: This is a serious issue with implications for many communities. The geographical size of the county has to be taken into consideration. LEADER funding is vital for rural areas, and many community centres, playgrounds and local amenities are only possible with such funding. Many communities do not even have the basics of a playground. I am working with Bandon and Skibbereen family resource...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to ensure the allocation of funding under the LEADER 2023-2027 programme considers the geographical size and population distribution of areas and awards funding proportionately. [53618/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: LEADER is one of the key funding mechanisms for rural areas. In many cases, it is the only option for the scale of capital investment required. However, the funding allocation model disadvantages larger counties like Cork, which in geographical and population terms is multiples of some smaller counties. In the forthcoming LEADER programme, what measures is the Minister taking to ensure a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: I am raising this issue on behalf of concerned organisations and communities in Cork. A letter co-signed by the chairs of Cork local community development committees, LCDCs, all three of them Fine Gael councillors, calls for a fairer distribution of funding. Cork County Council's administrative area is divided into three LCDCs and the funding allocation need to reflect that. The...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Programme for Government’s commitment for an expanded town and village renewal scheme to bring vacant and derelict buildings back into use and promote residential occupancy; when communities can start applying for this funding; and the estimated amount available to each local authority. [53612/22]