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

Holly Cairns: 88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Islands’ Action Plan. [53613/22]

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

Holly Cairns: 113. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on increasing the annual funding for the CLÁR programme. [53614/22]

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

Holly Cairns: 135. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on increasing the annual funding for the Leader programme. [53615/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Policy (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 183. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of her engagements with the Minister for Foreign Affairs concerning negotiations with governments of other States to ensure the return of antiquities and historical objects held in museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions which originated from this country. [54104/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of his engagement with the Ambassador for the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning recent protests for women's rights and the treatment of protestors by state security services. [54101/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to ensure that all moneys pledged by religious orders to address the cost of compensation of historical abuse cases have been transferred to the State. [54100/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: United Nations (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her response to the campaign from an organisation (details supplied) highlighting the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. [54097/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Transport (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagement with the Minister for Transport concerning the provision of public transport services for disabled persons attending day services. [54096/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the religious orders that he is engaged with concerning making payments to the redress scheme for the survivors of mother-and-baby homes, including the names of the orders and the number of meetings that he or his officials have had with these orders or their representatives. [54098/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the pharmaceutical and medical companies that he is engaged with concerning making payments to the redress scheme for the survivors of mother-and-baby homes, including the names of the companies and the number of meetings that he or his officials have had with these companies or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Transport (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of his engagement with the Minister for Transport concerning the provision of public transport services for disabled persons attending vocational training services and post-secondary school-based courses. [54102/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to an organisation's (details supplied) concerns regarding the cut in beef prices that farmers receive in factors and its impact on their capacity for winter finishing. [54094/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to prohibit pair trawling inside the six-mile limit. [54095/22]

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: Unfortunately we know that on average, residents living in congregated settings have a lower quality of life and that is reaffirmed in this report. Regrettably, HIQA inspections have shown poor compliance results, poor quality of life for residents, or impacts on their safety. The findings are even more worrying when we consider the slow rates at which individuals are moved out to community...

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: Ms Grogan spoke on the financial abuse piece and welcomed the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. Everyone said we needed legislation around that. It was very rushed through the Houses here and we were told that there was a timeline that we definitely had to meet. Then it turned out that we did not have to meet that. All of the amendment stages of that Act were rushed and within...

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...