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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. 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]

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]