Results 281-300 of 625 for cork speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (26 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to install new bus shelters in south west County Cork. [21099/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: I have a last point on confidentiality and about rural areas specifically. Research was carried out in west Cork, where West Cork Women Against Violence is located. It transpired that how women in rural areas come to disclose, report or seek help is different to how they do so in more built-up areas, because of how difficult it is to maintain confidentiality in a rural area. Women often...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee and for sharing their insights with us. They are invaluable for us to hear, as a committee. I particularly welcome Ms Mulholland, from West Cork Women Against Violence. The organisation does incredible work in my constituency supporting women and children experiencing violent and abusive situations, as well as providing counselling...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (26 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: 1437. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the disability services management in CHO 4 meets with the Cork parents' advocacy network immediately. [19575/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (7 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the SouthDoc out-of-hours general practitioner service is operating in Castletownbere, County Cork. [19158/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: I cannot speak for Cork County Council, but the last-minute nature of the announcement was unacceptable. Weeks before the closure, I raised it with the Minister's Department. It is disappointing that the Minister is unwilling to acknowledge the frustrations and worries of the island community. It is an incredibly resilient group, but it needs Government policy backed with concrete measures...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...tells a different story. Only after weeks of sustained pressure did the Department commit to provide a public replacement to the cable car during its temporary closure. The people of west Cork are rightly worried that this is a further indication of the Government's lack of commitment to support our offshore islands. What assurances can the Minister give them?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: 840. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 1 March 2022, the way in which mental health psychologists in County Cork were informed of opportunities to transfer into posts outside of the nationally agreed recruitment process for the years 2014, 2016 and 2017, given that personal development planning meetings were not scheduled by HSE management for those...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: 842. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of appointments to permanent contract senior psychologist posts in the adult mental health services in County Cork between August 2017 and January 2021 that took place through unadvertised transfers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18124/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (31 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on, and response to, the sale of Ballymartle forest, Riverstick, County Cork. [17041/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the current public patient waiting lists for rheumatology, ophthalmology and neurology in Cork University Hospital in tabular form; and the number of months patients that are waiting. [17399/22]

Services for Children with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...44% had received no therapy of any kind in the last year. Some 44% of children with Down’s syndrome received no therapy, and this is just the national average. There are regional variations, with the Cork-Kerry area, CHO 4, being the worst. Some 64%, almost two thirds of children in this survey, did not receive any therapy - no speech and language therapy, no occupational...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...with the closure of the cable car next Friday. We need a publicly funded alternative service but no one is taking responsibility. The Minister for Rural and Community Development informed me that Cork County Council is responsible for any replacement. On Monday, however, Cork county councillors were informed that it is the Department’s responsibility. The only option for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social housing units built or made available in south-west Cork since 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15061/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 1089. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide chiropody services for public patients in Bandon and Kinsale, County Cork. [15051/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...than a year and a survey from AsIAm last year had similar results. Down Syndrome Ireland's recent survey found a disgraceful lack of services. It found, for example that 64% of respondents in the Cork-Kerry CHO 4 area reported that their children received no therapy of any kind. A Dáil motion two weeks ago condemned the current situation for young people with disabilities as a...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: My first questions are for Professor MacLachlan and Ms O'Connor. Despite the aspiration towards making disability services more family-centred, it is not the case. The Cork parents' advocacy network contacted me after repeated failed attempts to meet with the head of disability services for counties Cork and Kerry. Many family forums in CHO 4 have yet to be established. When will they be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking in increase the number of spaces in special classes in south-west areas of County Cork. [13536/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 235. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the resumption of chiropody services for public patients in Bantry, County Cork. [13542/22]