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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Procurement Contracts (14 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce local food procurement policies for the public sector to encourage the availability of nutritious, locally sourced food in public sector areas such as schools, hospitals, government buildings, prisons and so on. [38551/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on 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. [38550/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is taking to increase disability allowance by €15 per week. [38581/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rights of People with Disabilities (14 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a key conclusion in the Cost of Disability in Ireland – Research Report, that measures to address the additional costs of disability should be based on a multi-faceted approach involving increased cash payments, enhanced access to service provision and specific targeted grant programmes. [34519/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rights of People with Disabilities (14 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the key conclusion in the Cost of Disability in Ireland – Research Report, that the levels of disability payments and allowances should be changed to reflect the very different costs of disability by severity and type of disability. [34518/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (14 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 610. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking to assist Afghan refugees (details supplied) to secure their own independent accommodation [39547/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need in each HSE region [39548/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 863. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on waiting lists for therapeutic care in each children’s disability network team according to each speciality; the average waiting time for an appointment;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39549/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (14 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 864. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set a national ambition to reduce the number of stillbirths and neo-natal deaths. [39550/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (14 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 865. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a committee/unit to study stillbirth and neo-natal death as a public health issue and to make recommendations for reducing the number of stillbirths and neo-natal deaths, including testing and screening for Group B Strep, vasa praevia, pre-eclampsia, and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. [39551/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister and his team for appearing before the committee today. Despite guarantees to access for education and employment in both the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, and national law, we know that people with disabilities are consistently under-represented in both. Approximately one third of disabled people have left education before they intended...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister for his reply. It is the last day of the Dáil and, given that there is a Minister in the committee, I would like to make an appeal. A lot of budgetary decisions will be made over the recess. As a committee, we have heard a lot from people over the past two years about the risk of social exclusion and other such things being much higher among people with...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 64. To ask the Taoiseach his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and public bodies and agencies under his remit to offer people with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene, in safety and comfort. [38727/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 65. To ask the Taoiseach the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing action 32 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38745/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and public bodies and agencies under his remit to offer people with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene, in safety and comfort. [38716/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing action 32 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38734/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and public bodies and agencies under his remit to offer people with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene, in safety and comfort.;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing action 32 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38735/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which his Department owns and public bodies and agencies under his remit to offer people with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene, in safety and comfort. [38729/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2022)

Holly Cairns: 115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way that his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing action 32 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38747/22]