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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (23 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 381. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the legislative basis for his policy decision to restrict Ukrainian refugees to a maximum of two offers of accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33502/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (23 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is putting in place an appeals process to accompany his policy decision to restrict Ukrainian refugees to a maximum of two offers of accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33503/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (23 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 448. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to statements from the Clinical Lead for the National Clinical Programme for People with Disabilities at the Oireachtas Disability Matters Committee concerning clinical staff in disability services (details supplied). [33505/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank everyone for being with us today. It has been one of the most revealing and frankly unnerving sessions we have had. The failure of the justice and penal system to recognise and respond to people with disabilities is quite shocking. In some cases it seems to amount to people being punished because they have an unidentified or unsupported disability or even an identified one. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: Which DPOs has the Mental Health Commission engaged with, then? Excuse me if I am incorrect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: Any of the ones that have come before this committee said they were not engaged with on the draft codes of practice. One of the biggest concerns with the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 codes of practices, for example, was that----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: One of the main concerns is those draft codes of practice making provision, for example, for a bank teller to refuse somebody their money in a bank. That flies in the face of the whole purpose of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. They were the concerns we heard at the committee from DPOs that said they were not engaged with. That would be assuming incapacity rather than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: I have to say I am surprised that Mr. Farrelly is surprised that people are refused money in a bank. It is a regular occurrence for older people and people with intellectual and physical disabilities. It is not unheard of at all. That is the whole purpose and why we need this legislation-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: I hear it from people coming in to my office, even people I know. It absolutely does happen. The committee has heard that it is a reality that people are being treated differently because they have a disability. It is not correct to say there was loads of time and engagement; even the Department was upfront and honest with the committee about the fact that they had to rush through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: There was not adequate engagement. That is not true. We all know that and they have asked for-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: There is a need to review the codes of practice perhaps.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: From the Seanad (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: For clarity, is it the case that we cannot vote on the Bill in its entirety now? Is it just the amendments?

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: From the Seanad (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: Is the legislation then passed with no-----

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: From the Seanad (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: In that case, I will put on record my opposition to the Bill in its current form without the changes we spoke about.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: From the Seanad (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: Is that normally the case?

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: From the Seanad (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: Does the Bill come back to the House again for a final vote?

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: From the Seanad (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: It just passes automatically.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: From the Seanad (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: I welcome the Seanad amendments and any changes that will help to improve this highly problematic legislation. I acknowledge the adopted people and their advocates who have been fighting for the most basic changes, and the Senators who argued for the improvements as well. We all wanted to get behind this Bill but, regrettably, the major defects and injustices remain. The mandatory...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank Deputy Connolly and the Independent Group for bringing forward this motion, which the Social Democrats fully support. I welcome this opportunity to discuss respite care. This motion goes to the heart of how the incredible role of carers is continually overlooked and undervalued by the Government and the State. The inadequacy in the provision of respite care is a symptom of a much...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to ensure that all public buses or buses operating public service contracts have the capacity to carry bikes. [33180/22]