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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Natural Heritage Areas (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his response to the concerns raised by an organisations (details supplied) concerning the natural heritage and biodiversity of Moylisha Hill in Counties Carlow and Wicklow. [33179/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that were made monthly between 1 January 2018 and 31 May 2022, inclusive; the number of passport applications in each of those months that were considered not completed by the applicant; and the number of passport applicants who experienced a delay for another reason for those same months; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to provide an alternative leaving certificate exam for students who cannot sit the regular exams due to illness or medical appointments. [33177/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the long-term plans for the accommodation of Ukrainian refugees currently staying in a hotel (details supplied). [33176/22]

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

Holly Cairns: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to recruit recent speech and language therapist graduates for roles in Children’s Disability Network Teams. [33183/22]

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

Holly Cairns: 229. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to encourage speech and language therapists who are Irish nationals working in other jurisdictions to take up roles in Children’s Disability Network Teams. [33184/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 230. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to add spinal muscular atrophy to the new-born heel prick test. [33185/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 231. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to fill the optometrist role in Cork University Hospital which has been vacant since February 2022. [33186/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical staff, including breakdown of consultants, in-consultant hospital doctors and therapeutic staff on each CAMHS team in CHO4. [33187/22]

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

Holly Cairns: 233. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 842 of 5 April and 308 of 18 May 2022, the percentage of appointments to senior psychologist posts in the adult mental health services in CHO4 between August 2017 and January 2021 that took place via unadvertised transfers; the details of each of those appointments by unadvertised transfer, that is, the exact service...

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

Holly Cairns: 234. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 666 of 1 March, 840 of 5 April and 308 of 18 May 2022, the way that fairness and transparency could be attributed to a process of expressions of interest in appointments by transfer of mental health psychologists in CHO4 which were not made known to all candidates through annual personal development plan meetings or by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking in response to calls from an organisations (details supplied) concerning the continued need for horticultural peat as a growing medium in the horticultural industry. [33174/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (22 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protections that are in place to preserve the nests of rare birds during nesting season when felling licences are being granted. [33175/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister. Will she clarify whether there is a new date by which the grant has to be spent? She will be aware the sector, as well as other arts venues and the wider hospitality sector, is experiencing increasing costs. Local employers in particular in these sectors are highlighting with me rising energy and insurance expenses, and I am sure she is hearing the same from all the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to support the live performance sector. [32415/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: The Minister will be very aware of the main challenges faced by the arts, culture and live entertainment industry across the pandemic. While the live performance sector welcomed her support, a major issue is the rate at which funds are being distributed to venues. Will the Minister outline her actions to ensure the timely distribution of these supports as quickly as possible to prevent the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister for her response. What I am hearing from venues in west Cork is that there is an interconnected importance between the amounts being received and the timing. Crucially, there is a misalignment between the demands of the sector and the manner in which the Department operates. When I raised this issue last May, there were also cases of venues not receiving funding they...

Proposal for a Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence: Motion (21 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: I strongly support opting in to the EU directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence. It outlines key principles around support for victims and survivors, better co-ordination in State services, safe reporting and respect for victims' privacy in judicial proceedings. All of these have to form the basis of a State architecture that is designed to respond to the needs of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: The Taoiseach will be aware of Emma O'Sullivan, a young woman in Cork city who has had to start to fundraise to get treatment for an eating disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD. She is fearful that she will never recover from these illnesses through the public mental health system. Emma has no choice but to seek costly private treatment. People are being incredibly generous in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policies (21 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: 79. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that operate in direct contact with members of the public have policies in place for members of the public to report instances of sexual harassment or assault that occur on the property of his Department or public body and agency under his remit; if so, if these policies are publicly...