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Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 17: In page 13, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(o) to facilitate and support initiatives undertaken by communities or organisations which promote the principles of a just transition and climate justice;”.

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: On amendments Nos. 5, 6 and 8, I am delighted to see the Minister has accepted some of Deputy Whitmore's amendments, including reference to various important national strategies such as the national biodiversity strategy, the national disability inclusion strategy, and the roadmap for social inclusion. This will help ensure the Bill is poverty-proofed and conscious of disability matters. ...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: ""Just transition" means a transition that ensures the economic, environmental and social consequences of the ecological transformation of economies and societies are managed in ways that maximise opportunities of decent work for all, reduce inequalities, promote social justice, and support industries,...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: I am deeply worried about this Bill. When I was driving up from west Cork this week I was trying to think about how I could convey my profound concern for what the Government is doing. This Bill will have far-reaching consequences for disabled people, older people and individuals experiencing mental health difficulties. It affects how they can make decisions about their lives. This Bill...

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Regional Group for the opportunity to discuss the importance of the housing aid for older persons grant, the mobility aid grant, and the housing adaptation grant for people with disabilities. The Social Democrats fully support the motion. Last week, the Irish Examinerreported on the case of a family with a child with spina bifida who had to raise €50,000 and get a credit...

Food Price Rises: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: The rising cost of living, especially as it relates to the cost of food, is an incredibly serious issue affecting households across Ireland. I thank Deputy Kerrane and Sinn Féin for the opportunity to discuss this important matter and for the practical and considered solutions they are offering. Rising energy costs, skyrocketing rents, childcare fees that are more expensive than...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radon Gas Levels (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking in response to an organisation’s (details supplied) findings that 170,000 homes in the country are now predicted to be at risk from radon. [28154/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radon Gas Levels (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps which he is taking in response to the findings of an organisation (details supplied) that 170,000 homes in the country are now predicted to be at risk from radon. [28150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of air quality monitoring stations on offshore islands that are being monitored by his Department; their locations and when they will come online; the new monitoring stations that will be installed until the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28149/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that a bus stop is put in place in Ballinhassig, County Cork. [28156/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure the reinstatement of the east-bound bus stop on North Street, Skibbereen, County Cork. [28157/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 185 and 186 of 28 April 2022, the steps he is taking to engage with medical and therapeutic representative bodies to assist in determining what constitutes temporary or partial incapacity to reform eligibility for the incapacitated child tax credit. [28151/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his engagement or engagements by officials in his Department with an organisation (details supplied) concerning the renaming of a postal passport system; the number of staff involved; their respective grades and the estimated working hours committed to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28152/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students with complex needs that is required in a catchment area for her to permit the establishment of a special school; the size of that catchment area; and the process by which the need for such a school is determined by her Department. [28142/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students with addresses in Cork South West that are traveling to special schools or schools with special units in Cork city. [28143/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her engagement with parents' groups, disability persons’ organisations and advocacy organisations for people with disabilities concerning the development of five special education centres in Dublin. [28144/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pedagogical evidence concerning the development of five special education centres in Dublin. [28145/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her response to criticism from an organisation (details supplied) of her plan to develop five special education centres in Dublin [28146/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of complaints received by the National Council for Special Education in 2021; the number pertaining to the ability to contact Special Educational Needs Organisers or engagement with same generally; if she will provide a breakdown of the data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28147/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (31 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of proposed implementation regarding educational assessments by the National Council for Special Education, in view of a judgment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28148/22]