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

Holly Cairns: The Government's rural development policy for 2021 to 2025 commits to progressing vital infrastructure development for island communities. However, the Dursey Island situation 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...

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: Any electoral reform is welcome. This reform is long overdue. We are all aware of issues around voter registration, the inaccuracies of the register of electors and poor voter education. Our republic is founded on the sovereignty of the Irish people, but this can be only realised through an electoral system that proactively enables participation, fostering understanding of elections and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: There is an appalling disparity in the Government's allocation of our national mackerel quota. Only 2% is assigned to all vessels under 15 m, while 98% is given to a few much larger boats. Inshore fishers make up the majority of the fishing sector and they engage in the most sustainable type of fishing which has been practised in our island and coastal communities for centuries, yet they...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: Sorry, but I am not asking about that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: I am talking about the national allocation of our mackerel quota.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: It is only 2% to the sector.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Offshore Islands (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: 128. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the islands action plan. [18054/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Offshore Islands (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: 120. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress that has been made in addressing action 136 of the Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 (details supplied). [18053/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Vacant Properties (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: 136. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the programme for Government commitment for an expanded town and village renewal scheme to bring vacant and derelict buildings back into use and promote residential occupancy; when communities can start applying for this funding; and the estimated amount available to each local authority. [18051/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Gender Equality (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: 143. To ask the Taoiseach the steps he is taking to identify and address gender pay disparity in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit. [17369/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Transport Policy (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: 144. To ask the Taoiseach the steps he is taking to encourage active travel modes to and from work in his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit. [17388/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Offshore Islands (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding streams that are available to invest in infrastructure to improve access for persons with physical disabilities and mobility impairments to offshore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18127/22]

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

Holly Cairns: 837. To ask the Minister for Health the number of family forums that are planned to be established as part of progressing disability services in each CHO; the number of family forums which have been established in each CHO; the number of persons on each of the established family forums; the means by which persons can join family forums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18119/22]

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

Holly Cairns: 838. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to recruit occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and psychologists for children's disability network teams. [18120/22]

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

Holly Cairns: 839. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 1 March 2022, the reason a local interview was used as the method of recruitment to a senior psychologist adult mental health post in St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire and the Fermoy home-based crisis team in March 2017 instead of the relevant national recruitment panel; the reason the relevant national...

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: 841. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 1 March 2022, the number of HSE psychologists in CHO4 that expressed an interest in writing in availing of opportunities to transfer into posts for each of the years 2014 to 2021; the number of HSE psychologists in CHO4 that were facilitated in each of these years to transfer into posts that were not first...

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 Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (5 Apr 2022)

Holly Cairns: 973. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams that are available to invest in infrastructure to improve access for persons with physical disabilities and mobility impairments to offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18126/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (31 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: The cattle are already calving now. The Minister is aware of the pressing need for farmers to be supported, but this situation raises larger points about our food sovereignty. The pandemic should have been a wake-up call to pivot towards a more secure position. In 2020, our vulnerabilities to food supply chains were clearly exposed. Now, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has highlighted...