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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I am glad the Minister is here because it is abundantly clear that there is a huge disconnect between what the Department is doing and what it needs to do for people with disabilities to enable them to realise their rights. Disability, employment and social protection are very complex areas and their interactions can either empower or disadvantage people. The approach taken by this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: If I could come back very briefly Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I wish to be clear to the Minister that obviously I am not putting any blame on the staff in offices and I am not putting any blame on doctors filling out the forms; I am just highlighting that the system is not working. It is obviously a dysfunctional system or an overly restrictive system if more than half of the people who apply are refused and then, on appeal, almost two thirds are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I have two questions, but I will first make another point. The Minister's comment that people can have €50,000 in savings and earn €140 per week is like saying, “Isn't it great that somebody can have €50,000 in savings and still get their benefit?” That is very difficult for people watching these proceedings to hear. Why can somebody with a disability or...

Ban on Sex for Rent Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank my colleague, Deputy Cian O'Callaghan, and his team, Pádraig, Micheal and Jack, for developing this important Bill. Sex for rent is abhorrent. It reveals the depraved depths of the housing crisis, whereby grossly exploitative landlords expect sexual favours in return for putting roofs over people's heads. Abusers see an opportunity to take advantage of women who desperately...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (23 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the barriers for individuals applying for parent’s benefit including digital literacy issues, necessity for a public services card to apply via MyGovID.ie and attendant difficulties in accessing paper application forms for applicants who are unable to apply online. [15506/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Community Development Projects (23 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timelines for any potential funding stream in 2022 for community centres and community facilities; and if he will report on the potential to create a specific LGBT+ community resource centre fund in recognition of the need for infrastructure investment for the LGBT+ community nationwide and to build on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 211. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1055 of 31 March 2021, the entire duration in weeks experienced by the CHO4 staff member referred to in the response from the submission of their grievance prior to a stage 1 hearing until they received feedback from their stage 2 hearing which took place subsequent to the HSE's response to Parliamentary Question No....

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

Holly Cairns: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and supports available in each CHO to support home births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15502/22]

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

Holly Cairns: 213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide his response to the recommendations in a report (details supplied) concerning progressing disability services for children and young people. [15503/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (23 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 241. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timelines for any potential funding stream in 2022 for community centres and community facilities; and if she will report on the potential to create a specific LGBT+ community resource centre fund in recognition of the need for infrastructure investment for the LGBT+ community nationwide and to build on the positive impact of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (23 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 242. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams available to men’s sheds to acquire their own premises to operate out of. [15505/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 93. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the Central Statistics Office automatically assigning male or female sex to those who choose not to declare on the 2022 census form. [15065/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 94. To ask the Taoiseach the options that are available to persons who do not identify as either female or male on the 2022 census form. [15066/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: School Facilities (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a broadband connection for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15050/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the resumption of walk-in appointments for renewing driving licences. [15070/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to provide funding to public swimming pools to enable all young people to avail of the facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15067/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 302. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to ensure that the supports offered under the live performance support scheme 4 are being distributed as quickly as possible to prevent the permanent closure of venues. [15068/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the roll-out of the live performance support scheme 3; the amount of funding allocated as of 15 March 2022; and the timeline for the distribution of the remaining funding. [15069/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social housing units built or made available in south-west Cork since 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15061/22]