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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the process to end the direct provision system. [5158/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address high childcare costs. [5161/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 159. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address child poverty. [5160/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 178. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare supports available to one-parent families. [5162/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Civil Service (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that no person in the employment of a local authority will be transferred to a utility provider (details supplied) without their consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to improve the working conditions for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5803/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 333. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on and response to a key conclusion (details supplied) in the Cost of Disability in Ireland - Research Report. [5798/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 334. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the State has a database to record and monitor unaccompanied migrant cases in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5806/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 354. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the State has a database to record and monitor unaccompanied migrant cases in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5802/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 351. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minor migrants who were referred to Tusla in 2020 and 2021 who were reunited with family members during this same time period; the procedure that is in place in cases in which a child is reunited with a family member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5799/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 352. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of migrant children who have gone missing from Tusla's care in 2020 and 2021; the number of these children who have been located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5800/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 353. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the protocol that is in place in cases in which an unaccompanied minor arrives into an Irish port and seeks to be reunited with a family member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5801/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his view on and response to a report concerning sexual violence in Irish colleges and universities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5808/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of An Garda Síochána when an unaccompanied minor migrant is identified in an Irish sea or airport when an unaccompanied minor migrant is seeking to be reunited with a family member; if trafficking assessments are carried out as part of this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5807/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the backlog of forestry licences. [5797/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Equality and Non-Discrimination: Discussion (3 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank all of the witnesses for taking the time to appear before the committee. Their insights are invaluable in helping us understand the lived reality of disability and discrimination. Unfortunately, we know disabled people are more likely to experience discrimination and for it to occur to them more frequently and it is more likely for it to have a serious impact on their lives. Most...

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (2 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: Many of the fundamental flaws identified by the fishing sector in the pre-legislative scrutiny remain. Today’s amendments highlight the lack of due process and natural justice in this regulatory system and the Government's bizarre commitment to an impaired approach, which must be called out. Penalty points can be issued on a balance of probability rather than on the principle of...

Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (2 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: I will not speak for too long on this. I welcome the Bill, especially the mechanism to allow for and encourage small-scale forestry planting on farms and other land. This is the type of practical intervention needed to help local afforestation with native broadleaf species. The right type of planting has multiple benefits that range from improving carbon sequestration to improving...

Cancer Care: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: One in two people will develop cancer during their lifetime. Getting a cancer diagnosis is overwhelming and terrifying. Many or most, if not all, of us have lost loved ones to cancer but we also know many people who have survived. Screenings, improved treatment and excellent care are all increasing survival rates. However, this comes at a deep physical, emotional and, disgracefully,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: The programme for Government committed to reviewing the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 in 2021. This deadline has already been missed. I welcome the appointment of an independent chair for the review but there is still considerable confusion about the nature of the process and its timeline. All we have heard about is the very limited budget of €60,000. We...