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Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62528/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 580. To ask the Minister for Health if all student occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and radiology students will be paid for the work they do in hospital and healthcare settings as part of mandatory placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62817/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment in the programme for Government to provide free contraception, starting with women aged between 17 and 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the issues raised in relation to the care afforded to vulnerable prisoners, notably those with a mental illness, in the Council of Europe anti-torture Committee’s seventh periodic visit report on Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62819/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adult persons currently on waiting lists to see a psychiatrist in each of the HSE regions in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62821/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Bodies (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62519/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 630. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider requesting to amend the Irish whiskey protected geographic indication, PGI, technical file to state barley for Irish whiskey must be sourced on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62802/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 631. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of racing greyhounds microchipped annually between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62803/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 632. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds registered on the race management system annually between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62804/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 633. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recorded injuries and deaths of greyhounds that have occurred at greyhound racing stadiums and events organised by the Irish Greyhound Board between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021, in tabular form. [62805/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: State Bodies (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 642. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62532/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 648. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support she is putting in place to help voluntary community groups meet operating costs during the Covid-19 pandemic when their usual means of fundraising cannot take place. [62826/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 649. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of 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. [62827/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 650. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on adding a requirement that all funding from her Department include provisions to meet and further the rights of persons with disabilities. [62828/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Personal Transport for People with Disabilities: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. More importantly, I thank them for all the work they do on disability matters and for highlighting the failures of the Government and the State. The discontinuation of the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant for new applicants in 2013 was disgraceful, but the fact that no adequate replacement has been developed in eight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Personal Transport for People with Disabilities: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: I have a quick follow-up question. It was quite disappointing that 18 people were initially decongregated. That was an incredibly low number given the incredibly high number of people who were inappropriately placed in those congregated settings. I know from different people we were dealing with in my office that it was not just in old persons’ homes but that people were also placed...

Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Instruction to Committee (15 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: I am sharing time with Deputy Cahill. I welcome the motion in many aspects, as I would welcome any change that will improve animal welfare and afforestation. Regarding the phasing out of fur farming, it is fair to say this is a case of the law catching up with societal changes. The majority of people are deeply uncomfortable with the idea that an animal would be raised for the purpose of...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: This Bill is deeply troubling and morally wrong. It is an attempt to undermine the will of the Irish people. It is trying to legislate on medical best practice. This is not only inappropriate, but also incredibly disrespectful to women and doctors. Ultimately, it is a move to control women’s bodies. We are not going to return to those days. The eighth amendment and all it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been detected in meat processing plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62385/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reported Covid-19 cases found in meat processing plant workers between 1 January 2020 and 1 December 2021, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62386/21]