Results 4,521-4,540 of 7,506 for speaker:Holly Cairns
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance if hospitality businesses will be eligible in December 2021 to be given the opportunity to requalify for the employment wage subsidy scheme supports in January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61558/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will permit automatic qualification for the Covid restrictions support scheme in cases in which hospitality businesses qualify for the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61559/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will apply a 30% revenue drop threshold for the Covid restrictions support scheme supports for hospitality businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61560/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set the weekly cap on the Covid restrictions support scheme payments at €25,000 in order to ensure larger hospitality businesses are not disadvantaged by the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61561/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: 250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when all applicants to the sports capital programme will be informed of the outcome of the assessment of their applications. [61563/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will update housing circular 41 of 2012 to reflect the relevant changes in Irish immigration law such as SI No. 548/2015 - European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015. and relevant case law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61562/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planning of a new building for a school in (details supplied). [61236/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: 430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will immediately publish a report (details supplied). [61240/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: 498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address the backlogs in the Cork City Coroner’s Court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61239/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: 571. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all acute hospitals, community hospitals, health centres and primary health care centres are fully wheelchair accessible. [61238/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: 766. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the transfer of €7 million in capital expenditure from the forestry budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61234/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: 767. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that the €7 million in capital expenditure intended to be moved from the forestry budget is spent on community and small-scale tree-planting initiatives for National Tree Week 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61235/21]
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: I thank the witnesses for sharing their experiences and knowledge today. We know that close to 100,000 children in Ireland are in consistent poverty, with another 200,000 at risk. We know that this year, organisations such as Depaul have seen really worrying increases in calls for help. The submissions and experiences of the witnesses are essential in helping the committee to understand...
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: I thank the Rialto Youth Project for its statement. It highlights both the barriers faced by young people in marginalised communities, but also people's capacity to thrive when supported properly. I want to ask about the kind of practical support that the project offers. Homework clubs help young people develop learning skills and also often provide a space to do homework, a luxury many...
- Seafood Taskforce Final Report: Statements (9 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: The report sets out the stark reality facing the Irish fishing sector, which is in the eye of the storm that is Brexit. In the hundreds of headlines and news reports on Brexit, fishing is not mentioned enough. Despite the massive impact of the ongoing change, coastal and island communities' livelihoods depend on the sea and they are often overlooked. The Irish fleet has lost more than 15%...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: 131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of his engagement with regard to pursuing existing flexibilities in the WTO's TRIPS agreement to allow for a waiver of intellectual property rights concerning Covid-19 vaccines, to facilitate universal and equitable access to vaccines. [56515/21]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning disability services with the UNCRPD and considering the future system and innovation: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: Is there time to ask one quick question before we wrap up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning disability services with the UNCRPD and considering the future system and innovation: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: Mr. Broadhead mentioned the ratification in July 2008 in Australia. Was that the ratification of the UNCRPD alone or of the optional protocol also?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning disability services with the UNCRPD and considering the future system and innovation: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: Ireland is yet to ratify the optional protocol and it took us ten years to ratify the UN convention. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission was before the committee as was the UN special rapporteur. They both said that Ireland can ratify the optional protocol in the morning. There is no good reason for delaying any further. We consistently hear from the Department that it needs...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning disability services with the UNCRPD and considering the future system and innovation: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Dec 2021)
Holly Cairns: I thank the witnesses for attending the committee meeting today. It has been both informative and infuriating to hear from the different witnesses. I am particularly struck by the statement of Dr. Walsh and Ms Walsh. Being a Cork Deputy, I can attest to that. There is nothing my office is contacted about more than the absolute absence of support services in the area. They spoke about the...