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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Younger People in Nursing Homes: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: I have a quick follow-up query. A funding issue was referred to in explaining why only 18 people are part of this scheme, out of a total of more than 1,300 people. That issue needs to be rectified. This congregated settings issue arises repeatedly in the work of this committee. We are aware of the extent of this massive issue, but what is being proposed as a way to start addressing it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Younger People in Nursing Homes: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: Is that an indication that we are looking at ten years or more to remove more than 1,300 people from congregated settings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Younger People in Nursing Homes: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: Is there anything we can do as Oireachtas Members and as a committee to get the funding to speed this process up? It is not acceptable it is 18 transitions out of 1,300. How might this be achieved much faster?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: As the Taoiseach is aware, the number of people who contacted the domestic violence support service, Women’s Aid, increased by more than 40% last year. A similar concerning pattern is reflected in local services such as in west Cork where the West Cork Women Against Violence Project has seen an increase of more than 40% in calls and reports. The Istanbul Convention specifies that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: What about compliance with the Istanbul Convention?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: The question was about the number of refuge spaces we provide.

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: The story of maternal healthcare in Ireland is the story of how we have treated women in this country. It is far from a happy story; it is a lot closer to a horror story. Irish maternal healthcare was a place where misogyny reigned, where women were defined solely in terms of their reproductive functions and where they were denied control of themselves, their bodies and their lives. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Programme for Government (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to publish a clean air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33956/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Correspondence (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the paper on e-scooters by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33934/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that the NTA reverses its decision to move from yellow coloured bus poles in Dublin which are of significant benefit to visually impaired and older persons to silver coloured poles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33935/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public buses that have been purchased annually since 2015; the number of buses it is planned to purchase in 2022 and 2023; the number of those purchased since 2015 that have two wheelchair spaces; the plans there are to retrofit buses with only one wheelchair space to create two wheelchair spaces; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Programme for Government (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to run a pilot to examine the potential for ride sharing apps to improve rural connectivity. [33938/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grounds on which the OPW felled five mature trees on its property in Schull, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33933/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidance he has provided to local authorities to ensure that on-street eating facilities and other Covid-19 recovery measures are not disadvantaging or impeding disabled persons and older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33937/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to regulate short-term lettings through platforms such a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33930/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units that were provided to persons with disabilities by local authority in each of the years 2015 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33931/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons with disabilities who are on waiting lists for social housing by local authority as of 18 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33932/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that the national training programme for SNAs is a fully accredited programme on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33957/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which requested full-time SNAs annually between 2015 and 2020; the number of schools which did not receive full-time SNAs after seeking same annually between 2015 and 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33958/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Process (23 Jun 2021)

Holly Cairns: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commence sections 3 to 13, 14(1)(b), 14(1)(d), 14(1)(e), 14(1)(f), 15 to 18, 38 and 39 of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33959/21]