Results 41-60 of 7,565 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: However, the Government has done nothing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: What will the Minister do to address this issue?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: The fact of the matter is that the Dunnes Stores operation in the North has recorded a 44% increase in profits. Let that sink in. The Minister cannot tell me what Dunnes Stores' increase in profits is in this jurisdiction because Dunnes Stores, the country's biggest supermarket chain, does not have to be transparent here. In an interview with the Sunday Independent in July, Simon Harris...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: -----narrating the problem instead of actually doing something about it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: I did not say that. I asked-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: As the Minister said, we all welcome the fact that countries are now recognising the State of Palestine. We welcomed it when Ireland did so too. The point I am trying to make and the point the Minister is ignoring is that this is literally the bare minimum and that there is hardly anything left to recognise. The bar is literally on the floor when we are talking about Ireland being held up...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: For two years, the people of this country have been watching a genocide unfold in Gaza in a complete state of disbelief, wondering how this can be allowed to happen and how so-called world leaders can stand idly by as that genocide is livestreamed before our eyes. I am not dismissing the fact that Ireland recognised the State of Palestine; it was welcome. It is also welcome that more...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: 249. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if they would investigate reopening the ICOB application process for appeals by businesses who missed the original deadline. [49977/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if CAR T-cell therapy, which is currently unavailable in Ireland to patients over the age of 26 years of age, can be administered in older adult patients (details supplied) if medically appropriate; or alternatively if the procedure will be covered by the treatment abroad scheme if recommended by a patient's medical team. [49658/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: The Taoiseach tells us about increased investment and that disability is a priority, but even when it comes to something relatively simple, if we use the example of recognising the cost of disability and addressing it, his Government manages to somehow spectacularly miss the mark. A 2021 report calculated the additional cost of disability to be at €236 per week. What was the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: This is the view of the disabled people with whom I have met.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: Will the Taoiseach answer the question?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: As this is my first time addressing the Dáil since my maternity leave, I hope the Ceann Comhairle will indulge me in saying a few "Thank yous". First, I thank my colleagues in the Social Democrats for their ongoing support. I would like to say a special "Thank you" to our deputy leader, Cian O'Callaghan, for stepping in during my maternity leave. I would also like to say a heartfelt...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Correspondence (17 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether his Department will provide emergency travel documentation to a family (details supplied); and whether his Department is currently engaging with the individuals concerned. [48503/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: 1760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his attention has been drawn to the recent closure of the sole quota; the measures his department is taking to assist inshore fishers that will be financially impacted by the early closure of sole. [45785/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: 1761. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the allocation of all fish quotas by boat size, in tabular form. [45786/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Holly Cairns: 1953. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early education providers that have left the core funding scheme from its inception to date in 2025, in tabular form; the measures she is taking to ensure that providers stay within the scheme; and the supports her department is offering to families that can no longer afford creche spaces after their provider has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Jul 2025)

Holly Cairns: 1450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be made available to Cork County Council for the installation of a dedicated surface water pipe in Union Hall from Doctors Hill to the lagoon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41414/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (29 Jul 2025)

Holly Cairns: 1627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the examination of ‘meanwhile use’ for creative and cultural infrastructure (details supplied). [43617/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Jul 2025)

Holly Cairns: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating GP surgeries per town in Cork south west, by town or by townland, in tabular form. [39841/25]