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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expand the plans to lease properties in Galway city centre to house asylum seekers nationwide and to remove asylum seekers from congregated settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28249/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 657. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 testing centres in west County Cork will be reinstated. [28255/20]

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: I did not make my question clear enough. My question was not about whether the Government would take amendments from the Seanad. I know that has happened. Will the Minister or the Minister of State consider any amendments that Deputies have put forward this evening or are we wasting our time?

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: Will the Minister of State and the Minister consider any of the amendments or are we wasting our time?

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: On a point of order, do Deputies have to speak to the amendment?

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: I am aware of that, but we have been here for hours and we are still on the same amendment.

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: Many Deputies spent a great deal of time putting forward amendments and we have not got to them as a result of this. We did not go to that trouble to come here today and listen to the Healy-Rae Deputies having an argument with Deputy Boyd Barrett. I am wondering if we can move on.

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: Do they have to speak to the amendment, specifically? That is not happening. Can we move on to the next amendment, please?

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: The crux of the issue is that appeals were not decided upon in a timely manner but the Bill does not really address that. Instead it seeks to erode the appeals process. The backlog of appeals has crippled the industry and if, as Deputy Fitzmaurice has suggested, we could get through appeals in a timely manner, it would make a massive difference. One of my amendments seeks to introduce a...

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: I formally congratulate the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, on her appointment. We need transformative change in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I know that bringing about such change will be challenging but it is essential and I really look forward to working with both the Minister of State and the Minister to achieve it. I really hope this legislation is a bad...

Child Poverty: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: I echo the concerns of my colleagues in the Social Democrats that only four children are to be welcomed here from Greece. The people we represent expect better. I urge the Minister of State and his Department to do more and do better. I say that respectfully, as I think he agrees. Our motion speaks to an ugly truth in Irish society. It highlights a reality that is often overlooked....

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: I congratulate the Minister on his appointment. Third time lucky, I hope. I welcome this motion which allows us to reverse a poor decision which was made without consultation with the fishing sector. Ireland is required to enact some form of a points system and I do not think anyone disputes that. However, the Government’s approach has resulted in a process that lacks common sense...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 171. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment when the 40% restart grant plus top-up will be extended to pubs nationally that have to remain closed due to public health restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26979/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a statement by a union (details supplied) that transactions in post offices are estimated to be down by 25% which heightens serious viability challenges facing the network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26556/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours and Piers (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 15 September 2020, if the seaport figure include small harbours and ports; the measures in place at these points of entry or egress to monitor international travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26978/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 363. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if south-west County Cork will be included as a designated area for inclusion in the regional film development uplift; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26552/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Natural Heritage Areas (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Toon Wood, Macroom, County Cork will be designated as a natural heritage area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26553/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an association (details supplied) was consulted before the revised guidelines for the agricultural science curriculum were published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26554/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 828. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26557/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 919. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to bring legislative changes in respect of the nursing home support scheme before Dáil Éireann that will cap contributions based on farm and business assets at three years in which a family successor commits to working the productive asset [26980/20]