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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Higher Education Institutions (9 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: I am delighted to see the Minister's enthusiasm and I hope he will be as enthusiastic in funding this. A network of hubs and satellite campuses would not only be important during the pandemic but would also enable greater participation more broadly. Considerable accommodation and living costs are a barrier for some students, and mature students, part-time students and parents would benefit...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Higher Education Institutions (9 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: That would be great. I know the hubs in my area are very enthusiastic about remote campuses. In addition, students are concerned about committing to accommodation and other costs associated with moving when it is uncertain how much classroom learning they will be doing or how much will be online. The provision of additional places is welcome but it puts further pressure on institutions to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will elaborate on his recent statement that student contribution fees are too high; and the timeline for the reduction of these fees. [22806/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Rural Broadband Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure sufficient broadband access is provided in rural areas to facilitate online learning. [21735/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (8 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 852. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a €500 reduction to the student contribution charge to ease the financial pressure caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. [21737/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 851. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidance will be provided on when the new academic year will commence for colleges and universities in view of the delay of the leaving certificate results. [21736/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Unions (8 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 853. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a document (details supplied) published by a group; and his views on the budgetary requests contained in same. [21738/20]

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: I congratulate the Ministers on their appointments. It is exciting to see a focused new Department and I look forward to working with the Ministers, especially with regard to the shocking rates of sexual assault and rape in our third level and further education institutions in Ireland. There are many other issues and today I will focus on the reopening of colleges in these unique times....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: I thank the witnesses for their statements and for being here today. Given all the harrowing information we have heard from representative organisations, such as we have heard here today, the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland's report, various media reports on workers' conditions in the industry and the fact that before this the industry was most recently associated with farmers' protests...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: This committee has been calling for a task force and I have written to the Chair about establishing it. Could I have a brief response from the other two organisations on whether they would support the establishment of a task force to examine workers' rights in this sector?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: I thank the witnesses. I have one quick question. Why did it take workers being infected with Covid to bring all this out? Were the unions aware of conditions in meat plants before this?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: To clarify, the unions were aware of worker conditions before the pandemic but the power of the beef lobby was too great to enable those voices to be heard.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: The beef tribunal in the 1990s examined allegations of political influence in relation to alleged abuses of the system and failure of regulatory authorities. Its conclusion highlighted widespread improper relationships between the beef industry and Government. A shocking set of scandals was uncovered and virtually nothing happened. No one was held to account and public trust was totally...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: I have explained the relevance.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: That is not-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: I will move on if Mr. Carroll is not prepared to answer the question.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: I will move on-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: -----to Mr. Healy who stated at an earlier sitting of this Oireachtas committee that hiring through agencies may have been an aspect of the past but it is certainly not the situation in the industry now. Are the authorities investigating the issue of agencies used by meat factories? Is the Revenue satisfied that all legally necessary supports are being paid by the factories to the workers?...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: In the case of-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: Will individual plants with new clusters be closed down?