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Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: What is the Minister doing to tackle that?

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: That needs to be turned into an action.

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: I have three questions, two for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed and one for the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Humphreys, which I would like to be answered in that order. When we last met here three weeks ago, I raised three issues, namely, workers rights, the vulnerability of our food supply chains and the need for transformative...

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: Non-EU migrant workers' residency often depends on their jobs. It is not the same situation for everybody.

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Holly Cairns: I join other Deputies in expressing sympathies to the families of all those who have passed during the pandemic and in paying tribute to all essential workers. Compared with education, health or housing, food is rarely thought of as being an area of public policy, but it is. It has taken this crisis for many people to realise the importance of our food producers and retail workers. It...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Holly Cairns: I would like to say how grateful I am to the people of Cork South-West and what an honour it is to represent them here. Brexit-related uncertainty might be at the front of our minds since the European Council meeting, but it is fair to say that a reduction in Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, payments has been on the cards since the European Commission put forward its original budget proposal...