Results 81-100 of 254 for long speaker:Holly Cairns

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...that. We all know that. Despite the Minister's callous and completely inaccurate description of the first months of life, they matter. They are incredibly significant. Survivors have suffered long trauma because of forced family separation and the breaking of that bond between parent and child. Today, this Minister, this Government and every single Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and...

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: While I greatly welcome this motion establishing the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use, it is truly shocking that it has taken this long. There are almost two drug-related deaths in Ireland every day, and this rate is almost five times the figure for those who die in road traffic accidents and twice the European average. Now that we have the assembly, it is essential that it is...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...and monitoring mechanisms regarding veterinary prescriptions and their dispensing in the importation, sale and use of fertiliser, as well as the creation of a national fertiliser database. It is a long time coming. I recall being in a knowledge transfer group, long before I went into politics, where vets explained the overuse of antibiotics and routine dosing. Stakeholders recognise...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...their information, yet it is a basic entitlement that everybody else in the country already had, so it does not deserve any kind of a medal or anything like that. People are actually waiting far longer than was promised for their information and they are still getting in touch with all of us to say they have not got their information yet, so there is no kudos for that. With regard to the...

Council Development Levies: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...cases of where these amenities are needed in Cork South-West alone. They include new and improved playgrounds for Belgooly, Kinsale, Clonakilty and Bantry; operating public toilets at the Dock Beach, Long Strand and Ballineen; a glaring need for enhanced community centres and sports facilities in all major towns; and a significant absence of spaces for teenagers and young adults. Too...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (1 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...education. Young people need to be properly educated on matters of consent and sexual health; it is that simple. It is clear that delays in these changes are facilitating harm. The debate is long over; we need those reforms now. Sexual assaults and violence at a young age impact a person's whole life. We must do everything we can to prevent these despicable crimes. There must be...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: The National Ambulance Service has been under-resourced and overstretched for years. We have an insufficient number of operational vehicles and paramedics are being forced to work dangerously long shifts due to staff shortages. It is no exaggeration to say that it is costing lives. This issue has a particular impact on rural populations. I have constituents in west Cork who are fearful...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...of parents but if we could put that aside for a moment, the point I am focusing on is what is Down Syndrome Cork doing differently that means it has no waiting lists while the HSE has disgracefully long waiting lists? The HSE attended the Joint Committee on Disability Matters last week regarding those waiting lists and they always say is that it comes down to staffing and that they are...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...feel there are better opportunities in the UK. They do not want to be in a service where they do not feel they can provide the service they were trained to give because the waiting lists are too long and they are trying to do things quicker. The solution is obviously to address things like section 39 workers if that is the crux of the problem. They are putting all of these resources...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...on the status of the family forums since it last reported in June? I increasingly hear from parents about practices of indirect therapy whereby waiting times for assessments and therapies are so long that therapists are giving parents basic instruction on exercises to complete with their children. While exercises and activities between therapy sessions are an important part of the...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...call for “a greater quota allocation with diversification to other species”. A more equitable and realistic distribution of our quotas is required, especially as some of them are impacted by Brexit. For too long, a small number of big players have dominated the sector. Allocations must be taken from them and given to the majority of fishers who are practising a more...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Research (25 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...heart of the CervicalCheck scandal is the commitment for a national screening laboratory. The HSE response to the final Scally review notes that this lab has been commissioned, however there is long delay for it to be completed. Screenings are still being sent to the United States for analysis and while we are assured by experts that this is an effective and reliable system there is...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...for years for reforms and a proper licensing system, and farmers are calling for more concrete and easily accessible support, this deal is just beyond belief. Not only does it ignore all of these legitimate and long-standing issues but it directs public money to this partnership rather than to the existing sector and to farmers. It shows that the Government has no idea how bad things are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (24 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how his Department will support persons with long-term incontinence with respect to the disposal of medical incontinence wear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3125/23]

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: .... The only reason there is some change is because of EU law. This Bill brings EU Directive 2019/633 into Irish law and that has been the impetus for this change. This legislation contains many long overdue changes and transparencies. However, it falls short of the much-needed reforms that would see a properly resourced, independent regulator with the powers to implement genuinely fair...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol (Resumed): Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (19 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: The point I was trying to make is that there are loads of violations of the UNCRPD without the optional protocol. The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act was the excuse that was used for a long time. The Minister does not even know what the next excuse will be, but there is a scoping exercise in train to figure out what form it will take. At that point, we will again fail to ratify. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...taking. I also thank her for telling her story about what happened today. Well done. She is right that such behaviour absolutely needs to be reported. A key point she raised is that for too long only half the population have been having this conversation. Girls and women know this reality inside out. We need structures and resources to help men have these necessary discussions....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1726. To ask the Minister for Health if he will immediately cease the practice of preliminary team assessments as a waiting list measure to address the long delays in the assessment of needs process. [2430/23]

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...Teaching Council. That school was down two SNAs that day. Children with disabilities and special educational needs are being failed by the State every day. First, they have a disgracefully long waiting list to contend with. This is just to get an assessment of needs. That is before one joins the disgracefully long waiting lists for the essential therapies that one needs. Early...

Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...practice, however, there are some issues with the suggested process. Under the Bill, councillors will have very little say over who will be co-opted in their place. Their political party, if they belong to one, and fellow councillors would instead decide that. In its pre-legislative scrutiny report, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage recommended...