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Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: Amendment No. 1 is about inserting "concluding year" in respect of different residents of institutions from "hospital", but creates a cut-off point based on information that is incomplete. Senator Boylan highlighted better than any of us could how problematic this amendment is, but tonight marks the end of an incredibly disappointing and infuriating journey for tens of thousands of survivors...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: The question we are all asking is, who knows what is going on in RTÉ, does the Taoiseach know what is going on in RTÉ, and if he does, can he shed some light on it for the rest of us? We are nearly three weeks into this debacle and the national broadcaster still cannot even get its story straight. If RTÉ's screenwriters were writing the script of this as a drama, one could...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: It is important to highlight as well is that at home, from speaking to people at the weekend, everybody is talking about it in their kitchens, in the supermarket and everywhere people go. Two messages really came through to me. The first is the outrage and the confusion at the public service broadcaster. Of all the organisations that know about holding people to account, this kind of...

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: The nature restoration law is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the EU to take action on the massive loss in biodiversity over recent decades. The intention of the law to restore damaged ecosystems to a healthy state in Ireland and throughout Europe, and to attempt to prevent the collapse of our wildlife and slow the progress of the climate crisis. The measure will cover at least 20%...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: I extend my sympathies to the family and friends of Andrew O'Donnell and Max Wall who, like many teenagers, were on their right-of-passage holiday after their leaving certificate when their lives were so tragically cut short. Their deaths in Greece are every parent's worst nightmare and a devastating blow to everybody who knew and loved them. I welcome today's announcement that the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: The only option was for it to be extended for a year. What is the Government doing to increase capacity and help hardworking and exhausted GPs such as Dr. Kelly who are providing such a valuable service?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 60. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address staffing shortages on Children’s Disability Network Teams. [32533/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 65. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to improve disability services in County Cork. [32534/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to reduce childcare costs for families. [32535/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking in response to the absence of an increased in pension payments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32234/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance to engage with an organisation (details supplied) concerning the implications of changing VAT rates on hospitality services. [32228/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking in response to a recent increase in interest rates for people with mortgages on their family homes. [32527/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 258. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that persons adjudicating in State industrial relations mechanisms have training on disability matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32227/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to monitor mink hunting with dogs, including the actions to prevent these hunts disrupting other wildlife and hunting otters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32223/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to make the fuel allowance a qualifying payment for carer’s allowance, including in circumstances where the carer is not resident with the individual they are caring for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32233/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to reform the family reunification process of Non-EEA healthcare assistants. [32232/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps by which a refugee family can get on a list for modular housing. [32224/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide services for autistic adults/adults with autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32225/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline when the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871, concerning wards of court, will be repealed. [32226/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Family Reunification (4 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: 588. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his engagement with the Minister for Justice concerning reform of the family reunification process of Non-EEA healthcare assistants. [32230/23]