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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the low rates of afforestation. [25027/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking in response to a report by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (details supplied), with the conclusion that, "for many length classes [of the small-scale fleet], particularly the lower ones, this salary was at a very low level and the current economic crises have exerted major cost pressures and squeezed this income...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking fulfil the programme for Government commitment to "ensure that inshore waters continue to be protected for smaller fishing vessels and recreational fishers and that pair trawling will be prohibited inside the six-mile limit". [25025/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: Earlier, many of us gathered outside Leinster House to mark the fifth anniversary of the repeal of the eighth amendment. It is an important date to mark for many reasons, for instance, to celebrate that achievement of women getting their rights but also to highlight the shortcomings with the current legislation. We now know that we have an independent medical review of the current...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: First, I thank the Labour Party and Deputy Duncan Smith for tabling this very important motion. I welcome the opportunity to speak about children’s autism and disability services. It is also a sign of a failed Government policy that we are having another motion on this topic. Opposition parties keep having to table motions on disability services and, in particular, on...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: I could go on-----

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: There are so many issues. This is even before children's schools places-----

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: We do not get to any of the other things. We need an all-of-government approach to this.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Insurance Coverage (24 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on actions to address an aspect of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25118/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (24 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide his response to a UN report on parental alienation (details supplied) and its implications for government policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25117/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Forensic Science Ireland (24 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify how long forensic evidence collected in relation to the reporting of sexual assault is stored to enable the survivor to proceed with a prosecution at a future date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25124/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (24 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the waiting lists for endometriosis clinics in each CHO, including a breakdown of the amount of time individuals are waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25119/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (24 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the waiting lists for pain clinics in each CHO, including a breakdown of the amount of time individuals are waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25120/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (24 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a person (details supplied) awaiting a clinical appointment. [25121/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (24 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in response to a care centre (details supplied) withdrawing from the fair deal scheme at the end of May unless the national treatment purchase fund, NTPF, provides increased funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25122/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (24 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking with regard to a nursing home (details supplied) that will exit the fair deal scheme at the end of May if the NTPF does not increase payments to it. [25123/23]

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: We have a legal, moral and cultural obligation to accommodate refugees and asylum seekers safely. Ireland has requirements under international law to have systems to receive refugees and allow individuals to apply for asylum. We also have moral responsibilities to help people escape violence or individuals being persecuted because of their faith or sexuality. As a nation with a long...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: No, this is the updated report.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: We all appreciate that but we need to see more of it. The point is that when there are no meetings taking place the empty void is filled with misinformation and we are seeing the consequence of that. It is too horrific to allow to continue. The Taoiseach mentioned the bigger picture. In her report last November, Dr. Catherine Day urged the Government to develop a long-term strategy to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: I want to condemn the intimidation and aggression outside asylum seeker accommodation in recent weeks. In Dublin, homeless asylum seekers were terrorised and their tents set alight. In Inch, we saw checkpoints set up on public roads with people asked to confirm their ID details before being allowed to walk around and go about their lawful business. In Santry at the weekend, masked people...