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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure all applicants approved for the national liming programme 2023 will receive a financial contribution of €16 per tonne of lime spread; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22223/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (11 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 30 March 2023, the steps he is taking to examine evidence presented to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters concerning the burial of human remains at the former mother-and-baby home site (details supplied) and to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Accommodation (11 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 271. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the legislative basis or policy rationale for the criteria that disused nursing homes, i.e., nursing homes registered with HIQA on or after 1 September 2022 will not be considered, are an approved accommodation category under the Offers of Commercial Accommodation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection from Ukraine; and if he will make...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: Similar to my previous amendment, amendment No. 15 is about transparency in our food systems. The price the consumer pays in the shop is the result of a chain beginning with the primary producer. We need more structures to guarantee a fair and clear connection between what the consumer pays and what the producer receives. The shorter the supply chain, the easier it will be for the producer...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 12: In page 11, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(b) publish an annual analysis and reports on costs associated with the production of different foodstuffs in order to determine a cost-of-production, and”.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: I am pressing the amendment.

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: I will be speaking to my amendment, amendment No. 12, which is grouped with amendment No. 7. This discussion of the Bill is incredibly timely, with soaring food costs for ordinary households while, at the same time, many primary producers and smaller retailers are scrambling to get by. Amendment No. 12 is about ensuring that the new office is empowered to examine issues and publish...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Taoiseach is just repeating the same tired mantra and it is starting really to lack credibility. We know general inflation does not explain the obscene price increases we are seeing across the economy. The ECB has said that. It is greed that is driving inflation now. We know certain companies are milking it and that the Government seems unwilling or unable to do anything about that....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: The extortionate prices of energy and food are driving so many to the brink. For more than two years, prices have relentlessly increased. There has been no relief for people who are struggling. Prices have increased at rates that far outstrip any increase in wages. In fact, we know that real wages have gone down. The real median weekly wage has fallen by nearly €100, which is more...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline his responsibility in determining special regeneration areas under the Living City Initiative; the criteria that is used to define these areas; if he is reviewing the criteria to expand the SRAs to enable more families avail of the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21920/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons' that have availed of the Living City Initiative in each eligible area to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21921/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide her response to the finding in a report (details supplied) concerning the priority need for end-of-life care for survivors of institutional abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21918/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the free primary schoolbooks scheme allocation to a school (details supplied) factors in exceptional circumstances to ensure that all students receive their books; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21919/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to provide affordable and social housing for single people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21923/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide his response to the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) regarding offshore windfarm planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21924/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (10 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: 145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to regulate the use of horses for drawing vehicles for commercial purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21915/23]