Results 161-180 of 625 for cork speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (31 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide interim funding for the provision of a bus service to enable young people in Beara, County Cork, to access day services in Bantry, County Cork, until the permanent service is in place later in 2023. [4800/23]

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

Holly Cairns: ...are failing children and families every day. Ultimately, the witnesses should not have to come before this committee to share their stories. I am really familiar with the incredible work of West Cork Down Syndrome Support and Down Syndrome Cork and I have no doubt about the importance of Down Syndrome Carlow. As public representatives, we know that parents of children with disabilities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable homes that were built in County Cork in the years 2021 and 2022. [3403/23]

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

Holly Cairns: ...designed to help inshore fishers adjust to the post-Brexit context, was based on a threshold of activity during the first six months of 2021. However, this disregarded the majority of vessels that are under 8 m in west Cork and other areas that are involved in seasonal fisheries. With the challenges faced by many fishers, seasonal work is common. Lobster, velvet crab, scallops and brown...

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

Holly Cairns: ...Minister and the Minister of State in the House defending it. The Minister of State, Senator Hackett, said there was not any publicly-owned forests being sold and it reminded me of a local issue in Cork. Coillte are willing to sell off a massive section of Ballymartle Woods because a private party wanted it. There is no sense of the public duty to hold and develop our woodlands for...

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

Holly Cairns: .... Without this capacity, all the office can do is collate existing information, basically for glossy reports and nice graphs on social media, but none of this will make any difference to farmers struggling to get by in west Cork, Donegal or anywhere else in rural Ireland. There needs to be access to information from the whole supply chain. Anything else will fail primary producers and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...harmful practices. It has come to my attention that the port of Bantry Bay bylaws prohibit trawling in the bay. If that law was enforced, it could make a significant impact in that particular bay in west Cork. Perhaps we could look at other things in the interim. Over the past week there has been damaging trawling in our waters in west Cork.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (19 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 142. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the flood relief scheme in Bantry, County Cork. [2093/23]

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

Holly Cairns: ...violence and sexual assaults are perpetrated by friends, colleagues and team-mates. Inappropriate behaviours and harassment need to be challenged by both genders. For example, University College Cork's bystander intervention programme is a very impressive initiative that gives people the tools to recognise and safely act in response to those kind of everyday situations, such as the one...

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

Holly Cairns: ...submission shows that the State only provides 29% of the required refuge spaces. The Istanbul Convention's standard is one space per 10,000 people and Ireland only provides a fraction of that. Cork city and county, with a population of more than 500,000, should have 54 spaces and it has six. I have repeatedly raised this matter. This week last year, speaking on Ashling Murphy's death,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure the provision of broadband to Brookdale, Riverstick, County Cork. [2423/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the provision of a bus service to enable young persons in Beara, County Cork, to access day services in Bantry, County Cork. [2298/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to improve the 226X service in County Cork. [2448/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 460. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the development of new infrastructure at Garrylucas Beach, Ballinspittle, County Cork, which was announced in April 2021. [2309/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Site Acquisitions (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on working with Cork County Council to secure a site currently for sale (details supplied) to build social and affordable housing. [2307/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who are waiting on a placement in autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units in County Cork; her plans to open further units given that all units are currently full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2286/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1706. To ask the Minister for Health if the Commission for Public Service Appointments was informed by the HSE in advance of the recruitment of psychologists to posts within the Cork Adult Mental Health Services and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services’ local interviews and appointments by transfer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1731. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to address the shortages of ambulances in Cork south west. [2435/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1732. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time of ambulances in west County Cork; the number of ambulances that are ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2442/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1733. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedics who are assigned to ambulance services in west County Cork; and the optimum number of paramedics who should serve that area. [2443/23]