Results 161-180 of 254 for long speaker:Holly Cairns

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...information around relevant bodies is covered in a subsequent section and that is great, if I take him at his word. Why not just strengthen the point in this section if he is already on board, along with the rest of us, on this point? We can add it to this section, given the unique circumstances we are in when considering this legislation. For four decades, people have been refused...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...of favour. Ultimately, it is worth questioning whether we even need this Bill and legislation. If we just acknowledged people's rights to their information, we would not be sitting here having long debates about these things. The other false narrative that is continuously spun, to the point where even Opposition Deputies are saying the same lines, is that we must balance the right of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (3 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...can be put closer to people, because it is just not feasible, particularly when talking about disabilities. Some of the people and families I have engaged with, their child cannot spend that long in a car. It is too enclosed a space. A two-and-a-half-hour journey is turned into something much longer because they have to stop regularly for their child to get out of the car and have some...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (17 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for an applicant to the international protection strand of the regularisation scheme for long-term undocumented migrants being required to state whether they wish to withdraw their asylum claim if their regularisation application is successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8985/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (17 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: 258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the languages that information is available in regarding the international protection strand of the regularisation scheme for long-term undocumented migrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8986/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (17 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if free legal advice is being offered to individuals considering applying to the international protection strand of the regularisation scheme for long-term undocumented migrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8987/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: Mr. McGrath rightly pointed to the UNCRPD. For too long, that legislation has been used as an excuse to delay the ratification of the optional protocol. We can all look forward to that not being an excuse any more. I have one more question for Mr. Dunne. He raised many issues on which we need to look for answers. He discussed how appointed decision-making representatives receive an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Farm Costs (10 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: I acknowledge the proactive approach the Minister is taking. I agree with Deputy Carthy that we need a more robust, short-term solution. When we are talking about medium- and long-term solutions, it is important to acknowledge that difficult times like this can also be opportunities. Farmers, as we know, are some of the most innovative people. The Department needs to look at ways of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Farm Costs (10 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...s intention to address Irish agriculture's dependency on chemical fertilisers. It represents the type of intensive farming that has been forcing farmers to do more and more for less and less for a long time now, only to the great benefit of those fertiliser companies. I think the term "sustainable agriculture" has become almost meaningless. It is frequently used by the Department and in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...the need for a change to the culture of low expectation for people with additional and more complex impairments. We all know cultural shifts are incredibly important but take a frustratingly long time to change. What specific measures should we be pushing for to help achieve that? To draw on a different example, there has been a lot of recent public discussion of issues around domestic...

Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (2 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: I will not speak for too long on this. I welcome the Bill, especially the mechanism to allow for and encourage small-scale forestry planting on farms and other land. This is the type of practical intervention needed to help local afforestation with native broadleaf species. The right type of planting has multiple benefits that range from improving carbon sequestration to improving...

Cancer Care: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...and after treatment, yet it receives only 5% of its income from the HSE. It is rightly seeking an increase in funding to ensure its services can expand and continue to meet the ever-increasing demand. Cancer can have long-term cost and life-altering impacts for which patients too often have to pay. This week, I was contacted by a young person who had to have a hand amputated due to...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...the number of calls they are receiving. Cultural and social changes are essential but we need to bring every measure, resource and focus the State can muster to respond to the epidemic. For too long domestic violence has been treated as a private matter which does not impact on work life and we know that is not true. Domestic abuse and violence result in unimaginable physical and...

Gender-based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...and penalties for perpetrators must be robust and effective. In the numerous times I have raised this issue, I have highlighted three areas of immediate action that the Government should have taken long ago. I mentioned these earlier, but they are worth mentioning again and again. The first is domestic violence. Throughout the pandemic we have seen significant increases in people...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Jan 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...correspondence by registered post. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission stated the information session presented an obstacle and potentially a complete barrier to individuals accessing long-sought information. The Council of Irish Adoption Agencies described it as contradictory to the spirit of the Bill. Others classified it as insulting, discriminatory, and restrictive....

Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022)

Holly Cairns: ...have continually failed to provide the range of measures necessary. I have repeatedly asked for very clear and targeted interventions on gender-based violence, actions Government could and should have taken long ago. Today I am asking again that it address these points to help prevent violence and to respond adequately to the national outpouring of anger, solidarity and calls for change....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Holly Cairns: 1932. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise the long-term illness scheme to cover persons diagnosed with Crohn's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2600/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Personal Transport for People with Disabilities: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...replacement, or in the case of the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers scheme, to reinforce the inequitable eligibility criteria in primary legislation." This example is another in a very long list that this committee has heard about concerning repeated Government failures. What action on personal transport could the Government take to convince the Ombudsman that it is taking the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: 77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way 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. [61536/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning disability services with the UNCRPD and considering the future system and innovation: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Dec 2021)

Holly Cairns: ...the capacity and means to struggle for services. It would be useful for the committee to understand the vital service provided by the National Advocacy Service, the issues it helps individuals with and how long it can take to resolve those cases. Ms Loughlin mentioned in her opening statement the reality that there will be more people living with disabilities in the future. How will the...