Results 161-180 of 1,468 for speaker:Holly Cairns in 'Dáil debates'

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: The country is still reeling from the attack last Thursday. As I speak, one of the children and Leanne Flynn, the heroic crèche worker who put her life on the line, remain in a critical condition in hospital. All our thoughts are with them. Almost immediately after the attack, Irish far-right agitators began to spread their venom through social media. They incited discrimination and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: Under this Government's watch, there has been an unprecedented breakdown in law and order. The streets of this city were surrendered to a far-right and violent mob for hours on Thursday. We in Ireland like to think of ourselves as living in the land of céad míle fáilte, but tens of thousands of our migrant population do not feel welcome. Many now feel unsafe, threatened and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: We must have a ceasefire, not a temporary pause and the Taoiseach seemed to echo that sentiment. Getting a ceasefire will require pressure on Israel and we have the ability to apply pressure in that way. When it comes to sanctions at EU level, the Taoiseach has said he does not want us to be too far in front because people will not follow him. As it stands Ireland is being outflanked by...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: I welcome that a deal to release hostages has been reached between Israel and Hamas. Everyone in this House is hopeful that Emily Hand will be among the first hostages to be released. My thoughts remain with her family at this extremely difficult time. I also welcome the release of 150 Palestinian women and children who have been detained in Israeli prisons. Taking hostages is a war crime...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: Those kinds of platitudes and promises are something that people have heard so many times before. These bear no resemblance to the reality. The reports about disability services in Ireland are far from the language the Taoiseach is using there. It is language like "unmet needs" and "wasted lives". The Taoiseach has said that his Government was the one to ratify it. How many years later...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Government is running an advertising campaign to highlight the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It tells us that disability rights are human rights. It goes on to state, "Everyone in Ireland has a role in advancing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities." I really cannot imagine a more tone-deaf marketing slogan....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: I want to explain to people watching what I mean by denying people the opportunity to vote on the motion. When a party like ours puts forward a motion and the Government puts forward a countermotion, we vote on that first and do not get to vote on the Social Democrats' motion. It is not misleading. I just wanted to explain that briefly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: When I asked the Taoiseach what the Government is doing, he said it is using its voice, which I recognise. The Irish voice has been important and an outlier in the European and western context, but that just illustrates how low the bar is. We are now asking for more than using our voice by taking actions. I recognise what the Taoiseach is saying about not being able to go out too far on a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: It is easy to feel completely hopeless and helpless watching the disaster unfold in Gaza. Today, there was a small glimpse of light. Up to 30 Irish citizens who had been trapped in a hell on earth for more than five weeks are finally getting out. I really hope they and every Irish citizen can escape the carnage. For the more than 2 million people who remain in Gaza, the nightmare...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: There is also the option of removing the diplomatic status of the ambassador. Yesterday, the Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau joined with the French President Macron in telling Israel that the killing of babies must stop. The Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reacted angrily and stated that "the forces of civilisation” must back Israel in defeating “Hamas’s barbarism"....

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: I have listened to the Minister of State and, earlier, the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, saying "This needs to stop", while simultaneously taking no actions to actually help it stop, when the actions in our motion are to match the words they are saying. Today, 650 patients and up to 7,000 civilians are trapped inside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Among them are 36 premature babies who have...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: I move: That Dáil Éireann: — expresses its horror at the death and devastation being wrought by the Israeli government in Gaza; — expresses its outrage at the scale of the death toll in Gaza, with more than 11,000 people having been killed, including more than 5,000 children, 89 United Nations (UN) workers and 39 journalists; — expresses its abhorrence at...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Irish Council for International Students published a report earlier that outlines the impact of the housing crisis on international students. Such students are some of the most vulnerable renters in Ireland and abusive landlords know this. Some 5% have come across sex-for-rent arrangements while trying to find accommodation. Rental advertisements constantly appear on platforms aimed at...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: I am very concerned about the prevalence of strategic lawsuits against public participation or so-called SLAPPs. As the Taoiseach knows, these lawsuits involve public figures, powerful individuals or rich corporations taking vexatious cases against the media, activists or, indeed, members of the public in an effort to muzzle their critics. It is particularly concerning when journalists...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: -----has been completed and a report was published in September. When can we expect the Government to publish the revised Bill?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: Israel is committing blatant abuses of international law every single second in Gaza. Palestinian civilians are trapped in the world's largest open-air prison, a prison that their jailer is indiscriminately dropping bombs on. More than 25,000 tonnes of explosives have been dropped on Gaza in the past month. When a missile strikes and buildings collapse, there is no fuel or machinery, or...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: Today marks the one-month anniversary of the brutal Hamas attack on Israel in which 1,400 people were killed, 1,000 were injured and at least 243 people were kidnapped. We now know an Irish-Israeli girl, eight-year-old Emily Hand, is among those who were kidnapped. I know everyone in this House is hoping for Emily's safe return and the safe and swift return of all hostages. Israel has a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Tánaiste said we need to have balance with respect to the overall approach to disability services and flagged education. It is important to note that we are still in the situation whereby there is no assessment done of how many children at primary level will need a particular type of class or school when they go to second level. Then people cannot get access to education. Some...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: Without pay parity, people will still leave and go to-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: As I am sure the Tánaiste is aware, the Government is running an advertising campaign at the moment on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, UNCRPD. It is as if the Government suddenly wanted to make people aware that disability rights are human rights. Does the Tánaiste understand how disabled people, or parents of children with additional needs...