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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1717. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the increase health risks people are suffering as a result of Covid-19. [17961/23]

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

Holly Cairns: 1759. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that facilities to apply for the technical aids grant is available in each CHO; to provide a list of the items covered by the grant. [18178/23]

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

Holly Cairns: 1760. To ask the Minister for Health to remove all remaining restrictions in maternity units regarding partners attending antenatal appointments and assessment units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18180/23]

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

Holly Cairns: 1800. To ask the Minister for Health when HPV and cytology sample processing for CervicalCheck will be resumed in the Coombe Hospital. [18351/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1819. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to increase the provision of student accommodation for students with disabilities in County Cork-third-level educational institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17262/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure further education and training colleges have student accommodation facilities, especially for students with disabilities. [17263/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1821. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to introduce a National Student Accommodation Policy and Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17358/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that all third level education institutions operate blended learning models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17373/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to increase the percentage rates of pay for apprentices to ensure that they begin on minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17960/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Housing Provision (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1843. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide her response to the recommendation in the University College Cork report: 'Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands', to "establish a gateway housing programme for the islands to attract newcomers, ensuring that plans are put in place to ensure the availability of housing for those wishing to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Housing Provision (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1844. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide her response to the recommendation in the University College Cork report: 'Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands', to "establish a multi-agency islands housing body in consultation with island residents to manage housing on the islands. Key to the success of such a body will be to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1856. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the Community Recognition Fund 2023 will be allocated to the successful groups. [18181/23]

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: I welcome this overdue discussion of the major challenges facing the sheep sector. It is fair to say that these farmers have been severely hit by recent circumstances, especially Brexit and increasing operating costs, and that they simply have not received the same level of support as other sectors in agriculture. There are more than 47,000 sheep keepers registered with the Department of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Tánaiste but am a little bit confused about his reply. He spoke of resistance to change within the institution but then spoke of confidence in the leadership being able to change that. Will he clarify if he has confidence in the ability of the current leadership to change it, when it says it has no awareness? After 40 years of being an institution, it has no awareness. Is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: Does the Tánaiste have confidence in the current leadership?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: The report of the independent review group into the Defence Forces is damning and deeply disturbing. It details a toxic culture that has become embedded in the Defence Forces, in which abuse, bullying, harassment, sexual assault and rape occur with regularity and impunity. The Defence Forces, we are told, "barely tolerates women and, at its worst, verbally, physically, sexually and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: It drove lots of excellent members of the Defence Forces out of the institution, and resulted in huge levels of trauma and suffering.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: My question is simple: Does the Tánaiste have confidence in the current leadership of the Defence Forces?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Adoption Services (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 4. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to improve the operation of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 in assisting relevant persons, as defined in the Act, in accessing personal information. [15561/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Adoption Services (30 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: Despite concerns raised during discussions on the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 and the scepticism expressed by survivors, the Minister said it would provide a clear pathway for access to identity records for adopted people and others. However, survivors are encountering delays, barriers, and in some cases less information than they had been able to gather themselves previous to...