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Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: The amount of rainfall we have been experiencing over recent months has pushed the agriculture sector to a crisis point. We have seen almost ten months of almost non-stop rainfall and farms are saturated. A few days' break is not enough for fields to dry out. This has been an absolutely devastating time for farmers across all sectors. Some livestock farmers are having to provide...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: They are not staffed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: For years now I have been raising the issue of specialist treatment for eating disorders. The news that no new inpatient beds for adults with eating disorders have opened should be surprising but, given all of the broken promises and missed deadlines over the years, how could anyone be surprised? We should be, however. We should be shocked at the lack of urgency, the level of mismanagement...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: As I have said, I welcome the opening of the 11 treatment hubs. Care in the community and early intervention are obviously of great importance. I acknowledge that. It is not what I asked the Taoiseach about-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: -----but we are missing the target in that area too. Some 16 treatment hubs should have been opened by 2023. Treatment remains a postcode lottery. It is not just adult services that are at breaking point but also those for adolescents. In some areas, 45% of beds are empty. According to the Psychiatric Nurses Association, the HSE's recruitment embargo is the reason for that. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (24 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: 157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to issues facing students in a school (details supplied); whether the requirement for students to live in the CDNT area of the school in order to avail of supports can be lifted; if additional working hours for school therapists can be provided; and if he will make a statement on...

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: I want to start by warmly welcoming the members of the Stardust families who are here today. It has been a long and difficult road to justice but their perseverance, courage and deep love of their family members has brought us here to this historic, but long overdue, day. It is less than a week since the jury in the Stardust inquest returned the verdicts that families and survivors have...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (23 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of dwellings eligible to pay the vacant homes tax in Cork, by local area, in tabular form. [17364/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for assessing the need and identifying areas for the foundation of new special schools; and if her Department intends to establish a new special school in west Cork. [17351/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (23 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: 334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding and grants available to communities that wish to establish community arts centres; and if she would consider the establishment of an arts centre in Bandon, County Cork. [17353/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people in receipt of the housing assistance payment in Cork, by local area, in tabular form. [17365/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (23 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: 506. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of survivors estimated to be eligible for the mother and baby institute redress scheme; his Department's work in reaching out to survivors to make them aware of the scheme; and the number of applications submitted to date. [17354/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (23 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: 545. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding or grants available to support the establishment of a childcare facility in Bantry (details supplied). [17610/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (23 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: 569. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to address the shortages in childcare staff in the short and long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17982/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (23 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: 580. To ask the Minister for Health the current ambulance response times across west Cork; the number of ambulances available in the area; and the number of paramedics assigned to the area. [17350/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (23 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: 712. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding and grants available to communities that wish to establish community arts centres; and if she would consider the establishment of an arts centre in Bandon, County Cork. [17352/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: Does the Tánaiste think that his approach is working?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: It is not working.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: It is not working.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: The Government could have introduced an eviction ban.