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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: What will the Minister do about it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: Does the Minister accept the Government will not meet the targets?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: We are running out of time to stop the climate crisis becoming a catastrophe. Every day, every equivocation and every cowardly U-turn makes that work so much harder. We know that people in Ireland are especially worried about the impact of climate change. We only need to look at the recent flooding events in Midleton to get a glimpse of what the future holds. According to new research...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: The Minister either did not hear my contribution or questions or he just did not have a defence for our climate targets, which are what I am asking about. While I obviously welcomed the Government MEPs voting for the nature restoration law, I did not ask the Minister about that issue, which is the only one he replied on. The reality is that independent expert groups believe Ireland is on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: The simple fact of the matter is that it is within the Government's power to address the issues faced by people with disabilities. It does not need a referendum to fully staff the children's disability network teams, to provide more personal assistance hours, to replace the transport schemes that Fine Gael scrapped over a decade ago or to ratify the optional protocol. Every year, when we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: There is a great deal of hurt and anger in the country at the moment. Many disabled people and their carers feel forgotten and abandoned by the Government and the referendum. The proposed amendment only gives recognition to care within the family. The Social Democrats attempted to amend this wording to include care in the community and ensure that the State had an explicit obligation to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (27 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allocating each application for carer's allowance to a specific staff member in the relevant section of her Department in order to prevent time-consuming repetition of providing information during the application process. [9170/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (27 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 450. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the action plan for survivors and former residents of mother and baby and county home institutions; for an update on the excavation work in Tuam to recover remains; and to provide an update on negotiations with religious orders in regard to redress payment contributions [9169/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (27 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 588. To ask the Minister for Health for a monthly breakdown of waiting list numbers for each discipline and care group across each geographical area of the Cork-Kerry primary care services from January until December 2023, in tabular form. [9166/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (27 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 589. To ask the Minister for Health for monthly details of the longest wait time for each discipline and care group across each geographical area of the Cork-Kerry primary care services from January until December 2023, in tabular form. [9167/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 590. To ask the Minister for Health for monthly details of staffing levels and recruitment for each discipline and within each care group across each geographical area of the Cork-Kerry primary care services from January until December 2023, in tabular form. [9168/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (22 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: The Minister indicated that supports have been made available by the Government to fleets in the form of tax rebates. As he said, it is not accessible for the owners of smaller boats that do not operate on big enough margins to register for VAT. That is a support only in place for larger players. Small boats generally operate using petrol engines as opposed to diesel. There are no...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (22 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: Is it all allocated now?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (22 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: It is just not good enough that larger boats are supported by Government in so many ways and that inshore fishers tend to be ignored. They pay a higher cost for fuel in the first place. Fuel costs in bigger ports are lower due to demand and supply for bigger vessels. Small boats operating from small piers and harbours have to buy it at local petrol stations at much higher costs. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: I was glad to hear the announcement earlier this month that an interim payment will be paid to tranche 1 participants in the ACRES scheme. This was something that I and members of other Opposition groups had been calling for since the delays in payments were announced. Many people who rely on those payments were in touch with us. Commitments were made to farmers to support them when...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (22 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what measures his Department is taking to assist small scale fishers with fuel costs. [8554/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (22 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: Small-scale fishers operate on very tight margins. The ongoing rise in fuel costs over the past few years has impacted these boats significantly. Other countries such as France and Spain have supported small scale fishers with high fuel costs through the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund. Will the Minister introduce a similar scheme to assist small scale fishers with fuel costs?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the provision of ACRES payments; and the number of eligible farmers who have not yet received payment from his Department. [8556/24]

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: The Social Democrats are fully supportive of continuing the accommodation recognition payment scheme. Some 25% of Ukrainians who have sought protection in Ireland are in host accommodation and pledged properties. Over 21,000 people are currently being hosted in nearly 10,500 homes across the country. The EU average for hosting is approximately 8% to 9%. The level of support and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: Last night, the Minister for disability, Deputy O'Gorman, said that Ireland is "falling down in terms of our response to disabled people". For one, Ireland is not falling down. It is the Government. Then, the Minister suggested that a specific referendum on disability rights might be required to prevent this in the future. At this point, I am not sure if the Government is aware of this,...