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Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2024)

Holly Cairns: I welcome the opportunity to speak about special education. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. I receive correspondence every week, as does everyone in this House, from parents fighting and struggling to get their children the education and secure the supports they need. The systems in place simply are not good enough. There are nowhere near enough special schools,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: There are now 13,866 people living in emergency homeless accommodation, the highest number in the history of the State. Tragically, included in this figure are 4,147 children, representing a 56% rise in child homelessness since the Government took office – 56% in just four years. The reaction of the Minister for housing to reaching this grim milestone was a disgrace. He actually...

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: ...2018, when the Taoiseach was the Minister for Health, the HSE published a new national model of care for eating disorders. Under that plan, 20 new inpatient beds were promised. They were supposed to be delivered by 2023. To date, zero have been delivered. Not only has there been an abject failure to deliver these beds, but there has not even been an attempt. The Journal has confirmed...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...Deputy Harris on becoming Taoiseach. It is a huge honour and a proud day for him and his family, friends and supporters. I also acknowledge those who have been appointed and reappointed to the Cabinet and I wish them the very best in their respective portfolios. However, I also have to ask what we are really doing here today. We are reshuffling some of the personalities, but keeping...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Holly Cairns: I want to start today by again wishing Deputy Leo Varadkar the very best in the future. A record of public service in this House that extends for nearly two decades, including 13 years in Cabinet and two terms as Taoiseach, has to be commended. It requires hard work, dedication and many personal sacrifices. Those sacrifices were not just borne by the outgoing Taoiseach but by his partner...

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

Holly Cairns: ...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 provide that care, but...

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

Holly Cairns: ...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 solidarity Irish hosts have shown to Ukrainians is incredible. It is indicative of the welcoming society that we are - a country that understands migration,...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: I want to extend my sympathies to Deputy Michael Collins on the tragic loss of his nephew. My thoughts are with Michael's family and friends and the wider community. I am grateful for the opportunity to talk about the provision of healthcare and GP services in rural areas. In Cork South West, we are very familiar with the pressures on and failures relating to health services in rural...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: I was very saddened to hear of the passing of Michael O'Regan at the weekend. He had a huge love of and interest in politics. On a personal level, he was also very warm, humorous and kind. I extend my condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. The Children's Rights Alliance, in its annual report card, gave the Government a D-minus for family homelessness. Child homelessness...

Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister for coming in to take questions and answers. It might be a surprise to people watching at home but we do not normally get the chance to do the back and forth, which is kind of shocking in itself but I thank the Minister for doing it today. It is great to be able to actually put the questions to a Minister and get the answers. I also want to thank the Minister for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...crisis" are now almost synonymous. Repeated scandals have hugely damaged public service trust and confidence. Kevin Bakhurst and key members of the board are back in front of the Oireachtas committee today and there is a long way to go to rebuild trust in RTÉ. Senior management has an important role to play in this. We need a strong public service broadcaster that delivers...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Holly Cairns: There are challenges within our immigration and asylum system but they are challenges of the Government's own making. They are not the fault of people seeking asylum or of migrants seeking to build a life for themselves and their families here in Ireland. We simply would not function as a country without migration. We would not staff our public services or our private enterprises. We...

Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2024)

Holly Cairns: I was not expecting much from the Government today, but it actually managed to sink beneath my already low expectations. I am shocked it decided to amend our motion in this way. Not only did it amend the motion, it rewrote it in its entirety. I would encourage people to read our motion. It contained a series of indisputable and horrifying statistics about the depths of the slaughter and...

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...disgrace. It involves point after point of dog whistles. I do not believe that the Rural Independent Group does not know exactly what it is doing here. They all know well that they are pandering to the far right, stoking up divisions and spreading fear and complete misinformation. In doing so, they are putting a target on the backs of migrants and asylum seekers for the sake of a few...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: Listening to the Tánaiste, one would swear that this is some kind of big conspiracy to make Fianna Fáil and the Government look bad when they are doing everything that they can, but if it is, I am afraid that the RTB, the ESRI and loads more are in it with me. The Tánaiste may not want to admit it but the facts are the facts. The facts are that rents in this country under the...

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...

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...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: Based on his reply, I think the Taoiseach understands the impact on the community in Midleton. Bearing that in mind, he can also understand how stressful and anxiety inducing it is to know that might happen again and again. They are waiting a decade for flood relief works and it will be another decade before they are introduced. A lot of impacts go with that. I know from my own...

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion and giving us an opportunity to discuss this important issue. The Social Democrats will be supporting the motion. I did not believe the figure of €64 million of additional expenditure for investment in disability services when I first read it in the budget document. It is a pitiful investment into improving services with so much unmet...