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

Holly Cairns: ...worst by the long period of wet weather. The ground and the majority of fields cannot carry any form of machinery at the moment and farmers are now facing the hard decision of whether to risk sowing or leave land fallow. There is a limited window to sow crops and it is looking near impossible to plant certain ones. The ideal planting period for beans, winter wheat and oats has passed...

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

Holly Cairns: ...past number of weeks alone, my colleague, Deputy O'Callaghan, has put forward 255 amendments to the planning Bill but the Government has just routinely voted them down. One of them was around zoning land for affordable housing. It was rejected. On the immediate solutions we have suggested, they include a tax with teeth on vacancy to try to address the tens of thousands of vacant...

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

Holly Cairns: ...done such as handrails, tow rails, extension of car parks and storage areas and all of those things were absolutely brilliant. The Minister knows himself that to do any kind of works out from the land needs a foreshore licence. This is a particular bugbear of mine related to the foreshore licensing system. We often hear the view that "these environmental polices are wrecking rural...

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

Holly Cairns: ...25,000 people who have been confirmed dead, two thirds of whom are women and children; — 85 per cent of the population has been displaced, mostly to areas that have faced repeated bombardment from Israel by land, air and sea; — Israeli missiles have targeted schools, universities, hospitals, United Nations (UN) facilities, refugee camps, places of worship, and critical...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...in various ways to expand the definition of the family to include those not previously represented, including lone parents, unmarried parents and unmarried couples. Can the Minister outline why he has landed on the wording of this Bill and why the suggestions presented by the citizens' assembly were refused? The explanatory memorandum provided to us gives absolutely no detail on the...

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 (25 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...peat bogs have been drained and poorly planned concrete flood defences have been installed. All of these simply push flooding downstream at top speed. Restoring these natural flood defences, which help the land store water and slow the course of rivers upstream, is absolutely essential if we want to minimise the risk of flood damage. I have three questions for the Taoiseach. Can the...

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

Holly Cairns: ...your home or life, but you might also not be able to get finance to build an extension. It has a massive and far-reaching impact. I am glad the Taoiseach has said he is looking at a national land use plan. Ultimately, what we have with regard to climate change is that the tap is on. The approach so far has been to keep mopping the water off the floor when the tap is running. Maybe we...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (17 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: 420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how it is intended to regulate the movement of organic manures from grazing platforms on dairy farms to newly rented land or tillage land. [44765/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...trauma that is raw and real. Sadly, there has been little acknowledgment on the world stage of the generational trauma of the Palestinian people, a people who have been driven from their land, corralled and confined into open-air prisons and forced to exist under an apartheid regime that has inflicted injustice after injustice on the people of Palestine; a regime that has continuously...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: 459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of the size and location of land owned by local authorities which is zoned for forestry; and the status of forestry on each site, by local authority, in tabular form. [42705/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: 502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the location, ownership, and size of all public land zoned for forestry in Ireland; and the status of forestry on each site, in tabular form. [42697/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Office of Public Works (28 Sep 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail any investigation into the potential use of the Baltimore Station House by the OPW; and to provide the reasoning behind the Land Development Agency's refusal to use the Baltimore Station House for its own purposes. [41889/23]

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...once-in-a-generation opportunity for the EU to take action on the massive loss in biodiversity over recent decades. The intention of the law to restore damaged ecosystems to a healthy state in Ireland and throughout Europe, and to attempt to prevent the collapse of our wildlife and slow the progress of the climate crisis. The measure will cover at least 20% of the EU's lands and sea...

Culling the National Herd: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...country. To avoid that, we must start now. Why would we choose to walk farmers to that cliff edge? We all recognise the potential of forestry in addressing our climate targets. However, farmers and landowners continue to be swayed by Government policy into emission-generating areas of agriculture. This is evident in the sectoral targets of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...

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

Holly Cairns: ...Gael, has been among the chief critics of the proposed law. Instead of supporting the measures, the Taoiseach has slated them. He has propagated fears that farmers will be forced to rewet their land as part of the law. He has done so despite the fact that he knows, or at least should know, that this is not true. The Taoiseach is not alone in cynically politicking on this. Sinn...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: .... Not doing that is unforgivable. On the nature restoration law, it is already been stated, even by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, that there are enough State-owned lands, that Bord na Móna and Coillte lands will be used to rewet the bogs and that farmers will only be asked to do rewet land on a voluntary basis. There the Taoiseach goes again with the...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...rise of 1.1°C. This has resulted in more frequent and hazardous weather events and increasing destruction to people and the planet. To date, we have not even done a fraction of what needs to be done. Ireland’s emissions are going up, not down. We simply cannot afford to wait any longer. The current trajectory is going to result in the unthinkable. Not only are we in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: There is a growing concern among farmers and landowners regarding the impact of ash dieback on roadside trees. Potential safety risks stem from the trees themselves and there are also the challenges of safely felling infected trees. Farmers will potentially need to hire a tree specialist to properly assess the trees on their land and to safely remove impacted ash trees. Currently, however,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tillage Sector (25 May 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...to support the sector. Practical changes like that would make a massive difference to farmers who are enduring the high production costs and the variable prices. We also need to look into the issue of land being rented at extreme prices because it is worthwhile for dairy farmers to do that at the moment. If the nitrates are not even being applied to that area of land, it does not do...