Results 21-40 of 250 for long speaker:Holly Cairns

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Holly Cairns: ...it over to the health committee. That committee sent a report back to Government before Christmas recommending it proceed with all the recommendations, but nothing has happened. Why? Women waited long enough for abortion services in this country. There is no reason we should wait any longer for much-needed improvements to the law. Women do not want condescending barriers to healthcare...

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

Holly Cairns: ...it, the Minister's colleagues do not understand it and the whole country does not understand it. It has been two years since Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine and we still do not have a medium- or long-term plan. Then we see that the Minister for Justice's response is to add two countries, Algeria and Botswana, to the safe country list, meaning all asylum seekers from these countries...

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

Holly Cairns: The Minister speaks about putting things in context and the reality of how long it takes to build homes. Everyone recognises that it takes time to address this. We have had 12 years of Fine Gael in government trying to address this and it is simply not working. The Minister says we are making no suggestions. I just made a suggestion to try to stamp out the bulk buying of homes. We need...

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

Holly Cairns: ...have no hope for their housing prospects in Ireland. Rents have doubled in the past decade and young people simply cannot afford them. Record house prices mean that dreams of home ownership are long gone. Housing is more than an investment vehicle and it is about more than bricks and mortar. It is about independence, security, relationships and starting a family. It is the foundation...

An Bille up an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...as many unpaid female carers as male. Of childcare workers, 98% are women. Women in Ireland do far more unpaid work -15 hours more a week, on average - than their male counterparts. We stand alongside women in Malta and Romania as those with the highest unpaid workload in Europe. The referendums we are debating today are set to be held on International Women's Day next year. What...

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: ..., our society must also guide our Constitution. Marriage does not make a family; it is the relationships, actions, love and care between people that form a family. This referendum has been a long time coming. In 1996, the Constitution Review Group recommended that the definition of the family be reformed to remove the link with marriage. Article 41 had never represented all families...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...equally powerless amendment? Should that not be the bare minimum? Perhaps it makes sense in one way that these referendums will take place on International Women's Day in that it will continue a long-standing tradition of the Government patronising women rather than listening to them. It is seven months since Ms Marie O'Shea published a review on abortion services. The Government...

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

Holly Cairns: ...and Spain calls for the EU to act and states that its credibility is now at stake. I am genuinely glad to see the Government take that stance. However, I regret to say that the credibility of the EU on this is long gone, as is its moral authority. Will the Taoiseach clarify if he has received the legal advice he promised to get four weeks ago? Is it now the position of the Irish...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: ..., the Department of Justice stated that 30% of Ukrainian refugees have come here after having spent time in other EU countries. Can the Taoiseach provide any detail about that 30% figure? How long are people spending in other EU countries before they arrive? Are they just passing through? Have they spent considerable time in EU countries? Is it potentially connection flights? Does...

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

Holly Cairns: ...House, and in your constituencies is inflammatory and wrong. There are many flaws in our IP system. Direct provision is a cruel and inhumane system that is unfit for purpose. It takes far too long for people to receive refugee status that allows them to live a normal life in Ireland, and some decisions on asylum applications taken by the IPO have been appalling. There are a lot of real...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: How much longer is the international community going to sit back and watch an impending genocide in Gaza? How many innocent civilians have to die? How many children have to be butchered? How many hospitals have to be destroyed, residential buildings flattened, schools decimated and farms devastated? How much slaughter and indiscriminate destruction can western leaders stomach? More than...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...patients, even if their own lives are in danger. Their bravery, compassion, generosity and humanity is unparalleled. By Monday, at least 160 medical workers had been killed in nearly 140 Israeli attacks on healthcare facilities in Gaza. I want to specifically name one of those medics. Dr. Hammam Alloh was Gaza’s only nephrologist. He was not killed at Al-Shifa Hospital, where...

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

Holly Cairns: ...for disability services. This figure was absolutely nowhere to be seen in the budget document I received. A day after the budget was announced we received clarity. Ministers included funding for existing services alongside new expenditure to make the disability budget look bigger than it is. Despite all the spin, the level of investment is exactly what was outlined in the budget,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...it rains down bombs on innocent civilians. The UN is calling this an ethnic cleansing but the EU is failing to even condemn it. EU officials are still failing to offer any kind of criticism. How long more will the EU stay silent at the expense of these people? Will the Taoiseach please use his voice today to represent Ireland on this?

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...one-off measures as evidence that their interests have been protected. Nobody should be fooled by this cynical approach. Temporary supports are not the answer to a persistent cost-of-living crisis. They will not provide sustainable relief to those who can no longer afford the extortionate cost of necessities like food, fuel, energy and rent. The Social Democrats proposed a €25...

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

Holly Cairns: ..., CPO, or destroy farmland, is not backed up by fact. Rather, the nature restoration law has the potential to be transformative. It will provide new funding streams for farmers to ensure the viability of farming long into the future. To be clear, there will be no future for farming unless we protect our ecosystems and our biodiversity. Comments from elected representatives regarding...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...to attend school for one day a week. On occasion her condition was so bad she was unable to breathe. The Minister should think about that for a moment. A child in this country was waiting so long for surgery, she was left in horrific pain, denied an education and on occasion was unable to breathe. Imagine being the parent of that child, watching her suffer for years and feeling utterly...

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

Holly Cairns: ...that the agricultural sector will need to reduce emissions by 30% before 2030. Pushing back against that in order to keep the status quowill only cause extreme harm to the farming community in the long run, a reality that the Government and the Rural Independent Group seem to refuse to acknowledge. If we do not take difficult decisions now, they will inevitably be made closer to the 2030...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2023)

Holly Cairns: ...Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1099 of 13 June 2023, to ensure funding is provided to an organisation for nursing support (details supplied) for a child to attend school to ensure the long-term provision of this service. [31068/23]

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

Holly Cairns: ...of farmers. Mr. Kelleher has made these claims in the absence of any evidence. In fact, the nature restoration law aims to provide new funding streams for farmers to ensure the viability of farms long into the future. I hope the Minister is as concerned about this matter as I am. Let us be clear that there is no future for farming unless we protect our ecosystems and biodiversity....