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Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: Since Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael went into government with each other, it has not been clear which party's ethos has been more influential. One thing was very clear yesterday, though. We saw the return of Bertienomics. Fianna Fáil's infamous economic policy approach is once again leading the way. What could go wrong? Bertie once famously said that the boom was getting boomier...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (2 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 4. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will fund a physical survey of the estate of the Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork city to locate the possible burial place of the more than 800 unaccounted for children who died in Bessborough or in hospital after being transferred from Bessborough; to outline any plans the Government has for this...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (2 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: I ask the Minister if he will fund a physical survey of the estate of Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork city to locate the possible burial place of more than 800 children who are unaccounted for and who died in Bessborough or in hospital after being transferred from Bessborough. I ask him to outline plans the Government has for this site and to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (2 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: We do not know the full extent of the infant deaths in Bessborough. The order's records are unreliable and its statements to the commission were nothing short of abject lies in an attempt to scramble away from justice. At least 928 babies died in Bessborough but only 64 graves have been identified. The Department of local government at the time chalked the scale of infant deaths down to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (2 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: Sometimes it feels like there is a disconnect in respect of how the Minister speaks about this issue and the lived experience of people. I will give one example. In 1960, 18-year-old Madeleine Walsh was sent to Bessborough. Her baby son, William, fell ill when he was three days old and was taken from her. He died when he was six weeks old. After years of requests for information, she was...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artificial Intelligence (2 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the use of AI generative art by An Post; if her Department has issued any guidelines to public bodies around the use of AI generative art; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39353/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (2 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of individual greyhound pups born in Ireland during the period 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023, with a breakdown of coursing and non-coursing pups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39342/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (2 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide respite services for disabled people in County Cork. [39322/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Irish Sign Language (1 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to issues with the voucher scheme run by the Sign Language Interpreting Service and Citizens Information Board specifically related to the limited availability of vouchers per person; and if she will consider increasing funding to the scheme in order to expand the amount of vouchers...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (1 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 378. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 625 of 18 September 2024, the number of people who have attempted to apply to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme but were unable due to ineligibility; and the monthly breakdown of the number of applications to the redress scheme from it’s opening to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (1 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 379. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the advertising spend on the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the nature and location of each advertisement; and the demographics that each online advertisement was aimed towards. [38534/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (1 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the planned excavation on the site of the mother and baby institution in Tuam, Galway; and the date on which exhumation will commence. [38535/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (1 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 381. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled persons resident in a congregated setting, by county, local age and type of residence from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [38536/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Nursing Homes (1 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will release the necessary funding to continue to fund transitioning those under 65 years out of nursing homes and into appropriate accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38537/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (1 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 18 September 2024, the reason for the reduction in service provision in the centre since 2019, despite the minor increase in staffing; and the number of staff currently on leave in the centre. [38951/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Oct 2024)

Holly Cairns: 504. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts advertised in the Cork/Kerry primary care child and adolescent psychology services since January 2024; the date those posts were advertised; and the grade of psychologist post in each instance. [38945/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: 244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on the integrity of the scientific advice behind the closure of pollack fishery; and whether his Department has conducted a review into the impact of the closure decision on island and inshore fishing communities. [38491/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: 245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide detail on the dedicated funding which will be made available for the upcoming tranche of the organic farming scheme. [38492/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide detail on the measures he is taking to ensure a timely release of ACRES funding in year two. [38493/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2024)

Holly Cairns: Since Deputy Harris became Taoiseach, there has been a dominant message from this Government trying to make the lives of international protection applicants as miserable as possible. The Government has announced plans to cut their meagre allowances and to charge them to stay in institutional settings. The Minister's Department is enforcing transfers from international protection applicant...