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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to develop the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence which will place a priority on prevention and reduction and will include a national preventative strategy. [37409/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address financial coercion and financial exclusion faced by victims and survivors of domestic abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37421/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to legislate to introduce domestic homicide reviews. [37423/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will extend the definition of consent in law to emphasise that sexual coercion involves more than threats of and actual physical force. [37424/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce strict time limits for applications to adduce sexual experience evidence and ensure that legal counsel representing the complainant is not much less experienced than those representing the prosecution and defence in such cases for sexual assault and rape trials. [37425/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request that guidance for juries be developed as a priority to address rape myths ingrained and pre-existing biases, stereotypes and assumptions they may have, whether conscious or unconscious, preferably to be given at the start of a trial but with judicial discretion to repeat it when needed. [37426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Strategies (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made towards action 18 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [38082/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce statutory time limits for decisions on asylum applications. [38084/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reviews (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 605. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the social impact assessments carried out by his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit since 1 January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37287/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 615. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consideration that was given to the environmental implications of a salmon farm which was recently granted a licence in Bantry Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37404/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 616. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on prohibition of salmon farming in Irish coastal waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37405/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the environmental impact of fish farms on the Irish coast since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37406/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on applying for additional mackerel quota to support the hook and line fishery for vessels under 15 m in length targeting mackerel on the basis that the fishery is of an artisanal or community nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37407/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 638. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the upgrading of Dinish Pier, Castletownbere, County Cork; and when the upgrade is expected to be completed [38033/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Reviews (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 640. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the social impact assessments carried out by her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit since 1 January 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37299/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: 641. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to support the development of broadband connection points across the country and the development of digital hubs which can support remote working in as many of the connection points as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37418/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: I have a couple of questions and if there is time I will come back in with more depending on how long the answers are, if that is okay. Head 40 sets out a list of requirements for when or if the Government wants to restrict GDPR rights. Is that compliant with Article 23 of the GDPR, which sets out when member states can make those exemptions? Is it permissible at present for the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: I thank the witnesses for their responses. In the interests of time, I will not go back into the other questions, although I might follow up after the meeting. Is it permissible under the GDPR to have blanket restrictions on several categories of personal data access? Care information is defined as excluding information about a parent's care of a person, so there is a total exclusion of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements and responses. I agree with their call for the removal of the mandatory information session. It seems to be another obstacle to people accessing their information. Their submission echoes the objections raised by representative groups and human rights experts. We have to ask if it is discriminatory to require adopted people to be met by a...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Holly Cairns: The scheme currently provides no mechanism for adopted people and natural mothers to access administrative files of institutions and agencies involved in forced family separation. Will the witnesses comment on this aspect of the legislation from a human rights perspective and their engagement with survivors and advocacy groups? Will they comment on the absence of a mechanism for siblings to...