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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 973. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that of the 7,410 appeals for refused disability allowance processed in 2020, 63% were either allowed, partly allowed or revised; the implications this has for the initial assessment process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14331/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 974. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to provide maternity, paternity and parental leave to persons whose child was born via surrogacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14332/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 975. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the call by an organisation (details supplied) for a humane application process for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14333/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1044. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on providing funding for additional activation officers to assist organisations in recruiting for community employment programme employees during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15938/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1045. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the process by which activation officers for the community employment programme are searching for and recruiting eligible persons to participate in the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1046. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way activation officers for the community employment programme match eligible persons in their area of responsibility with the relevant organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15940/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1049. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons employed in the community employment programme in County Cork in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15943/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1050. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the absolute and relative number of persons who have successfully entered employment after participating in the community employment programme in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15944/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1051. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the absolute and relative number of persons who have returned to social protection payments after participating in the community employment programme in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Birth Certificates (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1072. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in relation to birth certificates which are known to be falsified; the way in which he is engaging with the persons affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14338/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress of the parents' leave and benefit (amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15928/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to prevent a surge in points for high demand courses due to students deferring college places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15901/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the issue of a participant (details supplied) in a Solas apprenticeship who is unable to progress due to a delay in receiving examination results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14319/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the backlog in the processing of examinations and assessments for participants in apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14320/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the delay in aspects of apprenticeship programmes resulting in students facing a training period longer than the four year programme they originally took up including the additional financial strain and resultant loss of earnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14322/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will establish a mechanism to include apprenticeship students in discussions on the way Covid-19 strategy implementation will affect both on-the-job and off-the-job phases of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14321/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on excluding the pandemic unemployment payment from income assessments of SUSI grants for the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14323/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on providing free psychological support for all victims after their court cases end; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14340/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 775 of 17 February 2021, her views on extending the statute of limitations for those persons affected by the CervicalCheck scandal to lodge a High Court case given the complications of both Covid-19 and the delay in establishing the CervicalCheck tribunal; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (24 Mar 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on providing travel expenses for jury service to ensure that those living in rural areas have equal access to serving on juries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14341/21]