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

Holly Cairns: 614. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will bring forward primary legislation to amend the Maternity Protection Acts 1994 to 2004 in order that women who had already started or completed their maternity period would be entitled to take a further 13 weeks leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9971/21]

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

Holly Cairns: 615. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 4 February 2021, the status of the legislation giving each parent an additional three weeks of paid parental leave; the commencement date he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9972/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (24 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 616. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to plans to limit asylum seekers to an in-house shop rather than allowing them to buy goods in local stores in a direct provision centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9973/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Question No. 139 of 4 February 2021, the status of the implementation of the recommendations in Framework for Consent in Higher Education Institutions: Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive - Ending Sexual Harassment in Irish Higher Education Institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9975/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Question No. 139 of 4 February 2021, the higher education institutions that have developed and published specific institutional action plans on tackling sexual violence and harassment in accordance with the guidelines in Framework for Consent in Higher Education Institutions: Safe, Respectful, Supportive and Positive - Ending Sexual...

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

Holly Cairns: 677. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on working with higher education institutions to ensure that online classes and virtual learning environments are made as accessible as possible for students living in areas with poor broadband connectivity, including recording lectures and workshops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9977/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 916. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with chronic kidney disease will be given the same priority allocation as nursing home residents in the Covid-19 provisional vaccination priority list, given that they are in a vulnerable high-risk group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9961/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (24 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 914. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in establishing the adult eating disorder network and child and adolescent eating disorder network; the number of hubs established; the staffing levels in each with reference to multidisciplinary teams and consultant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9959/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 915. To ask the Minister for Health when serving members of the Defence Forces, stationed in and outside Ireland respectively, will receive the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9960/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (24 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 917. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 28 January 2021, the role of his officials in the decision to temporarily pause the nationally planned developments of eating disorder services in 2020; the clinical rationale for this; the impact of same on patients and service users and waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9962/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Authority Funding (24 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1129. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on providing additional funding to local authorities specifically to provide for the development of visitor facilities at beaches and inland waterways in anticipation of significant domestic tourism in summer 2021, including bins, bike parking and infrastructure to make sites more accessible such as toilets and ramps....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Alignment of Special Education Policy with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister of State for coming before the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Alignment of Special Education Policy with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: Can the Chairman hear me now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Alignment of Special Education Policy with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: We all agree on the importance of reopening special schools. That is great. It is also great to be able to ask questions today. The matter has been discussed a lot by the Dáil and in the media, but I hope the committee can bring a unique focus on rights. The Minister of State mentioned the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the outset. Inclusive education is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Alignment of Special Education Policy with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: I did not refer to assessments of needs but, rather, to speech and language therapy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Alignment of Special Education Policy with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: Is geography one of the considerations in deciding, for example, how far a person would have to travel for the service? Is that part of the decision-making process for the next nine places?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that several local authorities including Cork City Council have passed motions seeking Houses of the Oireachtas scrutiny of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement before a potential ratification; if he will consider these motions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a tailored support package available to the weddings industry in Scotland; his plans to introduce a similar package here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises in Carrigaline, County Cork that can access a fibre broadband connection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8369/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to have artificial noise installed in electric vehicles including e-scooters to ensure the safety of pedestrians and other road users, especially the visually impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8370/21]