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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are environmental rights protections in the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6901/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on referring the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement to the Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action for pre-ratification scrutiny regarding environmental and climate issues before it is voted on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6902/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on referring the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement to the Oireachtas Committee on Justice for pre-ratification scrutiny regarding the impact on the rights of Irish residents before it is voted on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6904/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if ratification of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement could enable corporations to try to sue governments under a special investor court system, a mechanism that would bypass domestic and EU courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legal mechanisms that will be available to the Government to challenge the final decision of the investor court system, that is, after the conclusions of tribunals and appeals processes as outlined in the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7453/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on deferring ratification of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement until ongoing court cases regarding the ratification of the agreement are concluded in other European jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7454/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Ireland has bilateral investment treaties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6897/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing issues with reliable broadband in west County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6903/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the outdoor activities sector is excluded from the Covid restrictions support scheme due to the fact that most of its business activity is not being delivered at a fixed business premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7456/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on adjusting the cycle-to-work scheme to cover the purchasing of child seats or trailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6883/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 257. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the minimum turnover of €50,000 was included in the criteria for the tourism business continuity scheme; the funding that will be made available for businesses that fall outside this criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7457/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking in relation to the recent military coup in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6884/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending the pandemic unemployment payment scheme beyond 31 March 2021 due to the ongoing economic effects of the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6906/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 547. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Data Protection Commissioner has written to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes over the destruction of recordings of witness testimony; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6907/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 548. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on extending the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes to ensure the full recovery of all evidence received by and all documents created by, or for, the commission, including all recoverable recordings of witness testimony; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Proposed Legislation (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 549. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline he is working to for the publication and passing of the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016 in view of the fact that the Bill lapsed at the end of the Thirty-second Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6912/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Act Employment Targets (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 550. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the target quarter for the introduction of the commitment in the programme for Government to double the target for employment of persons with disabilities in the public service to 6%; if these targets will be changed on a phased basis or in one go; if on a phased basis, when he plans to commence the phasing;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the target quarter for the signing of the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6914/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if estate agents can operate during level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7451/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (10 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the dialogue there has there been with the coroner whose jurisdiction includes Bessborough, Cork with respect to the holding of inquests for the deaths associated with the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home as provided for under the Coroners Act 1962; if there have been requests for inquests; if so, the number; the way in which...