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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 651. To ask the Minister for Health the public alternatives that have been put in place for new PreP service users who have been unable to engage with the PrEP service since 4 October 2021 in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork. [12881/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of exceptional appeals made each month by schools that were refused the number of SNA or resource hours applied for regarding children and young people with special needs between 1 September 2019 and 30 October 2021; the number of appeals which were successful; the number of appeals with were upheld in tabular form; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 235. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the resumption of chiropody services for public patients in Bantry, County Cork. [13542/22]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 71: In page 11, line 22, to delete “incorrect” and substitute “illegal”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 72: In page 11, line 22, after “information” to insert “or illegal birth registration information”

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 75: In page 11, line 23, after “registration” to insert “or an illegal birth registration”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 76: In page 11, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(c) the personal data of the relevant person whose birth was illegally registered;”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: To add briefly to what the other Deputies have said, these amendments are important to highlight the obligations of relevant bodies to provide information for adopted people. It is an important departure, providing proactive responses to the rights of adopted people. I will leave it at that.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I will add ever so slightly to that with regard to amendment No. 228, which removes the restriction on adopted people being permitted access to specific items. The Minister has refused amendments based on the likely unavailability of information or even the existence of such information. This restriction falls into that category. In this case, the provision of items is dependent on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking in increase the number of spaces in special classes in south-west areas of County Cork. [13536/22]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: The wording of the amendment is to "make available" all records. It does not provide for forcing records on anybody or insist they see them. It sounded like the Minister took it like that. Does he agree that all records should be made available at that time? Is there a better way we could word the amendment in order that he would be agreeable to it?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: That is the point of it. I do not think people distinguish medical information from care information in the instance of, for example, an illegal vaccine trial being carried out on him or her while in care. That is what adopted people are calling for. They would see it as part of their early life or care information if they were subject to something like an illegal vaccine trial while in an...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: Any information.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: Particularly when the amendment says "make available" to the person.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I move amendment No. 245: In page 30, line 33, to delete “that is” and substitute “and all other records that are”. Amendments Nos. 245 and 246 concern improving the definition of information that relevant bodies must provide to applicants. This originates in the understandable distrust adopted people and survivors have for State bodies. They are seeking the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: The Minister said the information around relevant bodies is covered in a subsequent section and that is great, if I take him at his word. Why not just strengthen the point in this section if he is already on board, along with the rest of us, on this point? We can add it to this section, given the unique circumstances we are in when considering this legislation. For four decades, people...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: To be fair, it would not be the first time there would be repetition in a Bill to strengthen a point.