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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: Perhaps I did not understand it fully when the Minister mentioned it in his opening statement, but the Department's briefing states that only the set of costs of the payment scheme are accounted for in this Estimate. Why has only the set of costs for the scheme been provided for in the Estimate? I refer to the €10 million in the Vote. How will the rest be accounted for?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: Okay. It is not the case that because it is not listed in this Estimate, it will not happen until 2024. There will be payments in 2023.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: It is the case that the payments can come in 2023 as well?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: I ask the Minister to excuse my ignorance on the €10 million in set-up costs. How does it cost so much? I am aware that it is the biggest scheme and all of that but I am curious to know what that money goes into and how it will be set up. Can the Minister reassure people that it will happen quickly and will be an efficient system? I wonder if he can explain that.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: I will come back to birth information and tracing in a moment. Is there an update on the church making a contribution? The Minister requested that it might contribute to the redress scheme.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: That is good. We have to go ahead regardless of what the religious orders contribute, but it should not be a case of whether they are willing to contribute. They should be compelled to do so. If they make a contribution towards compensation, given that the Minister has allowed for this amount of compensation without a contribution from any religious order, could it potentially be extended...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: Is there any scope at this late stage to give an extra allocation? As I said, there is a reduction in the Adoption Authority of Ireland's funding. With the redress scheme we would expect to see an increase based on the extra workload. Is there any scope to revisit this in order to ensure that the delays stop? The Minister has given the numbers and it is great that 1,700 people have...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: Will the Minister consider keeping the previous allocation of funding and putting it into trying to get the information out to people quicker? I do not mean putting it back into an information campaign. It would be amazing if that could be done. Safe Ireland's pre-budget submission stated that the State is providing only 29% of the required refuge spaces. This is something we have...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: I apologise for asking about the wrong Department in this regard.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: I welcome the opportunity to look at the Department's Estimates and spending, particularly given that it seemed to be the overriding concern when it came to denying redress for thousands of survivors of mother and baby institutions. The main finding of the Department's report was that survivors want redress to be based on forced family separation as a priority. Time spent in an institution...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: There would be potential. The Minister mentioned the birth information and tracing legislation. People applying for their information are being presented with unacceptable delays. The Adoption Authority of Ireland and Tusla are going for the maximum allowable time, which was supposed to be for exceptional circumstances. It seems to be the default. In the Estimates, there is no increase...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (9 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to increase the pension entitlements of full-time family carers. [6115/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Registration of Births (9 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on reforming the stillbirth registration process. [6114/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (9 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 71. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response the delays experienced by individuals seeking personal information under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022. [6118/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to support workers in the childcare and preschool sector. [6116/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (9 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide information to individuals and families impacted by the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [6120/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Electric Vehicles (9 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the fuel grant element of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme recipients if a disabled driver purchases an electric car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6409/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Policy (9 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 230. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status and proposed timeframe for the First 5 action to develop a dedicated child health workforce, adopting a population-based approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6407/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (9 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons facilitated in relocating to Ireland under the Afghan admission programme; the number of people who have been accepted but are yet to be relocated; and the number of persons refused participation in the programme, including the rationale for said refusals. [6408/23]