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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; the percentage of posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts and platforms that featured bilingual translations in Irish and English between 1...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Sustainable Development Goals (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 730. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which her Department has lead responsibility as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals National Implementation Plan 2018-2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25755/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Sustainable Development Goals (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 731. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the specific sustainable development goal targets her Department is responsible for implementing; the progress made in implementing those targets since 26 April 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25773/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 732. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media coverage of her Department; if so, the cost of same; and the name of the social media platforms being monitored. [25791/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 733. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if officials in her Department are tasked with conducting online and social media monitoring and completing reports on social media coverage of her Department and her Ministerial activities; if so, the number of staff involved; the respective grades of each; the estimated working hours committed to same; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 746. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the funding provided to each local community development committee under the community enhancement programme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 747. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the way in which the €1.3 million from the dormant accounts fund allocated to improving inclusive measures in library services was spent by local authority, the initiatives put in place for persons with profound physical and learning needs; the initiatives put in place for persons with visual and hearing...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 748. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that featured bilingual translations in Irish and English between 1...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I am a bit confused about where we are starting off with this Bill. It is glaringly obvious that coroners' inquests are required at all sites. I will give three brief reasons for that. First, it is the law. The Minister just referred to the Coroners Act, which goes so far as to specify that if someone dies in State care or custody, the coroner is obliged to act. Second, there is a lack...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: Ultimately, what does the Minister classify as vital in this situation? It is vital in Tuam. Is the classification for vital not the fact that we know there is very likely death due to negligence? Is the Minister saying we know that people want to find out the fate of their disappeared relatives and in some instances, it might not be vital but it is in Tuam?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: It is vital in every scenario.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I am wondering if the Minister thinks it is vital to find the fate of the disappeared in each site in the country or does he just think it is vital for Tuam?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I have so many questions, I am not sure where to start. Is the importance for the Minister of this legislation and the exhumation and identification of remains based on families finding out where their disappeared relatives are or is it more to do with the way in which the unmarked graves came about, whether in an unmarked site or a septic tank? What is the most important reason for this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: Does the Minister believe that it is still vital for families to find out where their disappeared relatives are, regardless of the nature of the unmarked graves? Is it equally vital for those people to know?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I take it that the Minister believes it is just as vital in each site, regardless of the nature of the unmarked grave, as it is in Tuam. Why is there not a clear right of access to information for relatives in the Bill? Maybe it is not necessary but I am asking why it is not in the Bill. The Minister spoke about it being inappropriate for three agencies to be involved around the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: So can the two agencies be involved at the same time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: Would the Minister consider bringing the powers of the coroner into the agency rather than keeping them separate, if the two are allowed to work together after exhumation?

Water and Wastewater Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Regional Group for bringing forward this most important motion, which the Social Democrats fully support. The final draft of the Cork county development plan is open for consultation at the moment. Its section on water services is a stark warning of the investment needed in our drinking water and waste water treatment infrastructure. Out of 42 towns and villages, 22 are...

Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: The Irish gender pay gap is 13.9% and it is estimated that at the current pace of change, it would take 55 years to close it. The gap is experienced most acutely by older women, women from ethnic minorities and women with disabilities. Pay transparency is an internationally recognised tool to help reduce pay gaps. It will ensure employees have access to the information necessary for them...

Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I agree with everything Deputy Funchion just said. Amendment No. 4 is entirely sensible. It removes ambiguity and ensures that employers must be serious about addressing any wage gap. It would require employers to set out the measures they are taking to address wage inequalities. If, in the context of this legislation, we are to be serious about addressing the wage gap, employers should...