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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their Irish citizenship application which was submitted in April 2020. [11940/22]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: When we submitted amendments, we were not given a grouping list, which is a bit of a slip-up on the part of the committee. As Members, we are entitled to submit amendments and we should have got the list as well.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The committee has the responsibility to raise that with the Bills Office. We are entitled to submit amendments under the new system where one could not-----

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: There are a rake of copies up there.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: That is fair enough, but there are a rake of copies of the grouping list and stuff like that up at the top table. I know the Bills Office may be under pressure or whatever and that has to be dealt with. At the same time, Members are entitled to have this information to be able to participate in the session as well. That is very important. I will not stay very much on this because I am...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I agree with Deputy Funchion. The Minister outlined that there is already provision within the Bill to revisit the situation if the documents are not comprehensive enough. What would be lost in the period between this Bill being passed and the Minister deciding to revisit it? What could be the impact on people who have suffered a lot already? After this Bill is passed, if it is discovered...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: We can come back to it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: They are amendments to the words.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I will speak to amendment No. 2. While my name is not on it, I believe it is an important amendment. The focus of the Bill, rightly, is on State agencies, including An Bord Uchtála, that placed people outside the State for adoption. However, there are many cases of adopted people who were placed illegally outside the State, outside of any official organisations. I have spoken to...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Which amendment was Deputy Bacik speaking to?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I stress the importance of this series of amendments. There is quite a lot here. The amendments govern the provision of information. It is telling that adopted people feel they have to put forward these amendments. I am concerned about the Bill on that basis. I know the Minister will say the legislation is comprehensive and covers all options but we will not know that until afterwards....

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister has outlined that he believes the amendments are already covered in the Bill. We will not know until the legislation is passed whether the adoption agencies comply and provide the information that is required of them. That is part of the problem. Perhaps all the information is held by Tusla and it will be complied with now. How secure is the Minister in the knowledge that...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I think we left it to the Minister to respond.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Just as well he is.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I accept what the Minister is saying. What Deputy Cairns said is right. There is a need for cultural change. It has to happen at some point, and something has to start it off. I am still worried about the period in which cultural change is to take place in that adopted people could be left behind or something could happen. I do not know the solution or the best that can be achieved for...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I fully support these amendments. It is vitally important. I know the GDPR argument, but this is GDPR that applies to individuals who are similar people and have similar GDPR, so there has to be away around this. We should not be making any distinctions between adopted people and everybody else. This is what these amendments try to avoid in the Bill. I am fully in favour of these amendments.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Supports (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Will the Minister impress on the Department the need to examine the funding allocations for the offshore islands as well? They are at an even greater disadvantage, with Brexit impacting on them directly. It is possible the larger fishing ports and so on will take up all the funding that is available under the Brexit adjustment reserve fund, but it has to go wider than that. The islands...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Supports (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of funding schemes established under the recently established Brexit adjustment reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11029/22]