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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: Is there a need for an increase from the Department of Social Protection to help deal with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: What kind of increase would be needed to meet even the existing demand, outside of meeting what we know will become future demand through the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: I thank Acquired Brain Injury Ireland for its proactive approach in outlining solutions for the massive shortcomings in the national neurorehabilitation strategy. Its representatives emphasised the importance of national assessment teams in being able to help in nursing homes or hospitals to move back to the community. How would those teams operate on the ground in practice?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: On Friday, I visited St. Finbarr's Boys' National School, Bantry, which is working with the local mixed-ability sports club, the West Cork Jesters, which is one of the first clubs of its kind, to develop an all-weather pitch for the whole community. The students believe strongly in having an inclusive school and I hope there will be support for that application for funding. That visit was...

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 Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Engagements (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his engagement with disabled persons’ organisations concerning legislation regulating e-scooters. [6186/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on concerns expressed by visually-impaired persons in respect of e-vehicles and e-scooters. [6187/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Code (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the requests by a representative body (details supplied) seeking the retention of the 9% VAT rate for hair and beauty services. [6183/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (8 Feb 2023)

Holly Cairns: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the same financial support to registered post-primary teachers to upskill in order to teach home economics as is currently being offered to registered teachers to teach mathematics, physics and Spanish. [6182/23]