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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I ask for specific numbers. Of the 91 teams, how many are fully staffed? How many are 90% staffed? What is the risk of not having them fully staffed? When will they be fully staffed?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: So at the moment not one team is fully staffed.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: So, just to clarify, not one of the 91 teams at the moment is fully staffed.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: My next question was for Mr. Reid in relation to -----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I probably do not have time for another comment on that from Mr. Reid. Do I?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: That is what I mean. The next question was for Mr. Reid. It relates to the €350 million allocation for waiting lists. How much of that was ring-fenced for disability waiting lists?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: That question was for Ms O'Connor and Professor MacLachlan specifically. The question for Mr. Reid was this: of the €350 million allocated for waiting lists, how much was ring-fenced for disability?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: It would be under €20 million for disability specifically but Mr. Reid is not sure how much.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: An element of the €20 million.

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]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: This week is women's health week. Unfortunately, Ireland is still failing women in the provision of high-quality healthcare. While the CervicalCheck scandal and the shortages of HRT are prominent examples, many other issues are not receiving the support required. Endometriosis affects up to one in ten women, yet such is the lack of services that waiting for diagnosis can take up to nine...

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) (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...