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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I understand the need for the immediacy of this and the question of a different agency for information that is not Tusla. The aim is not to slow the process for people getting information, and this is something we have discussed at great length in the committee. When witnesses came before the committee we heard that people were not just traumatised by interactions with Tusla but really...

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. 272: In page 35, to delete line 15. These interactions are an unnecessary breach of the relevant persons' privacy. The inclusion of church representatives in section 34(6) is particularly egregious considering that the Bill fails to name religious orders for other entities as data controllers. Moreover, it does not seem to have occurred to the Minister or the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: If that is the case, could the organisations in question be named as data controllers as well? The Minister is acknowledging how much relevant and important information they have but they have not been included as data controllers. Has consideration been given to the fact that the tracing services could be engaging with people in the religious orders who were potentially involved with...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I understand that. Given the possibility that members of those churches may have been involved in previous illegal or legal adoptions, would it not be better to seize records for these purposes rather than requesting them from these organisations?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: Should we not designate all of them in that case?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: My apologies.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: It seems confusing to expect an organisation to potentially incriminate itself by passing on information that it does not have to provide. We will discuss this matter further on Report Stage.

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. 273: In page 35, to delete line 16.

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. 276: In page 35, line 26, after "Minister" to insert ", in consultation with the Adoption Advisory Group,".

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: Amendments Nos. 311, 324 and 331 provide absolute clarity that individuals' GDPR rights will not be limited by these sections. Given the very restrictive interpretation of GDPR rights by Departments and State bodies, it is necessary to clearly state that these sections do not interfere with GDPR. Amendment No. 312 ensures that all relevant records will be transferred to the national...

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. 332: In page 54, line 2, to delete “insofar as practicable” and substitute “make every effort to”. This amendment advises the agency or the authority to make "every effort" to offer assistance and support, rather than just as far "as practicable". People feel it is staggering, after everything we know, that the lesser category of...

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. 350: In page 7, line 5, to delete "further and better".

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. 351: In page 7, line 5, after "to" where it secondly occurs to insert "their personal data and".

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. 354: In page 7, line 9, to delete ", where such persons are deceased,".

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. 355: In page 7, lines 9 and 10, to delete "in certain circumstances".

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. 356: In page 7, line 15, to delete "certain" where it firstly occurs and substitute "all available".

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Ceann Comhairle for including this important matter for discussion. The scale and horror of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is unimaginable. The conflict will have implications for years to come. Right now, one of these issues is the impact on global food supplies, especially in the context of grain. I commend the Minister of State on his actions...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister of State for the update. He mentioned a little bit about feed and fuel, and that is crucial for the whole sector. Seeds will play a pivotal role in the process, and the Minister of State talked about the availability of seeds to grow crops. We are supposed to declare an interest when we talk about particular matters in the House . My family owns a small seed company....

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: I thank Deputy Tully and Sinn Féin for raising this very important matter. The considerable waiting lists for assessment of need and the therapeutic interventions they should lead to form one of the primary barriers faced by children with disabilities and their families. The Ombudsman for Children highlighted this disgraceful position in his 2020 report, Unmet Needs, and I will quote...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: The west Cork author, Louise O'Neill, wrote over the weekend that she did not feel like celebrating International Women's Day this year. Louise, as Members probably all know, powerfully captures the complexities and realities of being a young woman in Ireland. She describes the ongoing issues girls and women face, the weariness of having to raise the same points over and over and over, and...