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

Holly Cairns: We will not get to discuss this again when we are voting on the amendments, and I will be pushing amendment No. 72 to a vote when the time comes. I completely understand what the Minister is saying, that nobody wants to limit access to the provisions by causing anyone to have to prove anything, and the Minister referenced a situation where somebody would have to prove his or her adoption was...

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

Holly Cairns: Incorrect. It is incorrect to say they are just incorrect registrations. Some of them are illegal and that needs to be acknowledged. I am not saying to replace it. The amendment is to say "or illegal birth registration information". I understand the Minister's sentiment of not wanting to limit it, but the argument does not make any sense. It can include the two so that it is not limited...

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

Holly Cairns: These amendments are to provide for the creation and role of an adoption advisory group to assist in the proper functioning of the Bill and of the process it is intended to facilitate. The input of those with direct experience of adoption is essential if the services set out under the Bill are to be effective. A previous Minister with responsibility for children, the late Brian Lenihan...

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

Holly Cairns: The situation requires that we have as robust and as inclusive a definition as possible. We need to guarantee that all records relating to the adoption or informal care arrangement of a relevant person are understood as that person's personal data. These amendments simply provide for a fuller definition that will provide greater reassurance for adopted people and their relatives. It is...

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

Holly Cairns: These amendments facilitate a broader definition, in this case for care information. We need definitions that incorporate the full range of people and actors involved in providing care. The materials that recorded aspects of that care are a vital area where we need stronger definitions to help people assemble a clear understanding of their identity and heritage.

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

Holly Cairns: We had a discussion during pre-legislative scrutiny on care information. The definition was highlighted as being problematic. It is important to note this point was also raised by UN rapporteurs. We heard many compelling statements calling for a broader and more robust definition of care information. This set of amendments represents a very strong and human rights informed understanding...

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

Holly Cairns: When we know there are really ingrained cultural attitudes within an institution, body or Department, it will not just be enough to have a chat with the head of the organisation in the hope it will change. We are aware that there is a considerable institutional aversion to change in such organisations. This disregards how people have been treated by them. There is a need to acknowledge...

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

Holly Cairns: It is important to incorporate broader definitions of relatives in the Bill, as well as the types of genetic relative information that individuals will have access to. These amendments also provide a framework to acknowledge and include relatives who may only come to light as the process evolves. Adopted people often have to assemble disparate pieces of information, which leads to more...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: Only 55% of the staff promised for 2021 have been recruited.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: With respect to the Minister of State, only 55% of the staff promised for 2021 have been recruited.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: That is not an answer to the question.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: A revealing and noteworthy report marking eating disorder awareness week shows how the health system is failing people with eating disorders. Only 55% of the staff of three new teams promised for 2021 have been recruited and less than one third of available funding has been invested since 2016. According to a freedom of information request, there is no implementation plan for the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (1 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken by the Office of Public Works to ensure that buildings it has responsibility for are fully accessible for persons with disabilities including having suitable toilet changing places facilities. [11087/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (1 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when guidance on decarbonising zones will be issued to local authorities following them identifying suitable locations in 2021; and his views on the support that will be provided to ensure these initiatives prove successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11116/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the monthly passenger numbers on the Limerick-Galway train line since 1 January 2019. [11120/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of investments or service improvements made on the Limerick-Galway train line since 1 January 2019. [11121/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (1 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration that is given to safety in deciding on the location of public EV charging points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11122/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (1 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 318. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the live performance support scheme 3, including the amount of funding allocated as of 21 February 2022; and the timeline for the distribution of remaining funding. [11118/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (1 Mar 2022)

Holly Cairns: 317. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the live performance support scheme 4, including the funds to be allocated; and the timeline for the distribution of funding. [11117/22]