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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 732. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media coverage of her Department; if so, the cost of same; and the name of the social media platforms being monitored. [25791/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 733. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if officials in her Department are tasked with conducting online and social media monitoring and completing reports on social media coverage of her Department and her Ministerial activities; if so, the number of staff involved; the respective grades of each; the estimated working hours committed to same; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 746. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the funding provided to each local community development committee under the community enhancement programme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 747. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the way in which the €1.3 million from the dormant accounts fund allocated to improving inclusive measures in library services was spent by local authority, the initiatives put in place for persons with profound physical and learning needs; the initiatives put in place for persons with visual and hearing...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: 748. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that featured bilingual translations in Irish and English between 1...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I am a bit confused about where we are starting off with this Bill. It is glaringly obvious that coroners' inquests are required at all sites. I will give three brief reasons for that. First, it is the law. The Minister just referred to the Coroners Act, which goes so far as to specify that if someone dies in State care or custody, the coroner is obliged to act. Second, there is a lack...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: Ultimately, what does the Minister classify as vital in this situation? It is vital in Tuam. Is the classification for vital not the fact that we know there is very likely death due to negligence? Is the Minister saying we know that people want to find out the fate of their disappeared relatives and in some instances, it might not be vital but it is in Tuam?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: It is vital in every scenario.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I am wondering if the Minister thinks it is vital to find the fate of the disappeared in each site in the country or does he just think it is vital for Tuam?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I have so many questions, I am not sure where to start. Is the importance for the Minister of this legislation and the exhumation and identification of remains based on families finding out where their disappeared relatives are or is it more to do with the way in which the unmarked graves came about, whether in an unmarked site or a septic tank? What is the most important reason for this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: Does the Minister believe that it is still vital for families to find out where their disappeared relatives are, regardless of the nature of the unmarked graves? Is it equally vital for those people to know?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I take it that the Minister believes it is just as vital in each site, regardless of the nature of the unmarked grave, as it is in Tuam. Why is there not a clear right of access to information for relatives in the Bill? Maybe it is not necessary but I am asking why it is not in the Bill. The Minister spoke about it being inappropriate for three agencies to be involved around the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: So can the two agencies be involved at the same time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: Would the Minister consider bringing the powers of the coroner into the agency rather than keeping them separate, if the two are allowed to work together after exhumation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services Model and Withdrawal of Occupational Therapies from Schools: Engagement with HSE (13 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I will start with one question and come back in afterwards. If there is time for that, that would be great. Regarding the children's disability network teams, CDNTs, can the witnesses highlight where they are in place and the numbers of areas that still have to be reconfigured? What is the timeline for the full implementation of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services Model and Withdrawal of Occupational Therapies from Schools: Engagement with HSE (13 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: When Ms O'Neill says reconfigured, has it been implemented in Cork-Kerry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services Model and Withdrawal of Occupational Therapies from Schools: Engagement with HSE (13 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: Just to let Ms O'Neill know, that is not actually the case in a number of areas in Cork and Kerry. People are still waiting for those teams to come in and are looking for updates from the office. Perhaps that is something that can be followed up on separately.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services Model and Withdrawal of Occupational Therapies from Schools: Engagement with HSE (13 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: Okay, I will follow up on that separately. Regarding the assessment of needs, the children's committee oversees some of disability matters as well and we had the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, in recently, which was great. I want to highlight to the witnesses that there was some discrepancy between what she said and the standard operating procedure, SOP, for the assessment of needs....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services Model and Withdrawal of Occupational Therapies from Schools: Engagement with HSE (13 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services Model and Withdrawal of Occupational Therapies from Schools: Engagement with HSE (13 May 2021)

Holly Cairns: That makes complete sense. It makes sense that this would be more of a suggested guideline. It sounds like it is being misinterpreted in lots of instances in respect of the 90 minutes. Perhaps that wording along the lines of "shall take up to one to one and a half hours" is kind of misleading. We could look at changing that. I thank Ms O'Neill. I appreciate the response.