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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (10 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons here with British Commonwealth driver licences will be able to exchange their current driver license for an Irish driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34757/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (10 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department facilitates the release of personal information under the general data protection regulation, GDPR, by persons with personal data in the archive of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. [34752/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have requested an additional teacher, based on the availability of classrooms rather than student numbers, to enable smaller classes and social distancing between 1 May and 31 October 2020, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34760/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 548. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if experienced data protection law experts will be engaged to oversee the processes by which survivors of mother and baby homes and other relevant persons can access their personal information from the mother and baby homes commission archive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34761/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Measures (10 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 549. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Civil Registration Act 2004 will be amended to ensure that all adopted persons have access to their publicly registered birth certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34762/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Measures (10 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 550. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an Act will be introduced to ensure respect for the dignity and privacy rights of persons with experience of historical abuse within the social care and adoption system here by providing them with explicit statutory rights and clear avenues to access their personal data, to facilitate them in depositing personal data or other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (10 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to cases of passports being lost, misplaced or sent to the wrong person by INIS; if all relevant cases have been reported to the Data Protection Commission; if persons affected will be refunded the administration fees they paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34758/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (10 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 601. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of passports either lost and-or misplaced or sent to the incorrect address by INIS between 1 October 2019 and 1 November 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34759/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (10 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 691. To ask the Minister for Health if routine Covid-19 testing is available for home helps and carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34754/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 819. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishermen and women that availed of the Covid-19 tie up payment by each category of the scheme and in absolute and relative terms to the estimated total eligible number of boats in tabular form. [35195/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 820. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost when the Covid-19 tie up payment scheme was devised; the areas in which the remaining funds in the difference between the two have been spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35196/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (10 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 821. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the applications by organisations (details supplied) to become producer organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35197/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (10 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 833. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if libraries are allowed to operate collection and drop-off services in branches and mobile libraries under level 4 and 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34755/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (5 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 15. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the development of town and village hubs and broadband connection points announced in the budget, including the timelines for roll-outs and the means by which areas will be prioritised. [34169/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (5 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 17. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided to projects supported by the community services programme to make up for shortfalls as a result of Covid-19. [34173/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Housing Regeneration (5 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 31. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of funding to develop master plans to revitalise town centres and encourage more persons to live in town centres announced in budget 2021 including the timelines for roll-outs and the means by which areas will be prioritised. [34170/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the LEADER programme and the transitional arrangements from this programme cycle to the next. [34172/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Participation Networks (5 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which public participation networks and local community development committees will be supported in the next year in the context of Covid-19. [34171/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister. I am sure he appreciates that there is considerable distrust among survivors and their representatives on this issue. Years of secrecy and denial, compounded by an adversarial system, have rightly left people sceptical about any Government announcement. That is understandable. I have to believe that the Minister was doing what he thought was right. However, it also...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: Less than two weeks ago, we sat here in the middle of an incredibly difficult week for survivors of mother and baby homes. Based on the advice of survivors and human rights lawyers, I and other Deputies opposed aspects of the Bill and proposed changes to help those affected access their personal information. I welcome the change in approach taken but it is unfortunate that this did not...