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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Insurance Coverage (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement his Department has had with the insurance industry regarding the provision of public liability insurance for primary and secondary schools in respect of accidents in sport and play yards; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some schools now ban pupils from running during play and the detrimental effect this has on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy requirement for a number of issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36964/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Funding (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend enhanced capitation services to children in second level as is the case at primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36965/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dealings he has had with religious orders that made agreements with the State in respect of the provision of funds or property set aside for compensation for children who were in their care; the amount committed; the amount owed by each religious order, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36970/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a change in the criteria for Columbian and Venezuelan nationals applying for visas to study here for the year 2018-19; the existing criteria for Columbian and Venezuelan students to successfully apply for a visa; the number of such applications; the requirements they must satisfy in terms of proving they...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 514. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the investigations and preparations her Department is undertaking to support businesses and the export sector in the event of the sterling-euro exchange rate reaching parity in the event of a hard Brexit; if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of retailers regarding the further weakening of sterling; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 572. To ask the Minister for Health if the planned invitation of tenders for the new endoscopy unit and other services at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, can be brought forward to autumn 2018, in order that the project can commence construction in early 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35436/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 950. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to proceed with special interim legislation in respect of parents with fatal foetal abnormalities as proposed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36969/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 951. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of his Department in respect of drugs policy in the event of a hard Brexit that full access will be maintained to medical supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36988/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 1074. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional capacity that can be added to the existing services on the Maynooth to Connolly rail line in the second half of 2019 arising from the refurbishment of existing rolling stock that can be put into service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35490/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Services (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 1144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the National Transport Authority is undertaking sufficient public consultation in respect of the BusConnects project; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the consultation sessions across the greater Dublin area are not in the format of community meetings but, rather, information stands; his views...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Authority of Ireland (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 1173. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when her attention was first drawn to the fact that the Adoption Authority of Ireland sent three reports on illegal birth registrations to her Department; if she has received those reports; her views in respect of those reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36976/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Authority of Ireland (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 1179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the occasions the attention of her Department was drawn by the Adoption Authority of Ireland to the possibilities of illegal registration; when the attention of her Department or her predecessors were drawn to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36982/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Registration (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 1174. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the illegal birth registrations discovered in view of the fact many are mature adults; the reason social workers are required in respect of such cases as opposed to providing for the proper registration of these false birth registrations; her plans to address these issues; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Registration (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 1175. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Adoption Authority of Ireland audit or the National Adoption Contact Register will identify the likely number of persons affected by false birth registration; the years covered by this analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36978/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Registration (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 1176. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the institutions and agencies, nursing homes, religious bodies and so on which have been identified as carrying out illegal birth registrations; the period of time this encompasses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36979/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Registration (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 1177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she now plans to hold a full scale audit of adoption records with a view to determining the number of adoption records that may be false and misleading, including illegal registration of births; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36980/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Registration (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 1178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if evidence in a recent court case as far back as 2001 regarding patients of St. Patrick's Guild that illegal registration had been made for children is now being accepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36981/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 1180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether as a civil and human right, adopted persons that are now adults should have full access to adoption records and files; when she will proceed with legislation to provide for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36983/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (7 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 1181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated number of persons adopted here prior to the Adoption Act 1952; the number which were adoptions of Irish children that were arranged for families in the United States of America, Canada, Austrialia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom since 1952; the number of adoptions from 1922 to 1952; and if she will make a statement on...