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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance if work is underway in his Department to review taxation rules in relation to sports utility vehicles and other large vehicles for personal use; if so, if those reviews will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31563/23]

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That leave be given to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; to provide for expanded pathways to parentage for parents of donor conceived children. My Bill was drafted with great help and support from the organisations LGBT Ireland and Equality for Children. I give particular credit to Ms Maeve Delargy, Ms Claire...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Five years on from the historic referendum to repeal the eighth amendment, many women accessing abortion services continue to suffer abhorrent abuse outside GP clinics and hospitals, including women who are enduring abuse from protesters outside the National Maternity Hospital just down the road from here, so I welcome the Government announcement today of the legislation on safe access zones....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I too wish to raise the issue of the revelations that RTÉ. I know the Taoiseach has spoken earlier about the fact that RTÉ is due to issue a statement at 3 o'clock but it seems we are all in the dark until we see that statement as to the answers that we await concerning the issue of secret payments. Everyone will feel immense solidarity with the staff of RTÉ who are on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: If so, if they did not tell him anything about this, does he feel that he has been left in the dark?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on fish kill in north Clare; if he will report on his engagement with Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Environmental Protection Agency in respect of the recent fish kill which amounted to 2,000 fish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31328/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the decision by some mortgage lenders not to grant mortgages on properties which would qualify for the vacant homes grant, on the grounds that the local authority will take a charge in the property, should the property be sold within ten years; the action that he is taking to rectify this issue; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 767. To ask the Minister for Health if trainee counselling psychologists will receive an equivalent conditional funding increase and three-year fee freeze to that which will now be offered to trainee educational psychology in return for three years’ work with the National Educational Psychological Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31327/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I wish all colleagues happy Pride in advance of the big Dublin Pride parade on Saturday. June marks Pride month. It is 30 years since decriminalisation of homosexuality, but 30 years on, men who were prosecuted before that are still waiting for an official disregard of the abhorrent convictions. Seven years ago, my Labour Party colleague, Deputy Nash, introduced a Bill in the Seanad to put...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: This morning I want to raise with the Minister serious concerns around child protection and children's welfare that have been highlighted in a report released today by UCD's sexual exploitation research programme, SERP. The study is about young women and children in State care and in residential care homes and it makes for very distressing reading. It provides a very alarming account of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his response. It is good to hear the Government is working to implement measures in response to these alarming findings from the SERP study. That is very welcome. Clearly the focus of this report is a child's right to be safe and a child's right to have a safe home. A government that was serious about guaranteeing that right for every child should be prioritising...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Today, the Not Our Fault campaign group will stage a 24-hour protest outside Leinster House. Its members were also in the audiovisual room today and I was glad to join them earlier. I pay tribute to them and to the Construction Defects Alliance for their advocacy. I will ask two specific questions on their behalf. Last week, the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, spoke on a Topical Issue...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister stated that costs already incurred will be recovered. What is the position regarding the reimbursement of those who have paid to make unsafe homes safe?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the targets set out in appendix 1 of Laying the Foundations: Housing Actions Report, produced in 2016 by the then Department of Environment, Community and Local Government, were met in respect of South Dublin County Council; and the final spend on same. [29983/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 50 local authority housing units approved for construction in an area (details supplied) in May 2015 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 39 local authority housing units approved for construction in an area (details supplied) in May 2015 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 35 local authority housing units approved for construction in an area (details supplied) in May 2015 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 28 local authority housing units approved for construction in an area (details supplied) in May 2015 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 22 local authority housing units approved for construction in an area (details supplied) in May 2015 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not,...