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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I want to raise again the issue of the housing crisis, the crisis that our President has described as a disaster. Yesterday's Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, report has confirmed yet again the scale of failure over successive years to ensure that people have adequate homes and the right to a home. Since this Government assumed office, rents have increased by 15%, house prices...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I agree with the Minister. It is about delivery. In fact, in this case it is about the lack of delivery. What I am hearing from renters or those aspiring to own a home but cannot do so, and indeed from people who are seeking to build homes to deliver on housing, is that there is a lack of delivery and urgency in delivery by Government. Certainly, very welcome measures have been announced...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We know that there is a housing crisis, indeed a housing disaster. We know from today's ESRI report that there is a particular crisis for those who are renting and for those who are now facing the bleak prospect of having to rent at increasingly unaffordable levels right into their older age and therefore face no security of tenure, no security of accommodation. The ESRI report is just the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Families are being desperately squeezed by the cost-of-living crisis, especially the back-to-school costs that so many are facing. We saw a credit union survey this morning showing the cost per child being between €1,100 and €1,500. I spoke with a mother this morning who is budgeting for the school term ahead. She tells me that the cost of sending her two children to school...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We welcome any targeted interventions that will improve conditions and the situation for struggling families and households but it is simply not enough. There are families and households that had sufficient income last year who now require better, more urgent State intervention to support. As we see in Northern Ireland, the free school books scheme could make a real difference, as could...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Today the High Court is hearing an application from Tipperary man Johnny O’Meara. In 2021, very tragically, Johnny’s partner, Michelle Batey died after an illness. Johnny contacted Deputy Kelly and myself after he had been refused widower’s pension and recognition from the Department of Social Protection. It did not recognise his sad loss because he and Michelle had...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: In a week when we in the Opposition called for the urgent introduction of temporary targeted measures to alleviate the real hardship caused by the cost-of-living crisis, we are instead seeing urgency in the rushing through of Bills. Yet, there is no urgency in bringing forward measures that should have been done to address the cost-of-living crisis. Instead, we see five Bills will be...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to develop further services and supports to address the needs of children and adults with autism; and if the implementation of such services and supports will be informed by feedback from members of the autism community. [36231/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to develop further services to address the needs of children and adults with autism who use public transport in Ireland; and if the implementation of such services will be informed by feedback from members of the autism community. [36232/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to develop further services and supports to address the needs of children and young persons with autism; and if the implementation of such services and supports will be informed by feedback from members of the autism community. [36229/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to develop further supports and services to address the needs of children and adults with autism; and if the implementation of such services and supports will be informed by feedback from members of the autism community. [36230/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Reviews (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will amend section 2(1) of the Employment Equality Act 1998 to insert, after "behaviour" in paragraph (e) of the definition of disability, "or seriously affects a person's capacity to take part in normal social interaction or to form social relationships"; if it is planned to do so within the next 12...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Reviews (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will amend section 2(1) of the Equal Status Act 2000 to insert "or seriously affects a person's capacity to take part in normal social interaction or to form social relationships"; if it is planned to do so within the next 12 months; and if he will provide a timeline for doing so. [36216/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish an integrated, interdepartmental strategy on autism to provide for the compilation of accurate data on the prevalence of autism in Ireland, and for the introduction of a best practice model of service delivery, assessment, diagnosis and intervention for persons with autism who interact with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will issue guidance to public bodies on the provision of specialist autism training and awareness training for relevant staff. [36219/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to establish an autism awareness campaign, including an information website and a traditional and online media strategy. [36220/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to introduce legislation to require public service providers to set up data collection systems to identify and record the number of persons within their client bases who have autism and to calculate current and future needs for services. [36226/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to develop further services to address the needs of students and prospective students with autism; and if the implementation of such services will be informed by feedback from members of the autism community. [36233/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to develop further services and supports to address the needs of children and adults with autism who interact with her Department and its agencies; and if the implementation of such services will be informed by feedback from members of the autism community. [36234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 755. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Government’s plans to introduce a new national Traveller mental health strategy. [35713/22]