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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (15 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if regulation 130 of SI. 142/2007 is the only legislation which allows her Department to make deductions from the one-parent family payment; if a deduction may only take place in cases in which the parent is in receipt of maintenance arising from a court order and the maintenance exceeds the parent’s housing costs;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (15 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarification will be provided in relation to the provision of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 which empowers her Department to seek a contribution from a liable parent in circumstances in which a parent is in receipt of the one-parent family payment; if such payments are forwarded to the claimant parent...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (15 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provision of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 that empowers her to introduce the requirement for claimants of the one-parent family payment to seek maintenance as stipulated by statutory instrument and Ministerial regulation in 2007 regulations 125, 125A and 126 of SI. 142/2007. [8295/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (15 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when in-person family visits to prison will resume on a weekly basis with no restriction on the number of visitors or children per visit in order to allow physical contact between visitors and prisoners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7568/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: First, I wish to thank all of the contributors for their helpful and insightful contributions. In particular, I thank them for giving us the benefit of lived experience. I thank Mr. Kearns for telling us the story of his education and childhood. It is really important that we hear his voice and the voices of others. What comes across most strongly from reading the submissions and listening...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Vótáil Pharlaiminteach Chianda), 2020: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Remote Parliamentary Voting) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am delighted to have the chance to speak on this important Bill and I commend Deputy Carroll MacNeill on her initiative in bringing it forward. It is really important that we are debating this very timely legislation and it is really good to hear the very honest contributions to the debate from the men and women who have spoken. When I was first elected to these Houses in 2007, to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (10 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education institutions and further education providers which are compliant with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) WCAG 2.1 standards as is mandatory for mobile applications and websites under European Union and Irish legislation. [7202/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (10 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Prison (Amendment) Rules 2020 S.I. No. 250/2020 will be repealed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7257/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services (10 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of secure residential addiction treatment and rehabilitation places currently available for men and women offenders respectively, in tabular form; and if she is satisfied that the number of such places available is sufficient having regard to the need to address the numbers of offenders committed to prison upon...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services (10 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of secure residential addiction treatment and rehabilitation places currently available for offenders in each province of Ireland and in Dublin in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7259/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (10 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline on the implementation of the high-level taskforce implementation plan on the mental health and addiction challenges of persons interacting with the criminal justice system; her plans to divert persons with mental health and or addiction issues away from the criminal justice system; and if she will make a...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I will speak on the amendment as we are on Committee Stage. I support the amendment, on behalf of the Labour Party. It relates to an issue I raised during the Second Stage debate on the Bill, namely, the need to ensure adequate integration of renters into the proposed framework in the Bill. Clearly, the rebate for householders will be welcome, but we have criticised it as being inadequate...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Why has there been such a serious delay in legislating to provide for safe access zones around healthcare providers and maternity hospitals where abortions are carried out? This legislation has long been promised by the Government. Indeed, the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, promised it back in 2018 when we were debating the abortion legislation. A Private Members' Bill to provide...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: This is a very serious report and I again raise the urgency of providing this important legislation to protect women and healthcare providers.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to examine the concept of trauma-informed practice in education; and if there are plans to roll-out a national framework for trauma-informed education. [7098/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (9 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the mother and baby institutions payment scheme Bill will provide for access to redress for survivors of institutions not included within the scope of the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes and County Homes (details supplied). [7093/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (9 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the mother and baby institutions payment scheme Bill will provide for access to redress for survivors who spent a period of less than six months in an institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7094/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (9 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is envisaged that applicants for the planned redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby and county homes will be entitled to seek assistance from a solicitor when completing an application. [7095/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (9 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the interim compensation scheme to ensure that older survivors of mother and baby homes and county homes have timely access to redress. [7096/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (9 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline on the passage of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme Bill. [7097/22]