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Dublin Bay Bill 2021: First Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to establish a special committee of the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly to serve as a Dublin Bay Authority; to provide as an objective for the Authority the preservation for current and future generations of the distinctive character of Dublin Bay and its ecology as a coastal resource; to confer on the Authority the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met with a group (details supplied); and if she has plans to meet with the group in coming weeks in view of the changing situation regarding public health advice. [60387/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 274. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for foreign birth registration that have been received in relation to otherwise stateless children in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [60316/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if mechanisms are in place to enable parents to raise concerns regarding indefinite closures due to Covid-19 of private primary school classes; and if there is a State body or third-party organisation with oversight for private primary schools in respect of raising issues regarding prolonged school closures and the closure of individual...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department measures the effect that the provisions of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 has in respect of the prioritisation of children graduating from Gaelscoileanna and seeking admission to a Gaelcholáiste; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60389/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the funding disparity between counselling doctorate programmes and clinical psychology doctorate programmes in third-level institutions; and if he will allocate emergency funding to the counselling doctorate programme in Trinity College Dublin for the 2022-2023 academic year to address that disparity. [60390/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for a certificate of nationality that have been made on behalf of children who have been identified as stateless under section 28 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of certificates of nationality that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of residence applications that have been made on behalf of children by Tusla in which statelessness has been identified, in each of the past five years. [60313/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for Irish citizenship that have been made by a stateless person in each of the past five years. [60315/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for international protection that have been made each of the past five years; and the number of such applicants who have applied as a stateless person in each of the past five years. [60314/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 559. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies he plans to put in place to implement the World Health Organization recommendation that all countries assess the burden of stillbirths and neonatal deaths at a national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60120/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Inquiries (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 560. To ask the Minister for Health when he will implement the recommendation of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre to establish an inquiry for stillbirth and neonatal death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60121/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 612. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with a group (details supplied); and if he has plans to meet with the group in coming weeks in view of the changing situation regarding public health advice. [60386/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the witnesses for joining us today and apologise for being delayed coming into the hearing. I was speaking in the Dáil and the schedule ran late. I have read the submissions and statements and listened to some of the debate. I thank the witnesses for the insights. It is useful and valuable for us to hear directly about the experiences of migrant communities in engaging with...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Experiences of Migrant Communities Engaging with the Healthcare System and State Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: This interaction has been very interesting and all of us appreciate our guests' inputs and contributions. It has been a very good discussion. I have one question arising from what we have been speaking about, relating to the difficulties for those who remain undocumented. All of us welcomed the Minister for Justice's announcement of the regularisation scheme, an important and positive step...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Poverty (3 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 17. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for tackling child poverty; if he plans to support the establishment either of a special Oireachtas committee on the subject or a cross-departmental child poverty unit within the Government. [59435/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Poverty (3 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Will the Minister outline his plans and those of his Department to deal with the persistent issue of child poverty in Ireland? In particular, does he intend to establish a special Oireachtas committee on the subject or a cross-departmental child poverty unit? At the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Innovation and Youth, we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Poverty (3 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the announcement of that special unit and the process under way on the EU child guarantee, which is so important. I welcomed also the announcement today by the Minister for Justice on the regularisation of undocumented scheme. I have been working with the Migrant Rights Centre, the Immigrant Council, Labour Youth and other organisations for some time and have constructively...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process for applying for and granting visa waivers under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme. [59678/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (2 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the completion of the special Afghan admission programme. [59677/21]