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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (9 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 298. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the €8 million allocated in Budget 2021 for the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall from RTÉ was fully spent; and if she will provide a timeline for the completion of the transfer. [53986/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a policy position on the construction of cargo container houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54268/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the scheme of reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations does not provide comprehension assistance to students who have been assessed as requiring assistance by her Department’s educational psychologists; and the supports that are in place to support students with this form of dyslexia in junior certificate...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to review the State Examinations Commission reasonable accommodation at the certificate examinations scheme; if she will amend the scheme to allow readers to explain the meanings of words or phrases to students who struggle with reading comprehension due to dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to correspondence (details supplied), if there are plans to use a statutory instrument to amend the scheme of reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations to be more inclusive of students with word processing difficulties. [54226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (9 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has given consideration to a reduction in the cost of applying for citizenship to take account of the duration of residency in Ireland of the applicant; and if the digitisation of immigration services in 2021 will allow for a reduction of some or all application fees. [54778/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 596. To ask the Minister for Health if it is projected that there will be a sufficient number of home care workers to further progress the time to move on from congregated settings strategy in 2022. [54269/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: Thank you, Chair. Dr. O'Dwyer and Mr. Chance are very welcome and I thank them for the presentation and the information they have given us. I was very interested to hear their call for new national child policy, but also interested to hear their point that we need to have an emphasis on practical steps to be taken. I have a few questions. First, they referred to the need for and the...

Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad to speak on behalf of the Labour Party in support of the key principle and purpose of this Bill, namely, to introduce a statutory prohibition on fur farming. Speaking for the Labour Party, and as a long-standing advocate for animal rights, I am very glad to see this legislation come before us. It is receiving a very broad welcome, which is good to see. There is a growing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (4 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to make the production of green hydrogen more cost-effective within Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53535/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (4 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: My question is to ask the Minister the plans to make the production of green hydrogen more cost-effective within Ireland. Again, this is about seeking answers on how we can meet our targets, particularly targets on the generation of electricity through renewables.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (4 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I am very glad to hear there are such moves under way and particularly that we will see in the climate action plan this afternoon a range of initiatives on green hydrogen. I am also pleased to hear the Minister of State's announcement that the Council of energy ministers will discuss this at December's meeting. It is good to hear there are initiatives under way both at European level and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (4 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: This is a story of hope and positivity, as not so long ago it seemed offshore wind generation and solar panels were too expensive but we have seen the cost of the production of energy from such sources reducing dramatically. We all very much hope the same will happen with green hydrogen. As the Minister of State has acknowledged, we certainly have an opportunity to build out renewables...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (4 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 2. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an urgent timeline, broken down by sectors, for the implementation of the commitments in the national carbon budgets and climate action plan. [53837/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (4 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I find it very disappointing the Minister, Deputy Ryan, is not here to take the questions. That is not in any way to question the Minister of State, but we would expect that when environment questions are tabled, and they do not come around too often, and it is a momentous day today as we await the publication, finally, of the climate action plan, which will finally be published this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (4 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I am well aware of the provisions of the legislation. The problem is the Government keeps missing deadlines on climate action. We have seen long delays in the publication of the climate action plan, although it is welcome we are going to see it today. However, it was promised last month. It was promised initially that it would be aligned with the fiscal budget. It is unfortunate it was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (4 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad the Minister of State accepts that there have been delays. There have been unconscionable delays. I agree, of course, that the world is coming to this too late. However, in our own recent past, we have missed so many deadlines. To coin a phrase, climate action delayed is climate action denied. We now know, with the increasingly urgent warnings about the scale and the speed at...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (4 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I hope the Minister of State is not casting any aspersions on me personally with that.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (4 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recent report from the Environmental Protection Agency which shows a deceleration of Ireland’s emissions reductions; the action he plans to take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53539/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Circular Economy (4 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the right to repair measures set out in the European Commission Circular Economy Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53536/21]