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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the proposed deposit return scheme of his Department excludes glass bottles; and if he plans to amend the scheme to include glass. [47829/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a dedicated helpline and email address will be created for business owners in the tourism hospitality industry to seek clarity on the permissibility of planned events in the context of public health advice during the pandemic. [47871/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider requesting the NCSE to adopt a policy of assumption of allocation of a special needs assistant at secondary level in cases in which a child had one at primary level. [47874/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to commence a teacher recruitment programme to address shortages of teachers in certain geographical areas. [47875/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to introduce supports for school principals experiencing burnout. [47876/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to introduce additional entry points during the year for parents availing of the ECCE scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47870/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 485. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to ratify the optional protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; and if so, if he will supply a timeline for same. [47873/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to reports that appointments with the Garda National Immigration Bureau are being booked and sold online by a non-authorised entity; the steps her Department has taken to investigate this matter since it was raised in a parliamentary question (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish citizenship applicants currently waiting longer than 12 months for a decision on their application; and the number of citizenship applicants currently waiting longer than 24 months for a decision on their application. [48178/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for citizenship applications to date in 2021. [48179/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applicants her Department plans to communicate a decision to in 2021. [48180/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 642. To ask the Minister for Health if the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy of his Department will facilitate service users to continue to live in congregated settings in circumstances in which it is their will and preference. [47872/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Regulation and Funding Issues Facing Workers in the Early Years Sector: Discussion (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Mr. O'Connor and Ms Reynolds for the presentation and for outlining so starkly the staffing crisis. What we are hearing from them and others such as parents, childcare providers and staff is that this is a crisis in the sector beyond just staffing. The current Government policy is failing staff and parents, who are paying the second highest household childcare costs in the OECD,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I would like discuss the unsustainable mussel dredging on Irish coasts and the operation of SI 461/2021. I am raising this matter because it is something about which I have a particular concern. SI 461/2021 states that mussel dredging opened with effect from 14 September 2021. The statutory instrument provides that persons may fish for mussels between that date and 16 December next. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I am conscious that, as he said, mussel dredging is run on an all-island basis with Bord Iascaigh Mhara co-ordinating and providing a secretariat for the mussel boats, but I am told there is a difference in that in Northern Ireland mussel seed fishing grounds remain closed in 2021 as it was seen that there were not enough mussels. The mussel...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Protection (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 111. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been brought to recent reports which raise concerns about child protection and governance policies and practices within an organisation (details supplied); if he will provide details as to the extent of Tusla funding provided to the organisation; and if he has plans to provide a mechanism...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Medical Cards (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the work undertaken to date to fulfil obligations arising from an amendment to a private members motion on the Mother and Baby Homes Commission which was passed and provides an entitlement to a full medical card for all persons that spent any time in a mother and baby home....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the development and roll-out of a new funding model for childcare, for early learning and care and for school-age childcare in view of the recent crèche closures and fee increases in childcare facilities in an area (details supplied). [48516/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he intends to publish the review into the national childcare scheme; the way he plans to implement the recommendations of the review; and if he will implement these recommendations early in 2022. [48518/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports of mistreatment of vulnerable migrant workers in the Irish meat industry (details supplied); if his Department plans to engage with migrant workers to address these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48798/21]