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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (2 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 792. To ask the Minister for Health if he will develop a national ambition to reduce pregnancy and infant loss; if he will establish a committee tasked with examining stillbirth and neonatal death in Ireland with a view to producing recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52032/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (2 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 793. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to run an awareness campaign to inform pregnant women and persons of the risk of stillbirth and the importance of foetal movement during the third-trimester. [52033/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 794. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need to provide additional self-isolation supports for Roma families through the pandemic following the closure of the Covid-19 response for vulnerable people service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52035/21]

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.

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...

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...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank both the witnesses. Their opening statements were very helpful, succinct and concise. They have really brought clarity to bear on the provisions in the scheme before us. It was refreshing to listen to them. I was involved as a Senator in the previous Oireachtas in seeking to achieve a workable framework to allow adopted people to access their information. We kept coming up against...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I have a quick question for both witnesses. Listening to this discussion, it feels like we have been in a somewhat parallel universe on this for some time. We have been told for so long we simply cannot legislate to give unfettered access rights to information, despite many of us arguing for years that I. O'T. v. B. had been misinterpreted, over-interpreted and so on. The witnesses are...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank our two witnesses. I hope the committee can hear me, as there is some background noise with bells ringing in Leinster House. I refer back to the earlier session we had with Dr. Fred Logue and Mr. Simon McGarr to ask whether the witnesses had the opportunity to hear their testimony and the discussion we had. They put forward a clear and succinct account informing us that the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the witnesses for their engagement. From listening to the other questions, there still seems to be a difference of views. We heard clear testimony from our earlier witnesses that some of the provisions in the proposed legislation, such as the proposed age limits in heads 3 and 5 and the mandatory information session, were incompatible with GDPR rights and were too cumbersome a...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: One last observation is that from an objective reading it seems requirements like the mandatory information session are cumbersome and pose a practical obstacle to the accessing of information. Having listened to the earlier witnesses, it seems hard to justify such requirements or to see how they could be justified under GDPR, which of course takes priority over the Constitution. That is...

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]