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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (18 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for his response and for setting out the Government's aspirations, but it is shocking that nearly 5,000 people, according to his figures, have been assessed and are still waiting for a carer to become available. There is no indication, although he might be able to provide it, as to how long they have been waiting. The shortage of home care workers clearly...

Disability Funding Report: Motion (18 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Deputies Cairns and Canney for giving up their time. I acknowledge the presence of the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, and the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte. As a former member of the committee in my role as a Senator, I was glad to take part in some of the hearings that led to the production of this report, albeit I had to leave the committee on my election to this House before...

Disability Funding Report: Motion (18 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to join this debate today on behalf of Labour. It is timely, following the conclusion of COP26. Although many of us might have mixed feelings about what was agreed on COP26, undoubtedly some progress was made, albeit not, perhaps, as much as we would have liked. Certainly, the onus is now on countries such as our own to deliver on the climate commitments made. ...

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to debate this motion so ably proposed by Deputy Funchion. My Labour Party colleagues and I were happy to co-sign the motion to render it more of a truly cross-party motion. I welcome the Minister's announcement that the Government will not oppose it and I look forward to further constructive engagement on the legislation the Minister descried that will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (24 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach has outlined his meetings and speeches at COP26. In his address to COP26, he said that every second of delay makes the task to cut emissions that bit bigger. He is correct. The crisis is cumulative and while we wait to take action we allow the problem to get worse. Unfortunately, not only were many of the outcomes of COP26 frustrating in betraying a lack of urgency at world...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for the outline. I want to ask about the Government's spending on temporarily renting private beds in private hospitals. The Labour Party has continually advocated for expanding public healthcare by purchasing private hospitals outright. We are conscious that with the Covid plans, the Government essentially, at one point, took over full capacity of the private system....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (23 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 252. To ask the Minister for Finance if a tenant (details supplied) whose landlord is not resident in Ireland must pay tax on their rent directly to the Revenue Commissioners; and if this regulation is enforced in circumstances in which tenants live in properties which are let on a third-party platform such as a company (details supplied). [57479/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (23 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an announcement by the European Commission that it would refer Ireland to the European Court of Justice over alleged non-compliance with the drinking water directive; the water supply zones that have been deemed to have excessive levels of trihalomethane; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (23 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to centralise and streamline processes with the early years hive, Pobal and Tusla to avoid situations which have arisen in a service provider (details supplied). [57481/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (23 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department’s regularisation scheme is on track to be delivered in November 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (23 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 667. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he plans to take to reduce carbon emissions in the healthcare supply chain. [57480/21]

Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the second opportunity this week to speak for the Labour Party on this really important matter. It is helpful to come back a second time in the same week to discuss this matter and engage with the Minister. First, I express my sincere sympathies on behalf of my Labour Party colleagues to all survivors and their families. All Oireachtas Members have received a great deal of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (25 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a museum, gallery or collections under her aegis or held by bodies funded by her Department hold artefacts or exhibits claimed by other nations; if so, if she will list these items; the locations in which they are held; and the nation that seeks their return. [58190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gorse Burning (25 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of fighting gorse and upland fires, by local authority, in each of the years since 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58191/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (25 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of usable cells in each prison and overall across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58189/21]

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to speak for the Labour Party on this motion, which we will be supporting. I thank my colleagues — including Deputies Howlin and Sherlock, councillors Níall McNelis and John Maher and others in the party — who have contacted me to express their concern over the tendering process proposed by the Department and to express their support for this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (30 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the student protests which took place on 23 November 2021 led by a union (details supplied): the way he plans to reduce the cost of the student contribution and student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59096/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (30 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Minister to make a statement on the student protests which took place on 23 November led by the Union of Students in Ireland. How does he intend to reduce the cost of the student contribution and address the rising and alarming cost of student accommodation? I ask in the context of the socially distanced protest outside Leinster House which I was glad to support last week. It had...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Costs (30 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: And I did not.