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

Ivana Bacik: I will not repeat the title of the protest, but it was an effective way of conveying students' immense frustration and dismay at the spiralling cost of accommodation in particular but also the cost of the student contribution. I have seen the figures for students' eligibility for free fees and I very much welcome the increase in the SUSI maintenance grant and the Minister's commitment to...

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

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for raising the broader question of the student contribution to the funding of the third level sector. As he said, the matter has been kicked around for too long. The Cassells report is now five years old and it was supposed to be the blueprint for reform. Labour certainly wants to see the State taking up the challenge in one of those three options in the report; we...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (30 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his role in the roll-out of electric vehicle charging points; the action his Department plans to take to ensure that those who intend to purchase an electric vehicle will be facilitated to charge their vehicles with accessible charging points; and if he will mandate the ESB to provide public charge points on residential roads where...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Programme (30 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the courts and civil law (miscellaneous provisions) Bill. [58955/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (30 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 681. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time persons who have been assessed for delivery of home support hours must wait for a carer to become available; and the number of the 4,933 persons in this category as at end September 2021 that have been waiting in excess of one, three, six months and one year, respectively in tabular form. [58954/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if capital gains tax applies on the sale of a family home in Ireland in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59408/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish citizens in receipt of disability allowance are required to provide evidence of cumulative income of at least €40,000 over and above any State benefits in the three years prior to sponsoring a visa application for a non-EEA national spouse. [59493/21]

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]

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...

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...

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

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: First Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: We, in the Labour Party, are pleased to co-sign this important Bill. It is simple and straightforward. It is short, but if enacted, its impact would be far reaching. It would greatly support those families, all too many of whom have tried hard to find alternative accommodation often late on a Friday evening, but are suddenly left without a roof over their heads because of an eviction...

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]