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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with his Polish counterpart to discuss the current situation at the Polish-Belarussian border. [61872/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new ventilator units that were allocated to Irish hospitals since 1 January 2021. [61869/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting nine additional full-time ICU nurses for Children’s Health Ireland, Temple Street. [61870/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 744. To ask the Minister for Health the annual spend in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 on maternal mental health services at all stages of pregnancy and postnatal care; the allocation of resources and future plans for same.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61871/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 745. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) which is seeking 100 additional neurology nurse specialists across Ireland, including 17 extra nurses for St. Vincent’s University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61873/21]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad to contribute on behalf of the Labour Party and to set out why we cannot support this Bill. We will support the Government amendment. There is no care or compassion for women's health conveyed throughout the Bill, nor would it do anything to enhance or improve the health of women or our access to reproductive healthcare. As previous speakers have said, language matters in this...

Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Instruction to Committee (15 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: The Labour Party is serious about taking measures to tackle the climate crisis and ensuring we meet our ambitious but necessary targets on climate. As such, we welcome any proposals to increase tree planting and afforestation, particularly native tree planting and woodland cover. We see that increase in forest cover as an essential component of actions to meet our climate targets,...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank all the witnesses for their presentations. I congratulate Ms Smith on her wonderful achievement as well. It is great to hear about, and I appreciate her sharing her personal story as well. It is powerful for all of us. I also want to focus on the issue of childcare. Ms Ward put it strongly in respect of saying that the single most important metric or measure that can be adopted...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank our guests. I apologise but I will have to leave presently to speak in the Chamber.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Diaspora Issues (15 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has proposals to incentivise the return to Ireland of citizens with skills, training, experience or professional expertise in areas such as construction and the provision of home care services for the support of sectors in which there are serious difficulties with recruitment of staff currently. [62176/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision not to renew a contract for the use of the Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne Road as a vaccination centre, given the significant queues and delays for persons seeking a Covid-19 vaccination in southern areas of Dublin city and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62171/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role her Department plays in ensuring the opening of an autism classroom in which a school has been sanctioned by the NCSE for such a class. [62798/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of autism classrooms and multi-disability classrooms in Dublin 2, 4, 6, 6W, 8 and 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62799/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that a school (details supplied) is experiencing recruiting a teacher to staff a new autism classroom; and if her Department has a role in assisting and facilitating schools with the recruitment of such personnel to avoid the need for the application of the 37a process. [62800/21]

Proceeds of Crime (Gross Human Rights Abuses) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I am very happy with that and I appreciate the Ceann Comhairle making that suggestion. I am delighted to speak for the Labour Party and to support my colleague, Deputy Howlin’s brilliant initiative in bringing forward this Magnitsky Bill to tackle human rights abuses and to ensure that, as the Deputy said, those guilty of perpetrating human rights abuses will not have a safe haven in...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the witnesses for their impressive, concise and substantial contributions, which are useful to us in our consideration of this important topic. A couple of witnesses, in particular Ms Kiernan and Ms Foster-Breslin, have mentioned how we can implement strategies to effect tangible change and tackle child poverty. Ms Foster-Breslin, I think, mentioned the New Zealand model where the...

Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate on behalf of the Labour Party following the horrific killing of Ashling Murphy in Tullamore, County Offaly last week. I begin by expressing my heartfelt sympathies and condolences to Ashling Murphy's family, her partner and friends, and to her community, the school she worked in and all of those who knew her. There has been an immense...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Jan 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad to speak for the Labour Party on this important Bill and to speak not only as the Labour spokesperson on children but also as a member of the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. I welcome the fact we are debating the Bill. I acknowledge that we had all hoped that today would be a landmark day for the rights of adopted persons to access...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to reform the better energy warmer homes scheme to enable applicants to access the scheme for upgrades every five years or to shorten the permitted intervals between applications by some other period of time. [2162/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping (19 Jan 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to further regulate private clamping companies and the areas in which they operate; and if he has considered the establishment of a sub-office within the National Transport Authority to manage and review the way clamping operates in Ireland. [62982/21]