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Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (23 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 179. To ask the Minister for Health if an expert advisory group has been appointed to support an independent chair (details supplied) with the three year review of the operation of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; if so, the members of this group; their role and remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15170/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 2. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has been informed of calls from UNICEF for safeguarding and child protection measures to be put in place for children fleeing Ukraine; if Ireland and State agencies such as Tusla are in a position to safeguard unaccompanied minors travelling here from Ukraine and other conflict zones; and the steps that his...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the housing needs of children coming to Ireland to escape conflict in Ukraine; his views on the need to avoid the inappropriate accommodation of children in congregated settings, particularly those shared...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (24 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 36. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he plans to respond to the recent report of the Ombudsman for Children in respect of the practice of illegal adoption in Ireland; if he plans to establish an inquiry on the historical use of the practice; if he will progress the Informal Adoptions (Regularisation) Bill 2019, or similar legislation; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on student teachers; the way that she proposes to assist student teachers to cope with requests to substitute for permanent staff due to Covid-19 absences while balancing their studies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15598/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to ensure that student teachers are supported to continue substituting to cover for pandemic-related staff absences in schools; and if she plans to develop contingency plans or to alter regulations on substituting while on a period of school placement to accommodate such requests from schools. [15599/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank our guests for their valuable contributions. I acknowledge, as we address the important issue of waiting lists for children in accessing assessments of need, that yesterday was World Down Syndrome Day. This has been a very constructive engagement and it was very useful to hear what we have heard. Others have expressed very clearly the frustration of families and parents. In our...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I will take up that offer. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I appreciate that. I also welcome the Taoiseach back. Fáilte ar ais. I pay tribute to my colleague, and the outgoing leader of the Labour Party, Deputy Kelly, for his immense work, commitment and contribution to the party, to the House and to public debate over many years. My solidarity and that of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Really? Does the Taoiseach wish me every success?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for his kind words. I also appreciate his comments about the importance of war reporting. I absolutely agree with him that this is an attack on democracy. It is a brutal and unprovoked attack on a peaceful sovereign state. We have to be absolutely clear in our condemnation of Russian action and our solidarity with Ukraine. It is in that spirit that I offer...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I understand a motion regarding the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the carbon budget under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Acts, 2015 to 2021, has been laid before the Dáil. Will time be made available by the Government next week to debate the motion? This is a matter of urgency. Friends of the Earth and other NGOs have been looking for us to have a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I appreciate the Taoiseach's intervention.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [16203/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for his response to my question earlier. I certainly did not expect to have such an immediate response to my first set of Leaders' Questions as the leader of the Labour Party. I thank him and commend him, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, on acting to expel four senior Russian diplomats. Does this mean that the position of the Russian ambassador is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north-east inner city initiative. [16204/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I warmly welcome the announcement of the memorial site in Seán McDermott Street. It is something survivors have sought for a long time. It is very good news. I also ask for more clarity on the future plans for ongoing funding for the NEIC initiative and, indeed, whether it will or could be expanded to cover other areas. It is a model that has been effective. I am grateful to my...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I acknowledge the Taoiseach's outlining of the action plan for mother and baby home survivors. We on the Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth have been working through a number of issues in this area, including improving the information and tracing legislation to deal with many of the concerns and issues of survivors of mother and baby homes and those who were...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 158. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies he has issued since he assumed office. [16206/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 160. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Shared Island Dialogue on sport. [16210/22]