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Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 49: In page 20, to delete lines 26 to 31.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 59: In page 24, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Information relating to contact preference 17.In every case where an applicant is provided under this Act with a copy of the records that contain the birth information to which the application relates, or with a statement setting out the birth information contained in those records, the...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome this series of amendments. I referred to them previously, as the Minister said. They provide for important new mechanisms for a person who has reasonable grounds for suspecting they are the subject of an incorrect birth registration to initiate the conduct of inquiries by the agency or authority. They also empower the Minister to conduct a review. I acknowledge the work of the...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I, too, welcome this amendment. It provides for a more inclusive approach, which is very welcome. So much of the Bill is welcome, and so many of the amendments are welcome. We have welcomed all the Minister's amendments, I believe. There is just the one sticking point left, namely, the provision in section 17. It is a very significant difficulty for us. This is a Bill that my party and...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome amendments Nos. 75 and 76. They illustrate the complexity of the situation and the history that lies behind the Bill. They show why so much thought needs to be put into transferring records and the sources for records and information, given the very piecemeal history of adoption legislation and practices in Ireland. I want to refer to the Minister's comment on my use of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (26 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the ratification of the International Labour Organisation Convention No. 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work; and the legislation that needs to be passed in order to fulfil its requirements. [20315/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Rental Sector (26 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department intends to take to promote energy efficiency in rented homes; if his attention has been drawn to situations in which tenants in the private rented sector who wish to insulate their home or install solar panels but are blocked by their landlord; and if he has examined policies to incentivise...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (26 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 277. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Interdepartmental Working Group on the Post Office Network is due to report; his views on expanding the role of the post office network for example to enable postmasters to witness signatures for passport forms or other official documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20121/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (26 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 595. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current regulatory regime applying to UK broadcasters carrying advertising aimed specifically at the Irish market; if this regime was affected by Brexit; if so, the nature of any changes; if legislation currently before the Houses of the Oireachtas is intended to have an impact on the status of such broadcasters; if there is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 728. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be issued to a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19771/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 793. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way that he plans to respond to calls from an organisation for the release of a person (details supplied) to Ireland on medical grounds, following allegations that they have been denied medical treatment in a prison in Bahrain. [21191/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (26 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 1276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Prison (Amendment) Rules 2020 S.I. No. 250/2020; her further views on the need for prisons to restore visiting hours for prisoners and to ensure that prisoners who are parents can be visited by all of their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20122/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 1432. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 pandemic bonus payment will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19527/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I ask about a matter related to the serious and urgent question of how we in Ireland can best manage our collective response in offering support to those who have come here fleeing Russian brutality in Ukraine. This morning, Labour Party Deputies and Senators wrote to the Minister's colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, who is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for the response and the constructive engagement. My colleague, Deputy Duncan Smith, has raised a number of practical ways we can ensure a more co-ordinated national response because that is the issue. It is about co-ordinating the response and co-ordinating the national effort. The point the Minister made about IPAS is welcome. It is clear local authorities are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Why can the Government not do more to help renters? There have been serious rises in the cost of renting in Ireland. Average monthly rents stand at €1,415 and at €2,000 in Dublin. That is an unaffordable chunk of take-home pay for many renters. The issue is lack of regulation and lack of supply. We in the Labour Party previously brought forward a Bill to restrict the use of...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad to speak for the Labour Party in support of this important Bill and to welcome its introduction today. As others have said, it is hugely important that we see regulation in place on the principle and the practice of GALs. Indeed, this is a Bill that has had a long genesis. The Minister alluded to that. A previous iteration of it fell in 2020. It is long overdue. I should...