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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the leaders of the parties in Northern Ireland following the Stormont elections. [24223/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Following the recent Stormont election, as the Taoiseach has said, the approach of both the British Government and the Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, to the protocol has been deeply unhelpful and the people of Northern Ireland will suffer from the lack of a functioning Executive. We support the Taoiseach and all those engaged in trying to ensure that the Executive will be up and running...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (1 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 13. To ask the Taoiseach the mechanism by which his Department will review progress made in implementing the programme for Government [24220/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 288. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of passport applications of two children (details supplied) which were due to issue on 17 May 2022; if all the required documentation was received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27310/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (31 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the merits of establishing a Gaelcholáiste for the students of a school (details supplied) in their school area given that there are 44 English-medium post-primary schools in the same school area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28113/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (31 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to set-up a Gaelcholáiste for the students of a school (details supplied) in their own school area; if so, the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28114/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (31 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the new funding model for early year services will build in recognition of those offering childcare in disadvantaged settings; if it will include a DEIS-style mechanism for childcare settings where there are added needs and in which additional resources may be required; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (31 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 781. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are available for wheelchair users who are in employment and whose wheelchair requires replacement or repair. [28100/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: On Tuesday, the Labour Party called for an urgent debate this week on special education, given the mounting issues in the area. We are very disappointed that the Government did not support the proposal put forward by my colleague Deputy Ó Ríordáin to amend the Order of Business to have the debate this week. We are glad it is being scheduled for two weeks' time but the reality...

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to respond to the report of the joint committee on urban regeneration. I commend Deputy Matthews and his colleagues on the really important work the committee has done. I offer the Labour Party's support for its recommendations, which chime very much with calls made by our spokesperson on housing, Senator Moynihan. They are sensible recommendations. Everyone...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the principle of a windfall tax on the super-normal profits of energy companies operating in the Irish market; the progress that his Department is making on the design and implementation of a windfall tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27397/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (2 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a commitment in the Programme for Government to merge Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28596/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (2 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the public consultation that was carried out on proposals to merge Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28597/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (2 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the merger of Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council; the origin of the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28598/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am conscious that Dr. Corcoran did not get in during the last round. I think we lost the connection for a few moments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Does Ms Sheridan or Dr. Corcoran wish to comment?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome our guests from Ukraine who are addressing the Seanad. I condemn yesterday's action by the British Government in moving to publish legislation to undermine the Northern Ireland protocol. The legislation clearly amounts to a breach of international law. We have all seen that the introduction of the Bill is already damaging the relationship between Britain and the EU. It is a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I entirely agree with the Taoiseach about the British Government's actions amounting to a breach of trust. One of the most alarming things about this development is the breakdown in trust between the Governments across the islands and the breakdown in trust in the relationship between the British Government and EU negotiators. As the Taoiseach said, Maroš Šefčovič...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: That is very different.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Today, Women's Aid published its annual report for 2021 revealing a shocking number of disclosures of domestic violence. There were over 33,000 such disclosures last year. Over 2,300 cases of sexual abuse were disclosed to the organisation last year. Disappointingly, we have yet to see publication of the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, which has...