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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (5 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island unit. [48471/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (5 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for the update on the shared island unit. On Saturday, I was glad to represent the Labour Party at the Ireland's Future event in the 3Arena, at which an impressive cross-party array of Deputies and Senators was present. The Taoiseach was not able to be present due to other commitments, but his party was represented. It was disappointing that there was no elected...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (5 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: The number of people in homelessness in this State continues to rise. It is now approaching 11,000 people, which is a shocking figure. Will the Government please consider introducing a winter eviction ban as an emergency measure so that, in particular, children and families at risk of losing their homes will at least have some security over the winter and through Christmas? We have seen...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (5 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 28. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [48472/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (5 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 44. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [48473/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (5 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance if the new vacant homes tax will accrue to the local authority within which the empty home is based; if not, if it will accrue to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49102/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the allocations in 2023 due to the increase of €108 million from the Local Government Fund for local authorities by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49103/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Exchequer Payments (5 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding from the Local Government Fund for local authorities that retain 100% of the local property tax revenues will be reduced; the allocations from the Local Government Fund for 2022 by local authority; the projected allocations in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49104/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection is she will clarify the eligibility for the fuel allowance of applicants who cohabit with someone with whom they are not in a relationship. [48927/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (5 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022; and when the Bill will be introduced for debate in Dáil Éireann. [48666/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (5 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a national breakdown of the number of accommodation places that each local authority has secured and made available to refugees from Ukraine in each month since February 2022 by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48669/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (5 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a national breakdown of the number of offers of accommodation that have been received by local authorities from members of the public for refugees from Ukraine to Ireland since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, by local authority; the number of these that have been secured...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to reports that some autistic children are effectively excluded from ECCE funding in cases in which they are in receipt of funds from the Department of Education for autism services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48754/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I want to raise the issue of how we can ensure the continuation of vital community services across all our communities and pay and conditions for those workers who have been outsourced from the State and who provide vital care services through section 39 organisations or section 56 organisations. We all know how many community-based services in all our constituencies are utterly reliant on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Tánaiste for his constructive words. I do think it is fair to describe services as having been outsourced. Indeed, as the Tánaiste acknowledged, the State has a long history of outsourcing vital public services such as health and education to voluntary bodies, notably the Catholic Church and religious orders resulting in a shadow welfare state. Now in 2022, we need to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: What specific action does the Government propose to take to address the key points made in yesterday's OECD and Climate Change Advisory Council report on the Irish transport system? The report showed the need for the Government to prioritise policies to reallocate road space from private cars to ensure that walking and cycling are better accommodated. I ask this knowing that although the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I do not know what that was about.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I will send details to the Tánaiste. It has been done in France.

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I note the welcome aspects of this Bill. Despite the delay, this legislation will see the enforcement provisions in the EECC being transposed into Irish law. This is very welcome, especially the provision for ComReg to have additional powers and a wider remit. We are all conscious in our constituencies of issues around consumer protection and lack of due regard for online security. This...