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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his Department’s work in relation to a review of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; and if he will report on his representations to the Minister for Justice in respect of same. [49845/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied by the rate of implementation of the Housing for All plan in respect of putting in place regulations under sections 18 and 19 of the Multi-Units Development Act 2011; and the reason for the delay in putting such regulations in place. [49843/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his Department’s attendance at Senior Officials Group meetings in respect of the Government’s response to the war in Ukraine. [49906/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for delaying the extension of the child benefit payment to 18-year-olds in full-time education until August 2024. [49903/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Management Companies (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to create a register of owner management companies (OMCs) detailing information, such as the size of the development they oversee; and if she will make a statement on the adequacy of existing data on OMCs. [49841/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Building Regulations (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make a statement on the appropriateness of responsibility for the regulation of multi-unit developments and related legislation resting with her Department; and if she has made representations to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of transferring responsibility for same to his...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Building Regulations (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 345. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in providing for regulations under the section 18 and 19 of the Multi-Units Development Act 2011. [49844/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for not appointing a contract for a second veterinary school to the University of Limerick; his plans for the provision of extra veterinary education places; whether further information on his plans for same will feature in his Department’s statement of strategy; and if he will report on his representations to the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: We heard today the testimony of 76-year-old Liz, who was supported by Threshold when she was handed a notice of termination. She stated: "Every hour I’d be wondering ... whether I’d be locked out. I’m too old and too sick for the streets." This is just one story out of more than 12,000 households that accessed Threshold’s services in 2022, as we saw from its...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Bill. I note that, like many others, I pushed for the Bill for many years. Back in 2018, when we were making the case for safe access zone laws, none of us thought it would take five years. It is a shame it has taken so long. However, I commend the Minister and his officials on getting it to this point and I note that groups such as Together for Safety and others have...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: First, I thank the Minister for his kind words. Certainly, it has been a long road. I was just calculating that it was 34 years ago that I and a group of other students were threatened with prison for giving information on abortion to women in crisis pregnancies. We have come a long way since then but I certainly never thought at the time that it would take so long. Five years on from...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: This is Report Stage.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the doctors in the Public Gallery who are engaged in the provision of serves to women and have a very strong interest in this legislation passing, as do all of us who fought for many years to secure women's access to reproductive healthcare and rights to safe, legal abortion in our own country. It is so important we ensure this legislation is passed because, as I have said, its...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: We all want to see an effective review process built into the Bill and all of the amendments, including that of the Minister, are aimed at this purpose. I appreciate that the Minister's amendment provides terms similar to the 2018 Act. As others have done, I commend Marie O'Shea and the review process of the operation of the 2018 Act. It was commendable. The safe access zone Bill is...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 4: In subsection (1)(a), to delete “18 months” and substitute “12 months”.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 2. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how many households have availed of the microgeneration support scheme to date, broken down by year; how many are feeding electricity into the grid; how many are projected for installation in 2023; how many have availed of the maximum grant; if he has increased the budget for the scheme in 2024; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the low-cost retrofit loan scheme will be available to the public; the reason for the delay beyond the 2023 quarter three target; what the interest rate on the loan is going to be; what the minimum and maximum loan amounts available will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50388/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of electricity generated from solar power in 2022; the projected amount to be generated in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50380/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how many megawatts of solar power were installed in 2022; what the target is for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50381/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any analysis has been carried out on how much solar generated electricity may go to waste in Ireland on an annual basis due to a failure to make it available to the national grid; how much solar generated electricity was fed into the grid in 2022 and 2023 respectively without payment to the producer; and if he will...