Results 10,441-10,460 of 11,509 for speaker:Ivana Bacik

Written Answers — Department of Defence: State Properties (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to ensure that housing in barracks around the country is used. [10214/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the implementation of the next phase of the Dublin Network Redesign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10637/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make a statement on the need for additional social and affordable housing in Rathmines and surrounds, including by way of Part V housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10215/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tourist Accommodation (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has made representations to the EU Commission in respect of the need for regulation of online short-term tourist letting companies; and if he will report on the preparations his Department is making for when legislation to regulate such companies is passed and implemented. [10426/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make a statement on the need to support older persons to downsize. [10427/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private houses that local authorities are renting and subletting as social housing by local authority; the annual cost of renting these houses in each of the years 2018 to 2023 and to date in 2024, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10429/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make a statement on the adequacy of enforcement powers within the Residential Tenancies Board; and his plans to establish an enforcement bureau within the organisation to ensure that those who subvert legal protections for tenants are addressed. [10430/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide additional funding to deal with issues surrounding maintenance of social housing, particularly flat complexes. [10431/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current staffing levels in each local authority, compared with 2018. [10433/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current staffing levels in An Bord Pleanála, compared with 2020 and 2018; and the staffing levels in the same period in each division of the organisation, in tabular form. [10434/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports available to councillors with disabilities when they are elected; if local authorities are required to provide supports; what provisions are in place; if statutory requirements are in place; the additional measures he intends to introduce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10630/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on recent legislation which passed in Westminster to create an optional bereavement certificate for pregnancy loss before 24 weeks’ gestation; and her plans to introduce such a similar initiative here. [10428/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how income (details supplied) is assessed when an individual is elected to a local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10631/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 719. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for lifting the HSE recruitment freeze; his plans to reinstate recruitment for nursing home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10372/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on progress to convert into use vacant properties under the ownership of his Department and the HSE; and if he will list the units in respect of which such work has commenced, in tabular form. [10432/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (5 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 759. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove prescription fees for medical card holders; and his views on the affordability of prescription medications for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10683/24]

Death of Charlie Bird: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I join others in paying tribute to the late Charlie Bird on behalf of the Labour Party. He was a journalist of immense tenacity, courage and conviction. We all recall his incredible work on the Stardust tragedy, his inspirational courage in facing down motor neuron disease and his activism. He was at one point a member of the Labour Party and we remember him fondly within the party. He...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: First, I thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for acknowledging the sad passing of our dear friend and comrade, Emmet Stagg. On behalf of the Labour Party, I extend my condolences to Mary, Gillian and Henry and all Emmet's family and friends. With the Taoiseach's surprise announcement today - I have wished him well personally already - it is impossible to suggest the Government can simply...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: As this is the Taoiseach's last Leaders' Questions, I also wish him well. For weeks, we have seen growing numbers of men sheltering in tents around Mount Street, which is a stone's throw from here, many of them in appalling conditions. Many of us found it very difficult when we went down to visit them over recent days. I pay tribute to the many volunteers who provided help and support. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach announced yesterday that he is to resign. I reiterate my good wishes to him for the future. I wished him the best personally yesterday acknowledged his years of public service. As he said, all politicians are human, and I acknowledge that he has endured some awful abuse personally in his office as Taoiseach. We are all aware of that. We are also aware that it has become...