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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Tomorrow the Government will guillotine through the Planning and Development Bill even though it is one of the most important Bills this Dáil will consider because planning will determine our capacity to resolve the housing crisis, the energy crisis and, indeed, transport infrastructure. Ironically, under our planning laws, if a council or local authority made a decision the way the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of interviewees for the scoping inquiry on historical sexual abuse in schools who had previously signed non-disclosure agreements in respect of their schooling years; her views in the prevalence of non-disclosure agreements as a chill factor for victims of institutional childhood abuse; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any persons who were reported in the scoping inquiry on historical sexual abuse in schools are still teachers, or in any paid employment, either as a staff member or elsewhere in proximity to the education of children. [39814/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her engagement with the Teaching Council in respect of the scoping inquiry on historical sexual abuse in schools; her views, in particular, on fitness-to-teach tribunals for teachers in respect of whom there is an allegation of abuse; if she is satisfied that existing processes are adequate to avoid the retraumatisation of victims; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will require an upward revision of income limits for social housing supports. [39809/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to revise the income limits for eligibility for the working family payment. [39810/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the need for greater pay parity and adequate pay for Tús, rural social scheme and community employment scheme employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39811/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to introduce legislation to criminalise the destruction, alteration or failure to preserve institutional records by those who possess them, including those who were involved in the maintenance of mother and baby homes and Magdalene laundries; to provide for further and better provision in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children accessing the national childcare scheme from 12 to 15 years old, when qualifying children cease to be eligible; and the cost of same [39907/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing wages to ERO rates in the early years sector in 2022 and 2024, for early years educators, lead educators, deputy managers and managers, in tabular form. [40165/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of giving early years staff a 50c pay increase over twelve months, for all grades. [40166/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 468. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of giving early years staff a 75c pay increase over twelve months, for all grades. [40167/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of giving early years staff a €1 pay increase over twelve months, for all grades. [40168/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (8 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 470. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department records the number of early years facilities affected by mica, pyrite, defective concrete blocks, and other construction defects, respectively; if such data is publicly available, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40169/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Today I am forced to raise again our concerns about the Government’s 925-page Planning and Development Bill. It should be receiving adequate consideration tonight but we know it will not because the Government is giving us just three hours to consider 177 pages of amendments to this extremely significant legislation. These are amendments we have never had the opportunity to consider...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I cannot accept the line that the planning Bill has been considered in full. As the Minister knows, I was very engaged with it on Committee and Report Stages. This is one of the most substantial pieces of legislation the Oireachtas has ever considered but we certainly do not have enough time tonight to debate the massive number of new amendments that we have not had an opportunity to debate...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: No.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I know others have already spoken in general about the process. Indeed I spoke about it this morning. It is really concerning to see that we have only three hours to debate 177 pages. I am just looking at the groupings we have been given. Even if we just look at the groupings, we can see 31 groupings of amendments and we are still only on the first grouping 45 minutes into what is only a...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Yes.