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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I raise a real issue facing real workers. As the INMO conference gets under way this week, over 700 patients are waiting on trolleys. It is an outrageous figure, but one that has somehow become the new normal under this Government. To still have over 700 patients waiting for beds in May, well past the peak of respiratory illnesses, is indicative of a year-round trolley crisis. Our...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I agree with the Taoiseach. I think he is right. Of course homelessness is a stain on our society. It is shameful that we have nearly 12,000 people in homelessness at a time when the country is running very significant budget surpluses, with over €5 billion of a surplus last year. I disagree with him, however, on the eviction ban. We have heard from all of those working with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: On Friday we learned that homelessness figures have risen yet again to almost 12,000 people, which represents a 2.1% increase month on month. These figures relate to the period just before the lifting of the eviction ban took effect. I shudder to think what the figure for next month will be, as the evictions allowed to proceed by the Government come into force. These figures show that...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [20422/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average processing time for valuations to be processed by the Valuation Office; if there is a difference in processing times between different types of properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20391/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the delays in the Valuation Office in processing properties seeking a rates exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20392/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the regulations on service charges and sinking funds, as required under sections 18.17 and 19.9 of the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011, will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the reasons they were not introduced in quarter 4 of 2022, as indicated in the Housing for All plan. [20636/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Education and Training Provision (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on talks with Trinity College Dublin about funds for counselling psychologists; and when he anticipates the details of the agreement will be published. [20613/23]

Final Report of the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important debate. I want to begin, as other have, by welcoming our visitors in the Gallery and all of those who have worked for so long to see a properly regulatory framework in place. This includes organisations like Irish Families Through Surrogacy, Equality for Children, LGBT Ireland and Irish Gay Dads. I also want to thank all the individuals...

Final Report of the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Indications have been given and that is welcome. Parents and families I have spoken to are anxious to see that proceed and to see the issue of judicial discretion built into that such that judges will have some discretion, which is important. The report recognises that the case of retrospective parentage declarations is separate and needs a separate and different approach to be taken. I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radon Gas Levels (27 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his communications with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of radon. [19990/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radon Gas Levels (27 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the implementation of the national radon control strategy; and if he will report on plans for financial supports for radon remediation works, in particular. [19991/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radon Gas Levels (27 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to raise public awareness of the radon risk map which is available at www.radon.ie; the number of monthly visits to the website in each month since the radon risk map was published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19993/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding which has been drawn down for solar photovoltaic panels as part of the summer works scheme; and the amount drawn down by each school, in tabular form. [20066/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (27 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 335. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of entries made to the Contact Preferences Register that expressed a preference not to have contact; and the proportion of registrations with a preference for no contact that came from an adopted person, a person whose birth was illegally registered, a person who was resident in an institution, a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Radon Gas Levels (27 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his communications with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications in respect of lung cancer caused by radon exposure; if he is satisfied with the adequacy of Government policy in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19994/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (26 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the child poverty unit in his Department. [19241/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (26 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings he has had to date in 2023 with domestic energy suppliers in the electricity and gas markets; the names of any companies he met with and the date they met; if he has written to them or raised directly with them the failure to lower prices for domestic customers following the fall in wholesale gas prices;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (26 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department tracks the wholesale price of gas; if he is provided with regular briefings on the costs being paid by Irish energy supply companies for gas; if he will provide copies of any briefings, memos or notes he has been given to date in 2023 on energy prices in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (26 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the further measures he intends to introduce for consumers using the revenue from energy windfall taxes; the estimated revenue he expects to be available in 2023; if the revenue will accrue to his Department or the central fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19676/23]