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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (22 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the purchase of €4.1 million carbon credits from Slovakia; his further views on the increase in greenhouse gas pollution in Ireland in the third quarter of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9029/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Resources (22 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the 75% loss of wetlands in Ireland in 300 years; his plans for the preservation of wetlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9030/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (22 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 185. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the need for a public information campaign in respect of the national response to the arrival of refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland. [9028/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has read reports of refugees and asylum seekers experiencing vomiting and diarrhoea due to inadequate catering services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9032/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (22 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on progress to give statutory recognition and protection to the designation of "counsellor"; if he will provide a timeline for the opening of the planned register for counsellors; and his views on the adequacy of existing and planned measures to regulate rogue crisis pregnancy agencies. [9099/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (22 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 230. To ask the Minister for Health his views on rogue crisis pregnancy agencies performing transvaginal ultrasounds in early pregnancy; and his plans to regulate the practice. [9100/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedge Cutting (22 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to remove the exemption which allows for the destruction of up to half a kilometre of hedgerows without assessment or special permissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9031/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [8206/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to raise two specific issues. In October, the Labour Party brought forward a motion calling for pay rises for workers in the community and voluntary sector, in line with Building Momentum. Indeed, the Fórsa national executive has backed a proposal for strike action in section 39 agencies funded by the HSE. At the weekend, the Minister for Health announced €81 million in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: We welcome the establishment of the citizens' assembly on drug use, but I ask the Taoiseach about the status of the commitment to establish a citizens' assembly on the future of education. Is there a timeline for its establishment and will it examine both the future purpose of the education system and the issue of separation of Church and State within the education system? Second, building...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: It was subsequently rolled out by the states.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2022 will be published. [8207/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [6925/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: What work is being done to ensure greater Government co-ordination in policy decisions being taken at Government level with regard to the accommodation of refugees and those seeking asylum and international protection? For months, I have consistently raised the need for a more co-ordinated approach on the part of Government to the provision of accommodation and of information to communities...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: In today's mini-budget, which is not a mini-budget, we will see a decision to bring forward more one-off payments. This is an admission that the Taoiseach and the Government got it wrong in budget 2023 and that wages and social welfare payments in particular are still too low. After these new one-off payments are made, the reality is that incomes will still be too low and will not keep pace...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: As homelessness figures continue to break records, we know many people are entering homelessness from the private rental sector. It is nearly two weeks since the Dáil debated a Labour Party Private Members' motion putting forward eight constructive measures to alleviate the worst effects of the housing crisis, including the extension of the eviction ban. The Government voted against...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Irish Sign Language (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 126. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8248/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Irish Sign Language (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8237/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Irish Sign Language (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8238/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the prevalence of inappropriate disposal of lithium batteries arising from the use of e-cigarettes and vapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8740/23]