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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria that were applied to select members of the Interdepartmental and Agency Group tasked with preparing the Options Paper on a possible remediation scheme in respect of construction defects; if any members of the group live in a multi-unit development or have lived in one in the past ten years; if any members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 903. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the child maintenance review group. [1462/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 971. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to avoid housing international protection applicants in inappropriate or dangerous accommodation; and the position regarding contingency plans to avoid such situations arising when a shortage of accommodation arises. [63940/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 1063. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to collate data on the number of assaults perpetrated against transport workers, such as taxi drivers, bus drivers, and rail staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63187/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 1496. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is accepting the recommendations of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery; if he will provide a timeline for the implementation of each of those recommendations; and if he will report on the implementation of the recommendation for the extension of the qualification allowance CNM3 grade in particular; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 1497. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Report of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery; if backdated pay will be provided in respect of relevant recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1460/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 1498. To ask the Minister for Health if a community neurorehabilitation team will be provided to HSE area CHO 6; his views on the need for the establishment of community neurorehabilitation teams in each CHO, as recommended in the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1461/23]

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (17 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I want to start by offering my personal good wishes to those who have been appointed or reappointed today to Cabinet, and of course to the incoming Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar. However, on behalf of the Labour Party, I want to say that we cannot support this Cabinet, because it is not in truth a new Cabinet and there are no new ideas. There is no change in the policies being offered by this...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (17 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I begin by extending a personal tribute to Deputy Micheál Martin on his public service and thanking him for the courtesy he has extended to me since I became a Deputy. I appreciate it. We all acknowledge that he took office at an unprecedented time of challenge, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, we have faced the additional enormous challenge of the fallout from Russia's...

Defects in Apartments - Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing Report: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important topic on behalf of the Labour Party and to respond to the Minister's proposals on how he and the Government propose to address the issue of defects in apartments. This is a serious issue for many homeowners, families and households. Like other colleagues, I have met many residents of affected apartment blocks, as well as with the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I have already raised with the Tánaiste the Report of the Special Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality. One of the key recommendations is to have a constitutional referendum to expand the definition of family beyond the marital family. I wish to raise a specific issue around treatment of cohabitants that could be addressed by Government through legislation. Some time ago my...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Tánaiste for his undertaking to give a structured response. That is very welcome. I again thank my colleagues on the committee who engaged so constructively and intensively in the work we carried out. There was an immense range of issues that we had to cover in a short timeframe. We had a superb secretariat working with us on that and I thank them as well. I am also...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am conscious, as I think we all are, that this is the Tánaiste's last Leaders' Questions in his current role. I want to bring to his attention the publication just this morning of the final report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality, which I had the honour of chairing. Our report is entitled Unfinished Democracy: Achieving Gender Equality. What we have set out to do...

Death of Private Seán Rooney: Expressions of Sympathy (15 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I will join the sentiments expressed by others in expressing my deepest condolences to the families of all those affected by this horrific news from Lebanon, in particular the family of Private Seán Rooney who was killed on duty while serving his country and the United Nations on a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. I also extend my deepest condolences to the family of Private Shane...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (15 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure that confirmed data centre connections will not increase emissions; and his plans to ensure that confirmed data centre connections do not lock in higher gas demand. [62758/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the ways in which the ongoing review into energy security will integrate sectoral emissions ceiling and carbon budget obligations; his plans to ensure that as-demand reduction measures are prioritised in the review; and the ways in which the principles of a just transition will be integrated into the review. [62757/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the strategies in place to mitigate against increased emissions in the event that certain sectors exceed the total amount of permitted greenhouse gas emissions allowed by their sectoral emissions ceilings; his views, in particular, on reports (details supplied) that reducing methane emissions by 30% by 2030 is not...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (15 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if mechanisms exist to reimburse residential customers of district heating schemes who pay for domestic energy at a commercial rate for excess costs; and if the examination of such a policy is in the remit of the steering group due to report on district heating schemes in 2023. [62761/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on introducing a moratorium on new data centre connections in the context of energy security and carbon emissions targets. [62759/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Meetings (15 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the cross-jurisdictional collaboration which took place in 2022 between his Department and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Rural and Community Development in Northern Ireland. [63134/22]