Results 241-260 of 10,735 for speaker:Ivana Bacik

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many approvals have issued under the First Home Scheme to date; how many of those approvals have been drawn down; if he will provide a breakdown of how many of those approvals were for self-build; how many have been drawn down to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15176/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 703. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many approvals have issued under the First Homes Tenant Purchase Scheme to date; how many of those approvals have been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15177/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 704. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many cost rental tenant-in-situ proposals have been completed to date; how many have been acquired by the Housing Agency; if he will provide a breakdown by local authority of the number of referrals to the Housing Agency; the number completed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15178/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 731. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is considered a disability for disability payment purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13676/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (9 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of planned primary care centre projects that the HSE intends to lease which are currently stalled, suspended or otherwise in abeyance due to the need to review leasing costs; and the date that the HSE intends to initiate that review for each, in tabular form. [13711/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1240. To ask the Minister for Health when a response will issue to an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13712/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1241. To ask the Minister for Health when a formal response will issue to the application by the Royal Hospital Donnybrook to the HSE for capital funding toward a new public community nursing unit on its grounds (details supplied). [13713/24]

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...

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

Ivana Bacik: It is delaying important decisions. That is patently the case. It is failing to make, and delaying, important decisions such as the introduction of State-owned accommodation for refugees. It is putting stays on Opposition legislation to avoid having to deal with them – stays that will last just beyond the term of the Government. Only this month, it allowed a Labour motion on...

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

Ivana Bacik: Perhaps we all will.

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

Ivana Bacik: The Tánaiste has not answered my question. The Taoiseach said yesterday that there is a need to refocus policies. I agree that it is about delivery, but when are we going to see a refocusing of policies and delivery? If he has set his face against a general election, and if he and the Minister, Deputy Ryan, are determined to keep the ship afloat until this time next year, what are...

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

Ivana Bacik: But what will change?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (21 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 271. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of core funding provided in Budget 2022 which was used to uplift wages in the early years and school age childcare sector; the amount which has remained unspent; and if the balance is publicly available on an ongoing basis. [13419/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the independent review of the radiation therapist profession, which was agreed between the HSE, his Department and an organisation (details supplied) under the auspices of the Workplace Relations Committee, which has been underway since December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13433/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who have participated in the Laura Brennan HPV vaccination catch-up programme to date; the targets set for the programme; if he will report on the programme extension review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13434/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 306. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding to date which has been allocated to the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023 - 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13435/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (21 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 307. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges for all medical card holders. [13436/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 308. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme to a €60 threshold per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13437/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 309. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of annual funding budgeted for the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026 to conduct its annual activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13438/24]

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...