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Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Sure.

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Try it Minister.

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Minister for being here to take the Bill. I appreciate his having given me a commitment in October on the floor of the House on the need for year-round water quality monitoring. That is something I have sought for a long time. I will start by acknowledging his commitment to that and asking if we might have a timeline for when...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: All of us will want to send our thoughts and sympathies to the families of the four-year-old child in north Dublin and the five-year-old child in Belfast who died from strep A in recent days. All of us will be thinking of their families, communities and young classmates who have suffered such devastating news of this terrible loss. There are huge levels of fear, particularly among parents...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Cuirim fáilte roimh ár gcuairteoirí freisin. Last week, I raised some stories about the human face of the housing crisis. They were stories about people at the sharp end of the housing crisis such as the 27 renters who were renting premises within a stone's throw of where I live in the south city centre off Camden Street that was not suitable for residential accommodation....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Tánaiste for the response. Labour has a proud record of seeking to deliver change to improve conditions for people and ensure we can deliver constructive ways to addresses crises that arise, particularly the housing crisis. What we sought to do with the HAP, about which he will be well aware, was to replace rent supplement, which had become a poverty trap, and to ensure a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I have a practical question for the Taoiseach on the housing crisis. Last week, I asked about the tenant in situ scheme, which enables local authorities to take into State ownership homes that have been put up for sale and which would otherwise leave a tenant or family at risk of homelessness. I specifically asked if the Government could legislate to enable the Residential Tenancies Board,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It is a practical way to run the scheme.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for that engagement. However, I was in London to meet with Keir Starmer and other colleagues from our sister party, the British Labour Party, as well as with the Irish ambassador, Martin Fraser. While we were there, a report was published by the Institute for Public Policy Research and the charity, Save the Children, that made a recommendation central to this point of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Maybe that is what we need.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: The Labour Party reiterates its support for the call for more time on Report Stage to debate the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill. It would be sensible to adjourn the debate rather than to conclude the debate after two hours today, and I note the Taoiseach's comments that the whips should co-ordinate on that matter. A substantial number of amendments have been...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (6 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Government body that is responsible for the maintenance of public rights of way not created under the Planning and Development Act 2000. [60988/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role of his Department in the Transport Working Group review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; if he can provide an update on when its proposals will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61007/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the adequacy of the disabled drivers and disabled passenger scheme in particular. [61005/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reviews (6 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his Department’s progress reviewing the disabled drivers and disabled passenger scheme as part of the Mid-Term Review of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [61004/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rights of Way (6 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role of his Department in maintaining public rights of way for the purpose of recreational walkers.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60987/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (6 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns raised by organisations (details supplied) in respect of the effect of a lack of housing on the delivery of education services. [60149/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (6 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the shortage of teaching staff in Ireland. [60150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (6 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the effect on teaching recruitment of the criteria of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of employment permits for non-EEA nationals; her views on the online advertising requirement for vacant education posts required by the Employment Permits Act 2006; and if she has made representations to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to introduce increased training for teachers to promote awareness of dyspraxia in the classroom; if she plans to increase supports for dyspraxia pupils; and her views on the need to transition to an evidence-of-need approach to the allocation of accommodations from the evidence-of-deficit approach which is currently in place....