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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: We have a serious issue with waiting times for ambulances arrivals - 500 times in six months last year, ambulances took longer than an hour to arrive on the scene of a high priority case. These can be cases of life and death, literally. The Minister for Health may wish to respond. I have just been informed of a very sad case in my constituency in which an elderly woman suffered broken...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: He would not accept our proposals.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: They were not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister spoke about an uplift in housing delivery, but the only uplift likely this year it seems is an uplift in the rents people are being forced to pay. People tell all of us that they can barely afford to meet their monthly rents. Can the Minister give certainty to renters that RPZ laws will be retained or that there will be an equivalent safety net? There is nothing coming from...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I return to the biggest immediate challenge facing the Government, namely housing. Despite the bluster from Government, it has admitted that last year it built nearly 10,000 fewer homes than it previously stated. We all hear from our constituents in communities around the country that housing is the single biggest issue facing families and individuals. We hear this from people who are...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Court of Justice (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government’s position with respect to Ireland joining case C-829/24 at the Court of Justice of the European Union (details supplied) on Hungary’s so-called “foreign agents' law”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4660/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to engage with an organisation (details supplied) in respect of insurance cover for households and areas affected by Storm Éowyn. [4162/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the FEMPI-era reduction in the daily rate of payment for former members of the public service appointed for their expertise and experience to public sector interview boards; his plans to examine the matter; and if he will make a statement on the Civil Service Renewal 2030 Strategy. [4158/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mining Industry (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a role in considering applications for a gold mine in the Sperrin Mountains, given that it may impact on heritage sites there; and if he will make a statement on his engagement with the Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy on the matter. [4169/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 576. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the need for workforce planning in respect of radiation therapists; her plans to engage with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3967/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 608. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the need to ensure waiting lists are not exacerbated by cancellation of elective surgeries and outpatient care, following Storm Éowyn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4163/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 609. To ask the Minister for Health her views on reports that four linear accelerators in Dublin, Cork and Galway were not in use in Autumn 2024 due to staffing shortages; and the position regarding these linear accelerators now. [4165/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated impact on training courses in the 2025-2026 academic year of the end of the human capital initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4159/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €50 million increase in funding for ‘enterprise-focused higher education’ under the National Training Fund, as set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025, will be made available to training courses currently funded by the human capital initiative, given that the initiative is due to come to an end;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 718. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the need for a stipend or financial supports to supply radiation therapy students with assistance with uniform purchase or rental, travel and reimbursement for work on clinical placements; and his plans to bring financial reimbursement in line with other courses, such as nursing. [4166/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: The world looked on in disbelief this week as US President Trump made his outrageous and brutal proposal for the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people from Gaza. I think we all agree that the people of Gaza have endured an horrific bombardment by Israel over many months. We have seen tens of thousands of civilians, including many children, killed and injured. The entire infrastructure...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Properties (6 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacant properties owned by bodies under his Department's aegis; the number of derelict properties owned by bodies under his Department's aegis; and if he will make a statement on the need to return them to use or dispose of them. [3733/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (6 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to create a standalone offence to prevent sex-for-rent exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3730/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (6 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new national student accommodation strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3732/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (6 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional capacity for the study of occupational therapy; and if he has engaged with the Minister for Health on the matter. [3734/25]