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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Reviews (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will amend section 2(1) of the Equal Status Act 2000 to insert "or seriously affects a person's capacity to take part in normal social interaction or to form social relationships"; if it is planned to do so within the next 12 months; and if he will provide a timeline for doing so. [36216/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish an integrated, interdepartmental strategy on autism to provide for the compilation of accurate data on the prevalence of autism in Ireland, and for the introduction of a best practice model of service delivery, assessment, diagnosis and intervention for persons with autism who interact with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will issue guidance to public bodies on the provision of specialist autism training and awareness training for relevant staff. [36219/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to establish an autism awareness campaign, including an information website and a traditional and online media strategy. [36220/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to introduce legislation to require public service providers to set up data collection systems to identify and record the number of persons within their client bases who have autism and to calculate current and future needs for services. [36226/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to develop further services to address the needs of students and prospective students with autism; and if the implementation of such services will be informed by feedback from members of the autism community. [36233/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to develop further services and supports to address the needs of children and adults with autism who interact with her Department and its agencies; and if the implementation of such services will be informed by feedback from members of the autism community. [36234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 755. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Government’s plans to introduce a new national Traveller mental health strategy. [35713/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 756. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government will commit to commissioning updated research into suicide in the Traveller community. [35714/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 864. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to compile updated data on the prevalence of autism in Ireland [36218/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 866. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to introduce new guidance for health service providers on the way to meet the needs of persons with autism and their families and carers. [36227/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (5 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 867. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to develop further services to address the needs of children and adults with autism; and if the implementation of such services will be informed by feedback from members of the autism community. [36228/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: In the context of the cost-of-living crisis, I will raise the critical issue of childcare. We know that costs of childcare for parents are far too high, wages for early years professionals are too low and there is an abject shortage of places for children. Across my constituency, I hear all the time from parents who are worn out from trying to find a crèche or early years education...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: As parents across the country fear the rising costs of the back to school dates that are looming ahead, there are some parents who fear September even more. That is because over 200 children still do not have a school place on the last day in June for the coming September term. It was a privilege yesterday to be joined by parents, advocates, SNAs, teachers and young people for the debate on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: The response is inadequate. It is simply not good enough that there are 100 children in Dublin alone who do not have a school place for this coming September. This is 30 June, the end of the school year. As I said, we heard yesterday from parents who are very frustrated. In some cases they have had to approach 18 or 25 schools simply to try to get a place for their child and were still...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for setting the VAT rate for dog grooming at 23%, rather than 13.5% or 9%. [35076/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank our witnesses who are joining us in the committee room this morning. Members have the option of being physically present in the committee room but may also join the meeting via Microsoft Teams from their offices in Leinster House, as some are doing this morning. Members may not participate in the meeting from outside parliamentary precincts. I ask any members joining via Teams to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Ms O'Loughlin. That is very clear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I do not see any members indicating online. I have a range of questions following on from that exchange. I thank the witnesses for coming in. As Deputy Clarke said gender budgeting and data gathering sound quite dry and it is a technical exercise but of course the citizens' assembly was very clear as to its importance and as to the need to ensure proper and effective systems for equality...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: That is very helpful. Is there a lead Cabinet Minister in the context of recommendation 42? It is across Departments. Obviously, Ms O'Loughlin is from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Looking at the different high-level initiatives, I can see some Departments are leading more on it than others.