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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: This April Fool's Day we are bracing ourselves for the impact of the most foolish April Fool of them all. I am talking, of course, about Trump's tariffs, the scale and scope of which we will learn tomorrow. Not content with damaging his own economy, he has now got his sights set on ours too. Reportedly, even within his own administration, there is no knowing yet what exactly he has...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 51. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure will next meet. [9459/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Artificial Intelligence (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 80. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the AI Action Summit. [5755/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 94. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [9460/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 103. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will next meet. [9458/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Climate Action Plan (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 202. To ask the Taoiseach when the Climate Action Plan progress reports for the remainder of 2024 will be published by his Department. [15146/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 206. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Water Quality will meet next. [15023/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proportion of the 72,000 applicants on the waiting list for a driving test which are waiting for tests in each testing centre, in tabular form; his plans to establish another NDLS centre in South Dublin; and his views on the adequacy of provision in South Dublin. [15351/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of applications for persons related to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15349/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following a statement issued on 19 March 2025 (details supplied), if she will clarify the timeline and process whereby it is proposed to change a school into a Gaelcholáiste; and if more information will be provided to public representatives, staff and the school community. [15350/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 448. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to place the basic income for the arts allowance on a permanent basis; if he will introduce a more expansive basic income for the arts; and if he will make a statement on precarity for artists. [15832/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mining Industry (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has requested the transboundary screening for the main mine application, mine waste facility, water abstraction and discharge applications, and the habitats regulations assessment from his Northern Ireland counterpart in respect of the Sperrins mine transboundary consultation; and if not, if he will do so and make it...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 455. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on delays at the land registry. [15025/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fuel Poverty (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on proposals to amend eligibility for fuel allowance, including by making it identical to that of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on fuel poverty. [15024/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Disability Services (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to increase the €165 threshold in respect of the disability allowance; and the research his Department has carried out in respect of the labour activation potential of revising the threshold upwards. [15833/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for increasing the fees required for student visas from €4,680 to €6,665; if he will provide a detailed account of the publicity from his Department to make relevant persons and the public aware of this upcoming change; his plans to make the public aware of the change before it comes into effect;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 624. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has undertaken an impact assessment of varying the accommodation recognition payment; and, if so, the findings of that assessment. [15829/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 690. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has undertaken an impact assessment of varying the accommodation recognition payment in respect of children and young people; and, if so, the findings of that assessment. [15830/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 626. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals who had their reception conditions amended and IPAS accommodation withdrawn in 2024; the number who requested a review of the decision to amend their reception conditions; the outcomes of those reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15001/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (1 Apr 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 627. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals to whom IPAS is currently providing amended reception conditions having withdrawn IPAS accommodation; the number of those who have requested a review of the decision to amend their reception conditions, excluding those who are unaccommodated on arrival; and if she will make a statement...