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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We heard an important briefing today from Dóchas on the Horn of Africa crisis, where up to 20 million people could go hungry due to drought and the fallout from the brutal war on Ukraine. What additional aid will Ireland commit to the growing food crisis in the global south? How can we use our position on the UN Security Council to find solutions to the Russian embargo on Ukrainian...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent discussions with the Prime Minister of Ukraine. [24218/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for the update on his meeting with the Ukrainian Prime Minister and for his expression of support from the Government for the rapid accession of Ukraine to the EU. I join him in expressing solidarity with the people of Ukraine and support for its speedy accession to the Union. I met last week with the Ukrainian ambassador, Ms Gerasko Larysa, in Leinster House. In...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Today, Women's Aid published its annual report for 2021 revealing a shocking number of disclosures of domestic violence. There were over 33,000 such disclosures last year. Over 2,300 cases of sexual abuse were disclosed to the organisation last year. Disappointingly, we have yet to see publication of the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, which has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I entirely agree with the Taoiseach about the British Government's actions amounting to a breach of trust. One of the most alarming things about this development is the breakdown in trust between the Governments across the islands and the breakdown in trust in the relationship between the British Government and EU negotiators. As the Taoiseach said, Maroš Šefčovič...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome our guests from Ukraine who are addressing the Seanad. I condemn yesterday's action by the British Government in moving to publish legislation to undermine the Northern Ireland protocol. The legislation clearly amounts to a breach of international law. We have all seen that the introduction of the Bill is already damaging the relationship between Britain and the EU. It is a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated timeline for the publication of the revised national cycling manual. [30607/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Strategies (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 148. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Reform Programme. [25829/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Priorities (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 149. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Well-Being Framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [25830/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Investigations (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 150. To ask the Taoiseach the number of investigations that are ongoing in his Department into leaks of documents to the media. [25831/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland free home energy upgrade for persons in receipt of the blind pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for excluding persons in receipt of disability allowance that do not have a child under the age of seven years from the free home energy upgrade scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30609/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria which were considered when deciding which social welfare payment recipients would qualify for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland free home energy upgrades. [30610/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to produce the annual Climate Action Plan; when the public consultation on same will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29578/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to produce Ireland’s Long-Term Strategy (LTS); if there are plans to submit the LTS in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29579/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 387. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations or policies which require ATMs to be accessible; and the body that enforces these regulations.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29599/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 1873. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait times for persons who have applied for a new wheelchair. [30611/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 1874. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered amending the Health Act 1970 and other relevant legislation to make application for a wheelchair more accessible to persons who do not possess a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30612/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 1875. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards that the HSE has granted in cases where the applicant exceeds the income guidelines in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [30613/22]