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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [16203/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for his response to my question earlier. I certainly did not expect to have such an immediate response to my first set of Leaders' Questions as the leader of the Labour Party. I thank him and commend him, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, on acting to expel four senior Russian diplomats. Does this mean that the position of the Russian ambassador is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I appreciate the Taoiseach's intervention.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I understand a motion regarding the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the carbon budget under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Acts, 2015 to 2021, has been laid before the Dáil. Will time be made available by the Government next week to debate the motion? This is a matter of urgency. Friends of the Earth and other NGOs have been looking for us to have a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for his kind words. I also appreciate his comments about the importance of war reporting. I absolutely agree with him that this is an attack on democracy. It is a brutal and unprovoked attack on a peaceful sovereign state. We have to be absolutely clear in our condemnation of Russian action and our solidarity with Ukraine. It is in that spirit that I offer...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Really? Does the Taoiseach wish me every success?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I will take up that offer. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I appreciate that. I also welcome the Taoiseach back. Fáilte ar ais. I pay tribute to my colleague, and the outgoing leader of the Labour Party, Deputy Kelly, for his immense work, commitment and contribution to the party, to the House and to public debate over many years. My solidarity and that of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Go raibh maith agat.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 158. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies he has issued since he assumed office. [16206/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 160. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Shared Island Dialogue on sport. [16210/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes that are expected to be made to SI. 79/2008 to ensure compliance with the 2006 EU bathing water directive; and if he will provide a timeline for the amendment of SI. 79/2008. [16291/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the Bathing Water Expert Group in respect of its examination of measures to protect the health of bathers outside of statutory bathing seasons; the findings, preliminary or otherwise of same; if year-round water quality monitoring has been recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of his engagement with the Bathing Water Expert Group in respect of water quality for bathers to-date in 2022. [16293/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the recommendations that have been made by the Bathing Water Expert Group in respect of priority actions critical to delivering Ireland’s obligations under the bathing water directive; and the steps that have been taken to implement same. [16294/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Ireland will be in a position to declare full compliance with the 2006 European Union's bathing water directive by the end of 2022; and if not, the steps that need to be taken in order that Ireland is compliant; and when they will be implemented. [16295/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the reduction of wastewater discharge into bathing areas; if he will report on the Irish Water Strategic Funding Plan 2019-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16296/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the housing needs of children coming to Ireland to escape conflict in Ukraine; his views on the need to avoid the inappropriate accommodation of children in congregated settings, particularly those shared...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 2. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has been informed of calls from UNICEF for safeguarding and child protection measures to be put in place for children fleeing Ukraine; if Ireland and State agencies such as Tusla are in a position to safeguard unaccompanied minors travelling here from Ukraine and other conflict zones; and the steps that his...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (24 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 36. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he plans to respond to the recent report of the Ombudsman for Children in respect of the practice of illegal adoption in Ireland; if he plans to establish an inquiry on the historical use of the practice; if he will progress the Informal Adoptions (Regularisation) Bill 2019, or similar legislation; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on student teachers; the way that she proposes to assist student teachers to cope with requests to substitute for permanent staff due to Covid-19 absences while balancing their studies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15598/22]