Results 381-400 of 11,403 for speaker:Ivana Bacik

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 285. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of an insurance scheme (details supplied); if he has heard reports that 1 in 20 buildings is challenged when accessing flood insurance; and the options being considered by his Department to ensure that a scheme is in place to underwrite flood risk. [44812/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish data on future demand for a new secondary school in Newcastle, County Dublin; if she will make a statement on projected demand for special education in the area; and if she will report on her engagement with a group (details supplied). [44803/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on reform of her Department since taking office. [44804/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the sale of a two-acre site adjacent to a school (details supplied); and if her Department assessed the feasibility of constructing a second-level school there. [44805/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 690. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for applying different rules as regards contributory pension credit eligibility for family carers who have provided unpaid care for fewer than twenty years, compared with other persons who access State payments, such as jobseekers or long-term carers. [44976/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 691. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual cost of deploying inspectors to assess compliance with State benefits for family carers, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [44977/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 528 of 12 December 2023, if she will provide an update on the matters raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44080/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1073. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the details on the Women’s Health Action Plan on postnatal supports for mothers; to provide details of the funding and the progress on each of its action points, in tabular form; if he will specifically report on the establishment of new postnatal hubs targeted at supporting women for 14 days post birth, addressing areas of postnatal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1074. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the 2022 Women’s Health Action Plan, if he will report on his Department’s achievement of the maternal health goal of fully funding the National Maternity Strategy. [44222/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1075. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the 2022 Women’s Health Action Plan, if he will report on his Department’s achievement of the maternal health goal of embedding lactation consultants in all maternity units. [44223/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1076. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the 2022 Women’s Health Action Plan, if he will report on his Department’s achievement of the maternal health goal of embedding perinatal mental health services in all maternity units. [44224/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1077. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the 2022 Women’s Health Action Plan, if he will report on his Department’s achievement of the maternal health goal of progressing the first mother and baby unit for mothers who require inpatient mental health supports. [44225/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1078. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the 2022 Women’s Health Action Plan, if he will report on his Department’s achievement of the maternal health goal of establishing an obstetrics event support team to support families. [44226/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1079. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the 2022 Women’s Health Action Plan, if he will report on his Department’s achievement of the maternal health goal of a maternity bereavement survey. [44227/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1080. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the 2022 Women’s Health Action Plan, if he will report on his Department’s achievement of the maternal health goal of developing two postnatal hubs; if he will make a statement on the postnatal hub programme; if it has dedicated funding; and budget allocation and spend on same in the past two years. [44228/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: As the conflict in Gaza and Lebanon increases and worsens, our thoughts are with all those killed, wounded, bereaved or displaced in that conflict. We must do more to stop the war and to impose effective sanctions on Israel. I met yesterday with members of Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine, who are doing incredible work trying to bring wounded children out of Gaza. They impressed...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister, but with respect he has not answered the question about when the revised housing targets will be published. He referred to the legacy shortfall, but we acknowledge that. I think everyone recognises that. To go back to another canine analogy, we talked about the dogs on the street, but it is a bit like saying the dog ate my homework for the Government to say this is a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister and his colleagues need to be dealing with it with more urgency and ambition precisely because of that shortfall and because there is a cumulative impact to inaction and falling short of targets. The longer targets are left unmet or too low, the more difficult it is to play catch-up. That is what we are hearing from the construction industry, which is trying to build but has so...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: We will not see the targets this side of the election.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I return to the issue of housing. It is the single biggest issue we all hear about every day across every constituency and community. It is at the root of so many problems holding back our country and people. The Minister and his Government colleagues are well aware of this. There is the exodus of nurses, midwives and doctors from our shores, which was one of the issues debated in a...