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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department will take to support incoming senior cycle students whose education experience at a junior cycle level has been severely disrupted due to the pandemic particularly in the context of their inexperience in sitting State examinations. [6702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department is supporting primary and secondary schools to support students’ mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has consulted with third-level institutions and the Minister for Justice in respect of a situation which has arisen during the pandemic in which non-European Union students who return home during the academic year and who are unable to return to Ireland for reasons relating to the pandemic miss deadlines for visa renewal; and if he will...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am contributing from within Leinster House. I thank the Minister for that outline of the revised Estimates. There is much to welcome, particularly the increases as outlined by the Minister. The capital allocation for international protection seekers is very welcome also. I have a number of questions related to adequacy of funding, and whether the increases the Minister has described...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Survivors are keen to have the redress scheme up and running as soon as possible and we will all work constructively with the Department on that. Is it possible to have interim payments made to survivors?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (8 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 802. To ask the Minister for Health if specific plans are in place to address generalised anxiety among teenagers arising from pandemic-related stress. [6704/22]

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to speak for the Labour Party on this Bill and to express our disappointment that this is what we are seeing from the Government as a way of addressing the crisis in the cost of living that is sweeping across the country and affecting every community. As we are coming through the crisis of the pandemic, the Government has to confront the twin crises of the climate...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures his Department is putting in place to support children and young persons in Ireland’s development, following the easing of public health restrictions in January 2022. [5484/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Rights of the Child in respect of Domestic and International Surrogacy: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank all the witnesses for those helpful and insightful contributions. It is very important to get the legal perspectives and to hear the experiences of those families most directly affected. I was glad to support Equality for Children, which co-hosted the event outside Leinster House in November with Irish Families Through Surrogacy. It was good to meet the witnesses at that time and...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Rights of the Child in respect of Domestic and International Surrogacy: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Those were great responses.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (1 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 490 and 491 of 19 January 2022, the timeline for the publication of the report mentioned. [5142/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is on schedule to move to its permanent premises for September 2023 given delays in the commencement of building work on that site. [4859/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (1 Feb 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 814. To ask the Minister for Health the process being put in place as part of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to gather data on the experiences of women who have had to travel outside of the State to access abortion services since the commencement of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5143/22]

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad to speak for the Labour Party on this important Bill. I am grateful to my colleague Senator Hoey, who is our spokesperson on higher education, for giving me the benefit of her insights. Obviously, I too have a strong interest in this area, having served a number of terms as a Senator for Dublin University. I am also very proud of my long association with the law school in Trinity...

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am pleased to speak on the Labour Party motion on the cost of living. This is a timely motion, as my colleagues, Deputies Nash and Kelly have pointed out. This is an issue that affects everyone across Ireland today. As we are moving into a new phase of the pandemic and all of us are cautiously optimistic, as we have seen the lifting of most restrictions at the end of last week,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (26 Jan 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on introducing an initiative to facilitate the trialling of electric vehicles to improve adoption rates among persons that are car dependent and could contribute to an overall reduction in carbon emissions but have range anxiety. [3719/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Ivana Bacik: First, I commend Deputy O'Reilly and her colleagues on bringing forward this important Bill. I am delighted to express the support of the Labour Party for it. We are delighted to support this Bill which is a very important measure in the context of worker's rights and women's rights. We all know just how gendered the issue of violence in the home and in domestic settings is and indeed, we...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Nursing Homes (25 Jan 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that have been taken to address the matters raised by the Ombudsman in the report, Wasted Lives: Time for a Better Future for Younger People in Nursing Homes; and if he will address the recommendation to establish a budget dedicated to each HSE area to improve the quality of life of persons affected...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 Jan 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to reports that scammers in response to the launch of the Garda National Immigration Bureau new phone number are contacting applicants who previously sought their help with fake appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3117/22]