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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Protection (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 111. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been brought to recent reports which raise concerns about child protection and governance policies and practices within an organisation (details supplied); if he will provide details as to the extent of Tusla funding provided to the organisation; and if he has plans to provide a mechanism...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Medical Cards (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the work undertaken to date to fulfil obligations arising from an amendment to a private members motion on the Mother and Baby Homes Commission which was passed and provides an entitlement to a full medical card for all persons that spent any time in a mother and baby home....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the development and roll-out of a new funding model for childcare, for early learning and care and for school-age childcare in view of the recent crèche closures and fee increases in childcare facilities in an area (details supplied). [48516/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he intends to publish the review into the national childcare scheme; the way he plans to implement the recommendations of the review; and if he will implement these recommendations early in 2022. [48518/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports of mistreatment of vulnerable migrant workers in the Irish meat industry (details supplied); if his Department plans to engage with migrant workers to address these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48798/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if State bodies under his aegis are involved in or propose to become involved in projects for developing large-scale electricity storage capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48799/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 385. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department plans to remove the age restriction on funding for the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system for persons with diabetes over the age of 21 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48801/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (7 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 386. To ask the Minister for Health if it is his Department’s policy that HSE funding committed to persons in healthcare and residential facilities must be accounted for and spent solely on their care in the manner agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48802/21]

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad to speak for the Labour Party to support this motion and to have the opportunity to discuss this important issue. I have just come, as has Deputy Funchion, from the hearings of the committee on children, where we heard from a number of witnesses about childcare and issues facing workers in the early years sector. We heard from representatives of SIPTU and its Big Start campaign,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the proposed deposit return scheme of his Department excludes glass bottles; and if he plans to amend the scheme to include glass. [47829/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a dedicated helpline and email address will be created for business owners in the tourism hospitality industry to seek clarity on the permissibility of planned events in the context of public health advice during the pandemic. [47871/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider requesting the NCSE to adopt a policy of assumption of allocation of a special needs assistant at secondary level in cases in which a child had one at primary level. [47874/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to commence a teacher recruitment programme to address shortages of teachers in certain geographical areas. [47875/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to introduce supports for school principals experiencing burnout. [47876/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to introduce additional entry points during the year for parents availing of the ECCE scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47870/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 485. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to ratify the optional protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; and if so, if he will supply a timeline for same. [47873/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to reports that appointments with the Garda National Immigration Bureau are being booked and sold online by a non-authorised entity; the steps her Department has taken to investigate this matter since it was raised in a parliamentary question (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish citizenship applicants currently waiting longer than 12 months for a decision on their application; and the number of citizenship applicants currently waiting longer than 24 months for a decision on their application. [48178/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for citizenship applications to date in 2021. [48179/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applicants her Department plans to communicate a decision to in 2021. [48180/21]