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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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 642. To ask the Minister for Health if the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy of his Department will facilitate service users to continue to live in congregated settings in circumstances in which it is their will and preference. [47872/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Regulation and Funding Issues Facing Workers in the Early Years Sector: Discussion (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Mr. O'Connor and Ms Reynolds for the presentation and for outlining so starkly the staffing crisis. What we are hearing from them and others such as parents, childcare providers and staff is that this is a crisis in the sector beyond just staffing. The current Government policy is failing staff and parents, who are paying the second highest household childcare costs in the OECD,...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Regulation and Funding Issues Facing Workers in the Early Years Sector: Discussion (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the witnesses. It is very helpful to have the documents and the survey compiled by the Association of Childcare Professionals. My colleague, Senator Sherlock, has raised the issue of unforeseen consequences following the introduction of the national childcare scheme in 2019 and this move, as clearly expressed by the witnesses, from a child-centred scheme to a work activation model...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Adoptee Voices Report: Aitheantas (5 Oct 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the witnesses for the great presentation and the report, which is most helpful. I am conscious of the findings and the language, and we had a good look at the language issue, particularly the language of "birth mother". Do either of the witnesses want to comment on the issue that, in the heads of Bill, it is "birth parent" that is used - the gender-neutral term - and "birth mother"...