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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied at the adequacy of existing tenant in situ regulations; and his plans to revise the ACG in respect of new acquisitions. [38803/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (1 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department records the number of long-term family carers who are excluded from the State pension (contributory) scheme due to time spent caring (from 1 to 1,039 weeks) while in receipt of the carer’s benefit and/or carer’s allowance, and their credited contributions not being recognised as qualifying...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Equality (1 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the progress to achieve the objectives of the report of the Special Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality which pertain to her Department; her views on pension inequality for women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38783/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Strategies (1 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Zero Tolerance Strategy implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38804/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (1 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department is on track to engage with relevant Government fora and departments to inform the development of public policy and practice on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence issues on a quarterly basis by Q4 of 2024 under the Zero Tolerance Strategy; and if she will report on her engagement with Cuan and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (1 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the need to safeguard institutional archives; and if his attention has been drawn to the legislative framework in Northern Ireland on the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38801/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (1 Oct 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the need for additional funding for the diploma in special education; if he is satisfied at the adequacy of current resourcing to keep pace with demand;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38781/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: This morning, the well-known 14-year-old disability rights campaigner from Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, Cara Darmody, held her monster meeting rally outside Leinster House. Many of us attended and there were many parents there expressing their incredible distress and dissatisfaction at the Government's failure to provide their children with timely assessments of needs and proper services and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: -----and she has been tireless in her campaign. I am asking for commitments on her behalf today.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I want to return to an issue I raised yesterday, namely the Taoiseach's comments at the weekend which appeared to draw a connection between migration and homelessness. I know the Minister made a statement rightly pointing out that international protection applicants do not have a right to HAP or State housing supports. The reality is that the principal reason for homelessness is the lack of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: -----that will see at least some aspect of the Bill come into law?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I want to return to the desperate situation unfolding in Lebanon and the ongoing carnage we are seeing in Gaza and the West Bank. I heard Munier and Gadier Zabad speak on "Morning Ireland" this morning. They are among the Irish families fearing for their safety and are now trapped in Lebanon with no way out while under brutal Israeli bombardment. We are seeing an horrific escalation of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach has said in recent days that homelessness is heavily impacted by the fact that many people are seeking asylum and protection here. This is wrong and I want to express my concern about the language. What is impacting most heavily on homelessness is Government policy and the Government's failure to provide enough homes for people. That needs to be acknowledged by Government...

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

Ivana Bacik: Clearly, children need this hospital built. We all need and want to see it built. We want to see it open and delivering the necessary services. It is just not good enough, however, for Deputy Donohoe, as Minister for public expenditure, or for the health Minister to simply say what the board is doing and not to reassure people what the Government is doing to ensure an outcome here. I...

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

Ivana Bacik: I want to ask about political accountability for what is happening with the children's hospital or, rather, what is not happening. I read the coverage of the letter sent by the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, to the Taoiseach about the latest delays relating to the building of the new hospital. Perhaps that correspondence could more accurately be described as a letter from the Minister to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (24 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 372. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 15 May 2024, for data underpinning the figures provided in Table 1 (details supplied). [37579/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (24 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 374. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 15 May 2024, if any exercise to determine average weekly figures for the 2021-2022, 2022-2023 or 2023-2024 programme years has been carried out by any State agency in order to compare to the figures for 2020-2021 as provided in the reply; if so, the data underpinning...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (24 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 373. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the annual early years sector profile survey was completed by Pobal for the programme year 2023-2024; and when the results of this survey will be added to the Early Learning and Childcare Data website. [37580/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (24 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 375. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when parent statements provided by each partner service for the programme years 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 will be made publicly available; and the reason these documents have not been made publicly available heretofore given that section 7.4 of the Core Funding Partner Service Agreement Year 1 provides...