Results 481-500 of 11,555 for speaker:Ivana Bacik

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to engage with an organisation (details supplied) in respect of insurance cover for households and areas affected by Storm Éowyn. [4162/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the FEMPI-era reduction in the daily rate of payment for former members of the public service appointed for their expertise and experience to public sector interview boards; his plans to examine the matter; and if he will make a statement on the Civil Service Renewal 2030 Strategy. [4158/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mining Industry (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a role in considering applications for a gold mine in the Sperrin Mountains, given that it may impact on heritage sites there; and if he will make a statement on his engagement with the Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy on the matter. [4169/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 576. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the need for workforce planning in respect of radiation therapists; her plans to engage with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3967/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 608. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the need to ensure waiting lists are not exacerbated by cancellation of elective surgeries and outpatient care, following Storm Éowyn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4163/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 609. To ask the Minister for Health her views on reports that four linear accelerators in Dublin, Cork and Galway were not in use in Autumn 2024 due to staffing shortages; and the position regarding these linear accelerators now. [4165/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated impact on training courses in the 2025-2026 academic year of the end of the human capital initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4159/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €50 million increase in funding for ‘enterprise-focused higher education’ under the National Training Fund, as set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025, will be made available to training courses currently funded by the human capital initiative, given that the initiative is due to come to an end;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (11 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 718. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the need for a stipend or financial supports to supply radiation therapy students with assistance with uniform purchase or rental, travel and reimbursement for work on clinical placements; and his plans to bring financial reimbursement in line with other courses, such as nursing. [4166/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: The world looked on in disbelief this week as US President Trump made his outrageous and brutal proposal for the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people from Gaza. I think we all agree that the people of Gaza have endured an horrific bombardment by Israel over many months. We have seen tens of thousands of civilians, including many children, killed and injured. The entire infrastructure...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Properties (6 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacant properties owned by bodies under his Department's aegis; the number of derelict properties owned by bodies under his Department's aegis; and if he will make a statement on the need to return them to use or dispose of them. [3733/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (6 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to create a standalone offence to prevent sex-for-rent exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3730/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (6 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new national student accommodation strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3732/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (6 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional capacity for the study of occupational therapy; and if he has engaged with the Minister for Health on the matter. [3734/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Right through the election campaign, the Taoiseach and Government Ministers claimed that 40,000 homes would be built in 2024. We now know that this was a wildly exaggerated claim. In fact, the actual number built last year was almost 10,000 short of that figure. That 40,000 was a bogus figure. Earlier today, the Taoiseach rejected the suggestion from Opposition parties that he was...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: It was very constructive.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I am happy to respond to that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: We all appreciate just how ferocious this storm was. I join with the Taoiseach in expressing sympathy to the family of the young man, Kacper Dudek, so tragically killed. It is simply unacceptable, however, that we still have 18,000 homes, farms and businesses without power so many days on from the outbreak of the storm. It is clear that much more urgent action is necessary from the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Today at last and after an unnecessarily long break, we have arrived at the first Leaders' Questions session of this new Government term. I want to raise the emergency situation affecting communities all across this island, that is, the ongoing fallout from Storm Éowyn. At the outset, my thoughts and those of my Labour Party colleagues are with all those families and households that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 1161. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to make a drug (details supplied) free; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2694/25]