Results 1,141-1,160 of 11,407 for speaker:Ivana Bacik

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in light of the approval by An Bord Pleanála of the Liffey Valley to Dublin City Centre BusConnects scheme, when construction of this scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1771/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 319. To ask the Minister for Finance if the proceeds of the vacant homes tax and residential zoned land tax respectively will be retained centrally by the Exchequer or returned to the relevant local authority where it was raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56679/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 320. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have claimed the renters credit in each month since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the evidence used to measure its efficacy in easing financial burdens on those renting. [56694/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 346. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in each county which availed of mechanisms to warehouse tax debt; the types of businesses which availed of the measure by county, in tabular form; the size of businesses which availed of the measure by county; and if he will provide a list of businesses which availed of the measure, in tabular form. [1106/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 347. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail his engagement with the restaurant sector in respect of the warehousing of tax debt in each year since 2021; and his plans to engage with the sector in 2024. [1107/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 348. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the terms of reference of the repayment of warehoused tax debt by businesses due to Covid-19 with respect to the provision of a timeline for repayment, the payment of a lump sum, and engagement with the Revenue Commissioners on the matter, respectively. [1108/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 349. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department possesses forecasting on the anticipated effect on businesses of the May 2024 deadline for repayment of warehoused tax debt with respect to job losses, future loss of tax payments, business closures and other matters; and, if so, if he will supply that forecasting. [1109/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 350. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the anticipated effect on businesses of the May 2024 deadline for repayment of warehoused tax debt with respect to job losses, closure of businesses and any other relevant matter. [1110/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wage-setting Mechanisms (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 413. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of breaches of the minimum wage legislation in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; if he is satisfied at the enforcement of the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56709/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the capital project to construct a 32-room new school building for a school (details supplied) for which funding was secured in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1561/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 736. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 13 December 2022, if he will report on his further engagement with Dublin City Council in respect to converting Baggot Street Hospital into accommodation for international protection applicants; if the council supplied him with a quote for refurbishing the building, following its...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the croí cónaithe scheme to include properties where a portion of the property has been in use for commercial purposes, such as an office or a shop, but where an entire area or floor has been vacant for a period of two years and could be habitable; and his views on the need to convert habitable...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the need to transition financial reliefs for housing programmes to a voucher system, rather than a grant system, to ensure inclusion of applicants who have insufficient means to front the cost of works. [56535/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 750. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total national budget for rightsizing schemes for private homeowners, how many homes were purchased under this initiative in each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56680/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the need for an ombudsman for homeless persons. [56686/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Communications (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had with Irish Water, the Environmental Protection Agency and activist groups, respectively in respect of the level of sewage that was pumped into Dublin Bay in 2023; and the steps that can be taken to address this and to ensure adequate water quality for swimmers. [56717/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 754. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his Department’s work to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment in respect of the capital investment plan for wastewater infrastructure; and if he is satisfied with the adequacy of funding. [56718/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 796. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who have exited homelessness accommodation and were funded by his Department in each month from January 2019 to December 2023; the number who were minors; the number who were single persons; and the number of exits by families with children. [1054/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the target times that apply to the processing of jobseeker payments; and if she will report on the achievement of these targets in each month of 2023. [56728/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1022. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023 in which bombs, grenades or improvised explosive devices have been used; and the number of occasions in that period when An Garda Síochána sought the assistance of the Army ordnance unit to manage such devices. [56708/23]