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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 649. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery, and on implementation of the recommendation of the extension of the qualification allowance CNM3 grade, in particular. [25597/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 650. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the shortage of medical scientists working in acute hospitals; his plans to rectify the shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25599/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 769. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms and consultants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26234/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms, and consultants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26233/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 814. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount paid by her Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms and consultants in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26238/23]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I commend Deputy Bríd Smith and her colleagues on bringing forward this Bill and giving us the opportunity to discuss and debate the issue of access to abortion services in Ireland five years on from the historic result in the repeal referendum when 66.4% of us voted "Yes" to repeal the eighth amendment and to ensure that women in Ireland would have access to the abortion healthcare we...

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Yes. Hear, hear.

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I am delighted to have the opportunity to address the House on biodiversity during National Biodiversity Week. I have spoken previously about hearing, back in 2021, what was a very poignant programme on the BBC World Service, which will have been heard by other insomniacs who tune into the radio late at night. On that programme, a really haunting recording of the song of the ivory-billed...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Today marks five years since the result of the referendum in which the people voted overwhelmingly to remove the eight amendment from the Constitution. We saw a very welcome change in the law to enable women to access abortion services here in Ireland. Five years on, however, too many women are still not able to access abortion here. We know that more than 770 women have travelled to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday came more bad news for those who work in the tech sector with the announcement that there will be almost 500 job losses at Meta's operation here in Ireland. Wen mortgages and rents are at an all-time high and the cost of everyday basics continues to rise, this is very difficult news for all those affected, many in my constituency of Dublin Bay South. I express my solidarity and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Tánaiste for acknowledging his concern for the employees affected. We all share that concern. We are all thinking of the workers and their families who are awaiting the news as to who will be affected by the announcement from Meta. The question for the Government is what to do next in the context of a massive budget surplus. Certainly kite flying from Ministers in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [22865/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (24 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department’s Strategy Statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update them. [22864/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (24 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [22863/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Employees in Meta's Irish operation are set to be informed of further layoffs today. This is distressing news for so many. This year, we have heard many announcements of tech redundancies with a repeated pattern in tech companies of employees being hired en masseand then fired, again in large numbers, for the sake of so-called efficiency. In these difficult times, we in the Labour Party...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Certainly, I agree that budget surpluses do give choices but the kite flying by the Taoiseach's own party this week suggests that his choice is to insist on a Fine Gael ideological agenda of tax cutting at the expense of providing the necessary public investment to deliver services for people who are struggling to make ends meet. It is at the expense of investment in meaningful measures to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The figures show it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I want to speak with the Taoiseach about provision for children. First, I welcome the intervention by the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, in response to our Labour Party motion on services for autistic children and children with disabilities. I commend the Minister of State on committing to bring our Labour Party proposal to Cabinet. If six regional testing teams are not functional by...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: "Nobody is treating this like the house is on fire". Those are the words that 12-year-old Cara Darmody used to describe her frustration at the lack of supports for autistic people and children in Ireland. She used them when addressing the Joint Committee on Autism in November alongside her dad Mark, when they spoke about their experiences seeking services for her brothers. I welcome Cara,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I spoke earlier on the Ukrainian action briefing I had the pleasure of hosting today. I am very grateful to the members of Ukrainian Action in Ireland who gave us an overview of the findings of their second national survey. It is very welcome to see just how well the majority of Ukrainian people here are doing and how integrated they are. Nearly a quarter of those who responded to the...