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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Advisory Group on the Study on Familicide and Domestic Homicide Review will report to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26142/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to ensure that a non-prosecutorial report is considered by his Department when domestic homicide occurs here, to enable an appropriate legislative and budgetary response to avoid future such incidents. [26143/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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. [26236/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to collate comprehensive data on deaths in custody. [26287/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 572. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [26225/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 616. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the high vacancy rates in CDNTs; if he will report on how unspent funds, which were committed to CDNTs with vacancies, were spent; and his plans to reallocate those funds to providing emergency services, and international recruitment campaigns, and interventions for children on waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 620. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth 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. [26226/23]

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

Ivana Bacik: 647. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of medical scientists working in acute hospitals; if he is aware of the impact this is having on patients nationwide; the steps that he and his Department are taking to rectify the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25595/23]

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

Ivana Bacik: 648. To ask the Minister for Health given the acute challenges facing public hospitals when it comes to recruiting medical scientists, if he will enact legislative change to allow CORU to broaden the scope of qualifications eligible for registration with the Medical Scientist Registration Board, specifically to update S.I. 46/2019 and S.I. 305/2022 to introduce and allow a division of the...

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

Ivana Bacik: 651. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the challenges associated with recruitment of medical scientists, he will enact legislative change to enable CORU to broaden the scope of qualifications eligible for registration with the Medical Scientist Registration Board; if he will update S.I. 46/2019 and S.I. 35/2022 to allow a division of the register for medical scientists who are...

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...