Results 421-440 of 10,672 for speaker:Ivana Bacik

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]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1307. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current timeline to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to legislate to ban conversion therapy; his response to the UN Human Rights Committee concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Ireland that calls on the Government to ban conversion practises; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1321. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has assessed the feasibility of converting a former hotel (details supplied) in Ballsbridge, Dublin into large-scale accommodation for international protection applicants or refugees. [56464/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1408. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make a statement on the scope of healthcare professionals, which is intended to be regulated by planned legislation to restrict the practice of conversion therapy; and if explicit reference will be made to therapists and counsellors, whether State registered or unregistered. [1105/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make a statement on the efficacy of the core funding agreement in relation to the freezing of fees for parents; if there has been a reduction in the number of early years providers which are signing up to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on affordability of childcare for parents. [1111/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1655. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the fair deal scheme will be published. [1174/24]

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: True.

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad to speak for the Labour Party on this important Bill, the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023. My colleague Deputy Sherlock will speak for the Labour Party later on the second of the two referendum Bills, the Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023. I will make some reference to that Bill in my own contribution since the two...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I wish everyone well as we break for Christmas and thank all the staff in Leinster House for the great work they do and support they provide. On this, the last sitting day before the Christmas break, I welcome to the Public Gallery, Finola Cassidy, the tireless campaigner from the Irish Thalidomide Association, which is a persistent and courageous group of survivors who yesterday said "As...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 28 November 2023, when funding will be committed for the provision of additional drivers in 2024 (details supplied). [55848/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: On "Morning Ireland" earlier we heard reaction to the new Government plans for those fleeing Putin's brutal war in Ukraine. We heard from Olga, a Ukrainian refugee living here and from Emma Lane Spollen of the Ukraine Civil Society Forum. They expressed really serious concern at the proposal a 90-day limit be applied for accommodating new arrivals from Ukraine in the new year. We all...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: -----as a result of the change-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: -----in policy as regards arrivals from Ukraine?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to address the issues in a case (details supplied). [55598/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I want to raise with the Taoiseach again the suffering of the people of Gaza as they continue to endure the relentless bombing by Israel with over 18,000 now dead. I very much welcome the Government's announcement that it has been working with like-minded governments in the EU, namely, Belgium, Spain and Malta, to press the European Council this Thursday and Friday for a ceasefire. That is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the news that up to 3,000 homes will be provided by Respond, which will be cost rental and social homes. That is welcome, but we know the Land Development Agency must be scaled up if we are to see the level of social and affordable home building that we need. I ask again for a debate in this House for a debate on the level of funding to be provided to the Land Development Agency....