Results 481-500 of 10,683 for speaker:Ivana Bacik

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 673. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 22 November 2023, if his Department has in place a conflict of interest policy for organisations funded or part funded by his Department; and, if not, if he intends to introduce such a policy. [54680/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 674. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the inclusion of a grounds of discrimination based on socioeconomic status being added to the Equality Acts; the timeline for the introduction of such a ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54683/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Properties (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 700. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and sites into use; where no plans are in place, the reasons why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55040/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 714. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is intended to introduce legislation to ensure that pregnant women with cancer are not required to use their maternity leave entitlement to cover periods during which they are in treatment. [55314/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 766. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE owns properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties; if they are recorded on the vacancy or dereliction registers; and the reason for which they are not in use, in tabular form. [54558/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 780. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a conflict of interest policy for organisations funded or part-funded by his Department in respect of gambling, similar to the HSE's alcohol partnership policy; and, if not, if he will introduce such a policy. [54681/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 808. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for an inquiry into the national Covid response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54935/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 814. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and sites into use; where no plans are in place, the reasons why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55048/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 864. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 22 November 2023, his views on a matter (details supplied). [54682/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and sites into use; where no plans are in place, the reasons why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55047/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Properties (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 887. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by her Department; her plans to bring each of these properties and sites into use; where no plans are in place, the reasons why; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55052/23]

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I am honoured, as deputy chairperson of the Women's Parliamentary Caucus, to close the debate today, having proposed this important motion on a rights-based care economy. I thank all those colleagues from across the House who spoke on this important motion and the Ministers of State, Deputies Butler and Browne, for providing us with a Government response. Undoubtedly, there is a great...

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with the recommendation of the Women's Parliamentary Caucus: acknowledges that: - the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) requires a significant social transformation from a medical approach to disability, where economic development, health, and care economies can sustain the violation of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I am not sure of which Minister I am asking this question now that the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, has left. Instead of the sharp drop that is needed, current global commitments will see greenhouse gas emissions rise by 2030. Even if countries implement their current commitments, the world is on track to heat by between 2.5°C and 2.9°C. The UN state of the cryosphere report tells...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: As we know, €127,000 is the combined salary that a couple must now earn to buy a three-bedroom, semi-detached house in Dublin, according to the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland today. The Government is pricing far too many people out of a home and could do much more to address this, such as by passing our Labour Party Bill to implement the Kenny report, or by launching a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Certainly, we will work with colleagues in the Government and across the House to ensure we have effective reforms of our planning system. Everyone wants to see a fit for purpose planning system. I spoke on the Bill the Government have introduced on Second Stage debate last week, but our concern is that while it is a mammoth Bill and the third largest in the history of the State, as the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (7 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new International Education Strategy for Ireland is due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the need to have an International Education Strategy in place. [54351/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Last week, I raised the Labour Party's campaign for paid leave for women who experience pregnancy loss and for employees accessing reproductive healthcare. Today, I want to raise a related matter. After a strong campaign from the Irish Cancer Society and affected women and their families, the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, committed to bringing legislative proposals to Cabinet before...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I agree with the Taoiseach; the EU has been far too passive. I am glad to hear the Taoiseach has confirmed he will be pressing at EU level next week for a text that will call for a permanent ceasefire and that will press for the two-state solution. His Government can do more, however, here at home as well. Senator Black's occupied territories Bill received cross-party support in the Seanad...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: This week, we have seen the humanitarian situation in Gaza worsen further. After a brief glimmer of hope last week with the humanitarian pauses, we have seen absolute devastation wreaked across the Gaza Strip, with reports of 16,000 people killed, including thousands of children. Gazans are facing a deepening horror, the UN tells us, as disease spreads, food is scarce and humanitarian aid...