Results 621-640 of 10,706 for speaker:Ivana Bacik

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the low-cost retrofit loan scheme will be available to the public; the reason for the delay beyond the 2023 quarter three target; what the interest rate on the loan is going to be; what the minimum and maximum loan amounts available will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50388/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of electricity generated from solar power in 2022; the projected amount to be generated in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50380/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how many megawatts of solar power were installed in 2022; what the target is for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50381/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any analysis has been carried out on how much solar generated electricity may go to waste in Ireland on an annual basis due to a failure to make it available to the national grid; how much solar generated electricity was fed into the grid in 2022 and 2023 respectively without payment to the producer; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much additional solar electricity generation he expects to be added in 2024; to confirm what the target is to have installed and generated by 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50383/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much solar electricity generation comes from solar panels on public buildings; if he has targets for increasing this; if so, what those targets are; what actions he is taking to increase it; how much generating capacity he expects to be installed in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50384/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he intends to introduce a grant for home battery storage systems linked to the installation of solar panels; if he has asked the SEAI to carry out a further assessment of advances in the technology; if he intends to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50386/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much has been paid out under the Clean Export Guarantee in 2022 and to date in 2023; how many microgenerators are benefiting from it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50387/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the low-cost retrofit loan scheme will be available to the public; the reason for the delay beyond the 2023 quarter three target; what the interest rate on the loan is going to be; what the minimum and maximum loan amounts available will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50388/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current wait time for the SEAI better energy warmer homes scheme; the current average cost per home; how many homes were covered in 2022, and projected for 2023; the budget for 2023 and in 2024; what measures are being taken to reduce the waiting time; how many homes he projects to be retrofitted next year; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reasons solar panels are not installed under the SEAI better energy warmer homes scheme; if he intends to review this policy decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50390/23]

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 4: In subsection (1)(a), to delete “18 months” and substitute “12 months”.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: We all want to see an effective review process built into the Bill and all of the amendments, including that of the Minister, are aimed at this purpose. I appreciate that the Minister's amendment provides terms similar to the 2018 Act. As others have done, I commend Marie O'Shea and the review process of the operation of the 2018 Act. It was commendable. The safe access zone Bill is...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the doctors in the Public Gallery who are engaged in the provision of serves to women and have a very strong interest in this legislation passing, as do all of us who fought for many years to secure women's access to reproductive healthcare and rights to safe, legal abortion in our own country. It is so important we ensure this legislation is passed because, as I have said, its...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: This is Report Stage.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: First, I thank the Minister for his kind words. Certainly, it has been a long road. I was just calculating that it was 34 years ago that I and a group of other students were threatened with prison for giving information on abortion to women in crisis pregnancies. We have come a long way since then but I certainly never thought at the time that it would take so long. Five years on from...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Bill. I note that, like many others, I pushed for the Bill for many years. Back in 2018, when we were making the case for safe access zone laws, none of us thought it would take five years. It is a shame it has taken so long. However, I commend the Minister and his officials on getting it to this point and I note that groups such as Together for Safety and others have...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: We heard today the testimony of 76-year-old Liz, who was supported by Threshold when she was handed a notice of termination. She stated: "Every hour I’d be wondering ... whether I’d be locked out. I’m too old and too sick for the streets." This is just one story out of more than 12,000 households that accessed Threshold’s services in 2022, as we saw from its...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023. It is standard procedure to introduce a Bill like this to implement the recommendations of the Electoral Commission. We have seen similar legislation in the past on foot of the recommendations of constituency commissions. What marks this out is that it is the first report from the newly established An Coimisiún...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Today's announcement that local authority home loans will be extended to people renovating derelict properties is welcome and, may I say, overdue. However, it is just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to tackling vacancy and dereliction. Unfortunately, the Government has simply not been doing enough to ensure not just that we see more homes provided for people but also a halt to urban...