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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (9 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 193.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting times for driving tests in each county; and the longest waiting time for driving tests in each county, in tabular form.[33900/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (9 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 194.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applicants who had to retake the driver theory test due to their learner permit expiring; and if he will make a statement on extending validity of the learner permit from two years to three years.; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[33901/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 832.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to legislate to ensure that so-called co-living tenancies come under rent pressure zone laws; his views on the need to ensure high protections and standards for those living in such dwellings, given the decision to end the building of new co-living developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34883/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 970.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €20,000 cap for scholarship income for the purpose of claiming disability allowance (DA) will be revised in line with Irish Research Council stipends; and if the cap of ‘scholarships of up to €20,000’ should be read as indicating that funding in excess of €20,000 is counted as means,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (9 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1128.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the turnaround times for the printing of naturalisation certificates; the average waiting time in each of the past three years for receipt of a certificate; if there are unusual delays occurring in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter.[34879/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1181.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the 120- to 150-day waiting period for those waiting for labour market access letters to access further education and her plans to ensure that those waiting on such letters will be enabled to upskill in relevant institutions.[35357/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1385.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early years education providers that have withdrawn from core funding in each month since its establishment; and the number of early years education providers that have withdrawn from core funding for a reason other than closure of the premises, in each month since its establishment, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (9 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1554.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a schedule of fees, broken down by crèche, for all childcare providers that avail of the core funding scheme for 2021; where parents can access such information for their individual provider for the purposes of comparing with the fees charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35903/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (9 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1643.To ask the Minister for Health if Section 26C of the Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023 addresses the policy concerns regarding prospective non-clinical conception; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34073/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (9 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1691.To ask the Minister for Health his views on the exclusion by the HSE of health and social care professionals, HSCPs, from representation on the senior management team in the new HSE health regions; if his Department maintains a policy on integrated care and the HSE restructuring; if he will detail his engagement with HSE management in respect of same; his plans to intervene to see HSCPs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (9 Sep 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 2001.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the 120 to 150 day waiting period for those waiting for labour market access letters to access further education and his plans to ensure that those waiting on such letters will be enabled to upskill in relevant institutions.[35356/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Jul 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has reviewed, or requested a review, of SEC rules in relation to the use of readers in State examinations; if she is satisfied at the adequacy of supports for students with dyslexia who require questions to be read aloud and synonyms of words provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29321/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Jul 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale for seeking a legal order exempting a portion of State land at the Technological University Dublin college on Aungier Street from social and affordable housing provision requirements when the land transfers; his views on the shortage of social and affordable housing in south Dublin; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Jul 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 30 May 2024, the evidence which was adduced or collated to support his Department’s contention that restriction of no-fault evictions would negatively affect supply of rental accommodation in the medium to long term; and the ways in which the recent public consultation on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (2 Jul 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of performance-related penalties issued to each public transport provider by the National Transport Authority in 2023 and in each month of 2024 to date. [27937/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (2 Jul 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has read a report (details supplied); if, in view of that report, it is possible to estimate the cost of phasing out sub-minima national minimum wage rates for workers aged under twenty years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28110/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (2 Jul 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide increased financial supports for students of Masters in Post Primary Education; if he will report on his engagement with the Minister for Education in respect of the need to train more teachers; and the existing financial supports in place. [28367/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (27 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 253. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that the DEXA machine in St. Vincent’s University Hospital is broken; when the machine will be back in commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27759/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on her engagement with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on creating a separate process for non-EU and non-EEA PhD researchers to apply for the 1G visa upon submitting their thesis (details supplied). [27098/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (25 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the criminal justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 will return to Seanad Éireann; if she will prioritise the passage of the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27102/24]