Parliamentary questions

Homeless Persons Supports

Ivana Bacik

396. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of Housing First National Implementation Plan; the number of current Housing First tenancies in the State, broken down by county; the target number of Housing First tenancies, broken down by county; his plans to increase the Housing First targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6270/24]

Housing Provision

Ivana Bacik

422. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing commencements by each local authority in the years 2018-2023; and the number of completions by each local authority in the same period. [6665/24]

Health Services

Ivana Bacik

328. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health when the report of the oversight group on vaginal mesh surgery will be published; the recommendations of the group; and when his Department will have reviewed the recommendations in respect of vaginal mesh surgery. [5906/24]

Middle East

Ivana Bacik

8. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the provisional ruling of the International Court of Justice on 26 January 2024. [4958/24]

Bus Éireann

Ivana Bacik

54. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if Bus Éireann’s €10 charge for transporting bicycles by bus is in line with Government policy; and if he will make a statement on the need to promote cross-modal commuting and interchangeable public and active transport methods. [4957/24]

Data Protection

Ivana Bacik

58. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on data sharing restrictions in respect of statutory authorities under his Department; and, in particular, if he will make a statement on the National Transport Authority’s ability to share anonymised information about speeding and other traffic offences with residents associations. [5002/24]

Road Traffic Accidents

Ivana Bacik

95. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on progress to ensure that the RSA is not prohibited from releasing information on road traffic accidents by GDPR; if he has sought the rationale for ceasing to release such information due to the regulation; and, if so, if he is satisfied that the rationale is reasonable. [5686/24]

Insurance Industry

Ivana Bacik

127. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the position of the memorandum of understanding between an organisation (details supplied) and the Office of Public Works in relation to flood insurance; and if his attention has been drawn to instances where consumers have been unable to avail of flood insurance due to a non-acceptance of the memorandum of understanding by insurance companies. [5422/24]

Tourism Industry

Ivana Bacik

219. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the position regarding plans to regulate platform short-term lets; and if delays imposed on the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill by the European Union have been lifted. [4956/24]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

282. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address issues raised in a case (details supplied); and if the situation referred to is consistent with Government policy on the tenant purchase scheme. [5567/24]

Housing Provision

Ivana Bacik

284. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes, respectively, that will be delivered through LDA investment in 2024; and the estimated amount of expenditure it has allocated to deliver same. [5681/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Ivana Bacik

285. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an itemised breakdown of his Department’s voted capital and current expenditure for 2023 and 2024; and if he will itemise the actual expenditure for each of these programmes for 2023. [5682/24]

Housing Provision

Ivana Bacik

286. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable cost rental homes delivered by AHBs and the LDA in 2023; the breakdown, by local authority area; the number of units in each scheme; and the average rent being charged. [5683/24]

Departmental Investigations

Ivana Bacik

317. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will make a statement on the SCOPE investigation into RTÉ; and if her Department is in a position to project when all cases will conclude. [5684/24]

Construction Industry

Ivana Bacik

577. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will make a statement on a report by an organisation (details supplied) on construction labour shortages. [5687/24]

School Accommodation

Ivana Bacik

282. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if original deadlines will be met for the moving into permanent accommodation by a school (details supplied); the proposed plan for ensuring that 72 additional first year students are accommodated in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on plans for handover in September 2025. [4120/24]

School Facilities

Ivana Bacik

283. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education her Departments policy in relation to the provision of all-weather or astroturf pitches for schools; and if she will make a statement on the adequacy of provision of space for Gaelic football, hurling, soccer and rugby in educational facilities in Dublin 6W. [4121/24]

Tourism Industry

Ivana Bacik

302. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of progress on the short-term tourist letting register; when the register will be launched; if she will detail the research which was undertaken in making her Department's estimate that the measure would bring 12,000 properties back onto the long-term rental market and the justification for that figure; if she will report on her engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4122/24]

Water Services

Ivana Bacik

316. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department monitors operational standards in Uisce Éireann. [3717/24]

Rental Sector

Ivana Bacik

327. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department maintain figures of the amount of short-term rental properties and private rooms that have come onto the long-term rental market since the introduction of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 and supplementary regulation Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 235 of 2019); if so, the amount of properties and private rooms; the amount of properties that were sold following the introduction of the regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3835/24]

Visa Agreements

Ivana Bacik

395. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to issues experienced by foreign nationals while travelling (details supplied); and her plans to alleviate the problem, including by issuing visas to minors. [3732/24]

Legislative Measures

Ivana Bacik

420. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice her plans to introduce a dedicated spiking offence; her plans to make spiking an indictable offence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4101/24]

Air Quality

Ivana Bacik

89. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is satisfied with the systems for monitoring air pollution from aviation in the vicinity of Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3569/24]

Climate Change Policy

Ivana Bacik

40. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the number of briefings he received from the Climate Change Advisory Council in 2023. [3187/24]

Passport Services

Ivana Bacik

44. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of adult and child passports issued in 2023, in tabular form. [3190/24]

Just Transition

Ivana Bacik

67. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the work of the Just Transition Commission; and the number meetings of the Commission in 2023. [3191/24]

Cycling Policy

Ivana Bacik

84. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to encourage safer cycling at night-time in both rural communities and in cities. [3188/24]

Departmental Data

Ivana Bacik

121. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if her Department possesses data on the number of reported incidents of LGBTQ+ bullying in 2023. [3189/24]

Defibrillators Provision

Ivana Bacik

199. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of public defibrillators in each county. [3192/24]

Vaccination Programme

Ivana Bacik

200. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he has undertaken an assessment of the cost of providing the flu vaccine free of charge to all people over 18 years of age. [3193/24]

Animal Welfare

Ivana Bacik

228. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of animals held in pounds at year end for each of the past seven years and per local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3181/24]

Animal Welfare

Ivana Bacik

229. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of animals euthanised by pounds in each of the past seven years and per local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3182/24]

Energy Conservation

Ivana Bacik

130. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to increase the SEAI better homes grant in order to allow for more substantial energy upgrades of homes, the costs of which are beyond what is currently covered by the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2669/24]

Rental Sector

Ivana Bacik

337. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of private rented accommodation inspections that were carried out by all local authorities in 2023; the number of inspections in which further enforcement action was taken in all local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2434/24]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

344. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what provision is made for divorced or separated couples in the Fresh Start initiative. [2516/24]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

353. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to provide grants to refurbish houses which are not vacant, for the purposes of the vacant homes grant, but which require substantial repair in order to be habitable and energy efficient, given that in many cases the current SEAI better homes grant are not sufficient to cover the costs of this refurbishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2668/24]

Court Orders

Ivana Bacik

439. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to difficulties with the application of court orders in divorce cases by banks where issues arise with mortgages post-divorce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2517/24]

Departmental Reports

Ivana Bacik

552. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the report and survey by a group (details supplied) on pregnancy loss at the workplace will be published; and the reason for the delay in its publication. [3064/24]

General Practitioner Services

Ivana Bacik

615. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the expected uptake for the GP visit cards after the increase in income limits and the actual uptake as of January 2024; his plans to promote the uptake of GP visit cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2671/24]

Departmental Policies

Ivana Bacik

674. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the need to review his Department’s policies in relation to animal-free research and testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2629/24]

Active Travel

Ivana Bacik

154. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the publication schedule for the 2024 Walking and Cycling Index reports for Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2239/24]

School Accommodation

Ivana Bacik

185. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will be moved into is permanent accommodation. [2240/24]

State Properties

Ivana Bacik

186. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education her plans for the former Rathmines College premises. [2241/24]

Departmental Bodies

Ivana Bacik

216. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the report from the AHB Unencumbered Units Working Group will be published. [2238/24]

Departmental Data

Ivana Bacik

253. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of deaths in custody in 2023. [2242/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ivana Bacik

3. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach his views on the need for an inquiry into the national Covid response. [56608/23]

Departmental Data

Ivana Bacik

4. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if his Department collates data on the average commute by car; and, if so, if he will make a statement on average commute distances by car in each county. [56707/23]

Departmental Data

Ivana Bacik

5. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the average commute distance for journeys to work in each year since 2003. [56722/23]

Departmental Data

Ivana Bacik

6. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the average commute distance for journeys to education in each year since 2003. [56723/23]

Middle East

Ivana Bacik

25. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagement with other European countries in respect of recognition of Palestinian statehood. [56725/23]