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Thu, 31 Mar 2022
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Transport Costs
Ivana Bacik
207. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of making the city bikes scheme free of charge for all students in Ireland. [17215/22]
Thu, 31 Mar 2022
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Bus Services
Ivana Bacik
208. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the proportion of public transport expenditure that is currently spent on overnight or 24-hour bus services. [17217/22]
Thu, 31 Mar 2022
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Rail Network
Ivana Bacik
209. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of extending a rail corridor from Galway to Letterkenny, County Donegal. [17218/22]
Thu, 31 Mar 2022
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Tax Reliefs
Ivana Bacik
223. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance the annual cost to the Exchequer of the Bike to Work scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form. [17216/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Departmental Reports
Ivana Bacik
6. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [16203/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Urban Development
Ivana Bacik
9. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north-east inner city initiative. [16204/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Official Apology
Ivana Bacik
158. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies he has issued since he assumed office. [16206/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Northern Ireland
Ivana Bacik
160. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Shared Island Dialogue on sport. [16210/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Water Quality
Ivana Bacik
324. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the changes that are expected to be made to SI. 79/2008 to ensure compliance with the 2006 EU bathing water directive; and if he will provide a timeline for the amendment of SI. 79/2008. [16291/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Water Quality
Ivana Bacik
325. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the work of the Bathing Water Expert Group in respect of its examination of measures to protect the health of bathers outside of statutory bathing seasons; the findings, preliminary or otherwise of same; if year-round water quality monitoring has been recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16292/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Water Quality
Ivana Bacik
326. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of his engagement with the Bathing Water Expert Group in respect of water quality for bathers to-date in 2022. [16293/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Water Quality
Ivana Bacik
327. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the recommendations that have been made by the Bathing Water Expert Group in respect of priority actions critical to delivering Ireland’s obligations under the bathing water directive; and the steps that have been taken to implement same. [16294/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Water Quality
Ivana Bacik
328. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Ireland will be in a position to declare full compliance with the 2006 European Union's bathing water directive by the end of 2022; and if not, the steps that need to be taken in order that Ireland is compliant; and when they will be implemented. [16295/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Water Quality
Ivana Bacik
329. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the reduction of wastewater discharge into bathing areas; if he will report on the Irish Water Strategic Funding Plan 2019-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16296/22]
Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Ukraine War
Ivana Bacik
2. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has been informed of calls from UNICEF for safeguarding and child protection measures to be put in place for children fleeing Ukraine; if Ireland and State agencies such as Tusla are in a position to safeguard unaccompanied minors travelling here from Ukraine and other conflict zones; and the steps that his Department is taking to ensure that child protection reporting mechanisms are in place and are accessible to non-native English or Irish speakers. [15337/22]
Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Adoption Services
Ivana Bacik
36. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he plans to respond to the recent report of the Ombudsman for Children in respect of the practice of illegal adoption in Ireland; if he plans to establish an inquiry on the historical use of the practice; if he will progress the Informal Adoptions (Regularisation) Bill 2019, or similar legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15339/22]
Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Ivana Bacik
259. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education her views on the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on student teachers; the way that she proposes to assist student teachers to cope with requests to substitute for permanent staff due to Covid-19 absences while balancing their studies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15598/22]
Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Ivana Bacik
260. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the steps that she is taking to ensure that student teachers are supported to continue substituting to cover for pandemic-related staff absences in schools; and if she plans to develop contingency plans or to alter regulations on substituting while on a period of school placement to accommodate such requests from schools. [15599/22]
Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Ukraine War
Ivana Bacik
298. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the housing needs of children coming to Ireland to escape conflict in Ukraine; his views on the need to avoid the inappropriate accommodation of children in congregated settings, particularly those shared with adult strangers; and his views on the use of modular housing to meet the specific housing needs of child refugees and asylum seekers. [15338/22]
Wed, 23 Mar 2022
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Abortion Services
Ivana Bacik
179. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if an expert advisory group has been appointed to support an independent chair (details supplied) with the three year review of the operation of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; if so, the members of this group; their role and remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15170/22]