Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Ivana Bacik

651. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the status of the operation of the maternity and infant scheme; and the position regarding the provision of adequate postnatal support services for women and babies. [56117/21]

Library Services

Ivana Bacik

691. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will be providing updated guidelines to public libraries in respect of the use of library buildings for study and reading given the need for the use of such facilities by further and higher education students. [55731/21]

Water Pollution

Ivana Bacik

39. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the role his Department plays in preventing pollution in Dublin Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53538/21]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Ivana Bacik

74. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to promote biodiversity in urban centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53537/21]

Work Permits

Ivana Bacik

171. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reverse a decision to exclude homecare workers from the critical skills exemption to the non-EEA employment permit system to ensure that community-based care is adequately resourced in line with commitments made in the Programme for Government. [53990/21]

Work Permits

Ivana Bacik

172. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a decision was taken to exclude homecare workers from the critical skills exemption to the non-EEA employment permit system. [53991/21]

Equality Issues

Ivana Bacik

196. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will request confirmation from all public bodies under his aegis and all bodies publicly funded by his Department that they are in compliance with the Web Accessibility Directive (EU 2016/2102) with regard to web sites from 23 September 2020 and mobile apps from 23 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54661/21]

Equality Issues

Ivana Bacik

197. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the action that will be taken by his Department for any public body or any publicly funded body under his aegis which is non-compliant with accessibility requirements under the 2005 disability and equality legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54662/21]

Equality Issues

Ivana Bacik

222. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if public bodies under his aegis and bodies publicly funded by his Department have a procurement policy which includes consideration of obligations under section 27 of the Disability Act 2005; if such procurement is audited for compliance with section 27; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54658/21]

Departmental Funding

Ivana Bacik

223. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the details of all bodies in receipt of direct grant assistance from his Department that are not public bodies for the purposes of the Disability Act 2005; the amount each body is in receipt of each year from 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54659/21]

Equality Issues

Ivana Bacik

224. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if all public bodies under his aegis and all bodies publicly funded by his Department are in compliance with the Web Accessibility Directive (EU 2016/2102) with regard to web sites from 23 September 2020 and mobile apps from 23 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54660/21]

Disability Services

Ivana Bacik

225. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the action that will be taken by his Department for any public body or any publicly funded body under his aegis which is non-compliant with accessibility requirements under the 2005 disability and equality legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54663/21]

Banking Sector

Ivana Bacik

240. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the refusal by Irish banks to finance mortgages for so-called cargo container houses due to the fact they are not fixed foundation housing; his views on this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53988/21]

Departmental Funding

Ivana Bacik

296. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total allocation of funding for the National Concert Hall in Budget 2022. [53984/21]

Departmental Funding

Ivana Bacik

297. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total allocation of funding for the National Symphony Orchestra including the funding for the transfer of the orchestra from RTÉ to the remit of the National Concert Hall in Budget 2022. [53985/21]

Departmental Funding

Ivana Bacik

298. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the €8 million allocated in Budget 2021 for the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall from RTÉ was fully spent; and if she will provide a timeline for the completion of the transfer. [53986/21]

Housing Provision

Ivana Bacik

333. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has a policy position on the construction of cargo container houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54268/21]

State Examinations

Ivana Bacik

411. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the reason the scheme of reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations does not provide comprehension assistance to students who have been assessed as requiring assistance by her Department’s educational psychologists; and the supports that are in place to support students with this form of dyslexia in junior certificate examinations. [54224/21]

State Examinations

Ivana Bacik

412. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she plans to review the State Examinations Commission reasonable accommodation at the certificate examinations scheme; if she will amend the scheme to allow readers to explain the meanings of words or phrases to students who struggle with reading comprehension due to dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54225/21]

State Examinations

Ivana Bacik

413. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education further to correspondence (details supplied), if there are plans to use a statutory instrument to amend the scheme of reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations to be more inclusive of students with word processing difficulties. [54226/21]