Parliamentary questions

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

15. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [21480/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

23. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the North Sea Summit. [21486/23]

Economic Policy

Ivana Bacik

32. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [21488/23]

Radio Spectrum Management

Ivana Bacik

94. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the decision by RTÉ to cease the broadcast of long-wave radio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21894/23]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

101. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the tenant-in-situ scheme will apply to mixed tenancies, joint tenancies and tenancies in common; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21925/23]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

102. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the tenant-in-situ scheme will apply to single unit apartments within a larger building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21926/23]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

103. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the tenant-in-situ scheme will apply to a group of apartments where all tenants are served an eviction notice by the same landlord on the same grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21927/23]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

104. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the tenant-in-situ scheme will apply to households based on non-traditional family structures for example, friends, and cohabiting couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21928/23]

Departmental Policies

Ivana Bacik

3. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [20421/23]

Departmental Policies

Ivana Bacik

9. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach which Cabinet committee deals with ethics reform; and when it will next meet. [21482/23]

Commissions of Investigation

Ivana Bacik

13. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the publication of the fifteenth interim report of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC Commission of Investigation. [19244/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

22. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on European Union and international affairs will next meet. [21485/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

118. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [21483/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

119. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Services will next meet. [21484/23]

EU Funding

Ivana Bacik

146. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide both the allocation and drawdown of Renovate Wave funding by Ireland in 2020, 2021, 2022 and the forecasted drawdown in 2023. [21580/23]

Redundancy Payments

Ivana Bacik

257. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that a company is abiding by the Workplace Relations Commission guidelines regarding redundancies, particularly given, reports of staff concerns in respect of the company's compliance with such guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21643/23]

Redundancy Payments

Ivana Bacik

258. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that severance packages are similar to those given to other workers in the technology sector and that the company follow best practice in respect of offering a financial contribution for staff seeking independent legal advice to review such severance offers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21644/23]

European Parliament

Ivana Bacik

338. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Ireland has taken a position at an EU-level on the proposed date for the next European elections; and if Ireland has expressed a preference for 23 to 26 May 2024 or 6 to 9 June 2024. [21406/23]

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

366. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a detailed explanation on how An Bord Pleanála is prioritising its backlog of planning permissions awaiting decision. [21715/23]

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

367. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the backlog of planning permissions decisions at An Bord Pleanála, the priority, if any, being given to local authority Part 10 applications for housing, which come under strategic infrastructure development applications that includes major transport and other infrastructure projects. [21716/23]

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

368. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the backlog of planning permissions decisions at An Bord Pleanála, the priority, if any, being given to strategic housing development applications. [21717/23]

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

369. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the backlog of planning permissions decisions at An Bord Pleanála, the priority, if any, being given to applications based on their geographical profile. [21718/23]

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

370. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the backlog of planning permissions decisions at An Bord Pleanála, the priority, if any, being given to applications based on time since initial lodgement. [21719/23]

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

371. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planning permissions awaiting decision by An Bord Pleanála, in quarterly date ranges from 2020 to date 2023; the expected timelines for decisions to be reached on outstanding application; and his views on the adequacy of these timelines. [21720/23]

Constitutional Amendments

Ivana Bacik

11. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [20420/23]

Departmental Functions

Ivana Bacik

25. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [20422/23]

Valuation Office

Ivana Bacik

214. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average processing time for valuations to be processed by the Valuation Office; if there is a difference in processing times between different types of properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20391/23]

Valuation Office

Ivana Bacik

215. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the delays in the Valuation Office in processing properties seeking a rates exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20392/23]

Legislative Measures

Ivana Bacik

298. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice when the regulations on service charges and sinking funds, as required under sections 18.17 and 19.9 of the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011, will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the reasons they were not introduced in quarter 4 of 2022, as indicated in the Housing for All plan. [20636/23]

Education and Training Provision

Ivana Bacik

456. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he will report on talks with Trinity College Dublin about funds for counselling psychologists; and when he anticipates the details of the agreement will be published. [20613/23]

Radon Gas Levels

Ivana Bacik

178. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on his communications with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of radon. [19990/23]

Radon Gas Levels

Ivana Bacik

179. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the implementation of the national radon control strategy; and if he will report on plans for financial supports for radon remediation works, in particular. [19991/23]

Radon Gas Levels

Ivana Bacik

180. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to raise public awareness of the radon risk map which is available at www.radon.ie; the number of monthly visits to the website in each month since the radon risk map was published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19993/23]

School Funding

Ivana Bacik

244. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the amount of funding which has been drawn down for solar photovoltaic panels as part of the summer works scheme; and the amount drawn down by each school, in tabular form. [20066/23]

Radon Gas Levels

Ivana Bacik

290. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to address radon exposure in housing stock; and if he will report on his communications with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in respect of radon. [19989/23]

Adoption Services

Ivana Bacik

335. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of entries made to the Contact Preferences Register that expressed a preference not to have contact; and the proportion of registrations with a preference for no contact that came from an adopted person, a person whose birth was illegally registered, a person who was resident in an institution, a person who was boarded or nursed out, relatives of such persons, adoptive parents, persons who provided care to a child in a care arrangement, persons who were a relevant guardian of an adopted person, and persons who are a daughter or son or other next of kin of an adopted person, in tabular form. [19998/23]

Radon Gas Levels

Ivana Bacik

353. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he will report on his communications with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications in respect of lung cancer caused by radon exposure; if he is satisfied with the adequacy of Government policy in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19994/23]

Child Poverty

Ivana Bacik

7. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the child poverty unit in his Department. [19241/23]

Energy Prices

Ivana Bacik

36. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the meetings he has had to date in 2023 with domestic energy suppliers in the electricity and gas markets; the names of any companies he met with and the date they met; if he has written to them or raised directly with them the failure to lower prices for domestic customers following the fall in wholesale gas prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19674/23]

Energy Prices

Ivana Bacik

37. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department tracks the wholesale price of gas; if he is provided with regular briefings on the costs being paid by Irish energy supply companies for gas; if he will provide copies of any briefings, memos or notes he has been given to date in 2023 on energy prices in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19675/23]

Energy Prices

Ivana Bacik

38. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the further measures he intends to introduce for consumers using the revenue from energy windfall taxes; the estimated revenue he expects to be available in 2023; if the revenue will accrue to his Department or the central fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19676/23]

Energy Prices

Ivana Bacik

39. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is satisfied with the level of regulation and oversight of the Irish energy market covering domestic and commercial supply of electricity and gas; if he is satisfied with the current powers available to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities; if he intends to provide stronger powers to the CRU to regulate energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19677/23]

Energy Policy

Ivana Bacik

40. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he last met with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities; the purpose of the meeting and the issues discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19678/23]

Energy Prices

Ivana Bacik

41. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he or his Department have been provided with advice by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities on retail energy prices in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19679/23]

Departmental Strategies

Ivana Bacik

5. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the current situation in regard to the development of a national security strategy. [19238/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

20. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [19239/23]

European Council

Ivana Bacik

29. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the European Council. [19240/23]

Naval Service

Ivana Bacik

154. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will clarify the role of the Naval Service in Operation Irini and its planned scope of operations before, during and after the reported seven-week period, from June 2023, when an Irish naval asset is due to join Operation Irini. [18981/23]

Naval Service

Ivana Bacik

155. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the German government’s refusal of participation by its armed forces in the training of the Libyan Coast Guard as part of Operation Irini due to ethical concerns; his plans to refuse Irish Naval Service training of the Libyan Coast Guard at any time in the future as part of Operation Irini; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18982/23]

Naval Service

Ivana Bacik

156. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his plans to contribute to a State-led search and rescue programme in the central Mediterranean sea; his views on reports that approximately ten people lose their lives or go missing on the sea migration route between Libya and Italy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18983/23]

Legislative Reviews

Ivana Bacik

188. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport when the review of the legislative basis for data sharing by the Road Safety Authority will be complete. [19249/23]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

335. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will now implement a tenancy deposit protection scheme for renters, as provided for in the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015; if he will outline his reasons for not commencing such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19363/23]

Citizens Information Services

Ivana Bacik

363. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 908 of 18 April 2023, if she will make a statement on the continued vacancy of a property which housed the Citizens' Information Centre in Rathmines. [19250/23]

Citizens Information Services

Ivana Bacik

364. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will make a statement on the BearingPoint review of volunteers in the Citizens Information Services; if she agrees that volunteers should be reintegrated into the CIS. [19251/23]

An Garda Síochána

Ivana Bacik

401. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time equivalent gardaí currently stationed at Kevin Street Garda Station, Irishtown Garda Station, Donnybrook Garda Station, Rathmines Garda Station, Terenure Garda Station, Sundrive Road Garda Station and Pearse Street Garda Station, in tabular form. [19110/23]

An Garda Síochána

Ivana Bacik

402. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of garda vehicles assigned full-time to Kevin Street Garda Station, Irishtown Garda Station, Donnybrook Garda Station, Rathmines Garda Station, Terenure Garda Station, Sundrive Road Garda Station and Pearse Street Garda Station, in tabular form. [19111/23]

An Garda Síochána

Ivana Bacik

403. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if his Department records the average time between the making of a call to a garda station and the arrival of members of An Garda Síochána at the scene; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19112/23]

An Garda Síochána

Ivana Bacik

404. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the average time between the making of a call to emergency services and deployment of members of An Garda Síochána in each month of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [19113/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ivana Bacik

494. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has read a report (details supplied), specifically as it relates to pay for early years' educators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19604/23]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

495. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the adequacy of childcare provision in Tubbercurry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19606/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ivana Bacik

496. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on proposed research on early learning and care, and school-age childcare need of parents who work atypical hours or live in rural communities, and develop recommendations for future action, as required by the Rural Development Policy 2021-2025. [19608/23]

Ambulance Service

Ivana Bacik

499. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the average time between the making of a call to emergency services and deployment of members of the Ambulance Service, in each month of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [19113/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ivana Bacik

673. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report her representations to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding research on early learning and care, and school-age childcare needs of parents who work atypical hours or live in rural communities, and develop recommendations for future action, as required by the Rural Development Policy 2021-2025. [19607/23]

Prison Service

Ivana Bacik

85. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of slop-out cases and in-cell sanitation cases taken by prisoners and former prisoners. [18420/23]

Prison Service

Ivana Bacik

86. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of slop out cases and in cell sanitation cases taken by prisoners and former prisoners where they were legally represented. [18421/23]

Prison Service

Ivana Bacik

87. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of firms instructed by the State to defend slop-out and in-cell sanitation cases; the amount in fees paid to such firms for their services; and the number of such cases assigned to each firm, in tabular form. [18422/23]

Abortion Services

Ivana Bacik

143. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health when he will introduce legislation to provide for safe access zones around sites where abortion services are provided. [18433/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

1. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of the United States. [13426/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

17. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach how often every Cabinet committee meets, with particular reference to the committees on health, housing and education. [15095/23]

Public Sector Reform Review

Ivana Bacik

21. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place of the strategic foresight and strengthening policy development research project, jointly overseen by his Department. [15093/23]

Foreign Policy

Ivana Bacik

115. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 31 January 2023, his views on the need to use the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice to investigate and, if necessary, prosecute reported crimes against humanity. [17023/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

172. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has plans to apply the energy credit to gas customers where the full credit amount is not used for electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16452/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

173. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has plans to retrospectively apply the energy credit to customers which use gas primarily for heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16453/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

185. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications plans to introduce a non-profit district heating scheme here; and his plans to transition existing schemes to a non-profit model. [16976/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

186. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department maintains regulations for the operation of district heating schemes; and, if not, his plans to introduce such regulations. [16977/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

187. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the programme of pilot feasibility studies in relation to the technical potential of moving communal heating schemes fuelled by natural gas to a renewable source. [16978/23]

Inland Fisheries

Ivana Bacik

191. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of purchase orders generated by Inland Fisheries Ireland in each of the years from 2010 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [17166/23]

Inland Fisheries

Ivana Bacik

192. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the Inland Fisheries Ireland requirement that employees obtain and record quotes for the purchase of goods and services in excess of €250; the reason for this policy diverging from general procurement guidelines, which place this requirement at a threshold of €5,000; and the estimated cost in terms of staff hours and salaries for complying with this rule. [17167/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

212. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the rationale for the exclusion of homes constructed before 1940 from the fully funded energy upgrade scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17872/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

213. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated number of homes excluded from the fully funded energy upgrade scheme due to the exclusion of homes constructed before 1940; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17873/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

214. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if houses constructed before 1940 are precluded from all upgrade works eligible within the fully funded energy upgrade scheme, or just from the insulation element of the scheme; and if traditional and older buildings constructed from stone, random rubble and single-leaf brick walls are precluded from all upgrade works eligible within the scheme, or just from the insulation element of the scheme. [17874/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

215. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if internal wall insulation is covered under the fully funded energy upgrade scheme. [17875/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

216. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if homes constructed before 1940 are eligible for individual energy upgrade grants. [17876/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

217. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the individual energy upgrade grant scheme is governed by the NSAI's SR54 code of practice for retrofit; and if not, if he will make a statement on the NSAI standard which applies. [17877/23]

Road Safety Authority

Ivana Bacik

317. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the Road Safety Authority's review of road traffic collision data-sharing policies and procedures in light of GDPR requirements. [17620/23]

Rental Sector

Ivana Bacik

373. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance the number of renters who have claimed the renters' credit this year. [16980/23]

Tax Data

Ivana Bacik

405. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons, expressed as a percentage of the total workforce, who were in the highest income tax bracket in Ireland in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17634/23]

Insurance Coverage

Ivana Bacik

411. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance his views on the situation facing chronically ill persons who are excluded from life insurance cover; and if he has plans to ensure that their families are compensated upon their death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17921/23]

Tax Code

Ivana Bacik

417. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on recommendations No. 35 and No. 38 of the Report of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss. [18092/23]

Education Policy

Ivana Bacik

572. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she has plans to undertake a consultation on the medical and social models of service provision to autistic pupils; and if she has plans to undertake a consultation on the use of identity-first and person-first language in materials produced by her Department. [17636/23]

Tourism Policy

Ivana Bacik

687. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has made representations to ticket sales and distribution companies on fees charged to customers for sporting, music and other cultural events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17635/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Ivana Bacik

745. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make a statement on recommendations No. 22 and No. 13 of the Report of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss. [18093/23]

Homeless Persons Supports

Ivana Bacik

771. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that there is capacity for single homeless persons in State-funded emergency accommodation. [16979/23]

Departmental Strategies

Ivana Bacik

843. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the implementation plan for the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022–2027 will be published; the reason for the delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17861/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Ivana Bacik

853. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make a statement on recommendation No. 143 of the Report of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss; and the amendments he intends to produce to give effect to the recommendation through the Planning and Development Bill 2022. [18090/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Ivana Bacik

854. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to regulate electronic advertising panels; and if he will make a statement on recommendation No. 148 of the Report of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss. [18091/23]

Departmental Strategies

Ivana Bacik

908. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for not purchasing a building which housed a Citizens Information Centre on Wynnefield Road, Rathmines when it was placed on the market for sale. [17159/23]

Citizens Information Services

Ivana Bacik

909. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to reduce in-person citizens information services in view of the housing and cost-of-living crises. [17160/23]

Insurance Coverage

Ivana Bacik

942. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce a State life insurance for persons who are excluded from such cover due to chronic illness and other life-long conditions (details supplied). [17916/23]

An Garda Síochána

Ivana Bacik

997. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the progress which has been made following the roll-out of Operation Citizen; and if there are plans to expand the project. [17619/23]