Parliamentary questions

Departmental Offices

Ivana Bacik

13. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if a climate action unit has been established in his Department. [57732/22]

European Council

Ivana Bacik

20. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council meeting on 20 and 21 October 2022. [57730/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Ivana Bacik

151. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the timeline for the establishment of the Citizens' Assembly on the Future of Education; and if it is proposed to use the citizens' assembly to examine the future purpose of the education system. [58145/22]

Bus Services

Ivana Bacik

200. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport his plans to ensure that residents of Terenure and other areas will be adequately serviced by public transport for the two-year period between the removal of the number 17 bus and the introduction of the A4 route, during which time there will be no transit between Terenure, Nutgrove and Dundrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57269/22]

Departmental Priorities

Ivana Bacik

279. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new local authority-led pledge call for vacant properties and holiday homes for the temporary housing of refugees will be made. [57391/22]

Government Communications

Ivana Bacik

5. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit of his Department. [55389/22]

Sustainable Development Goals

Ivana Bacik

10. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the senior officials group chaired by his Department to provide a strategic overview of the implementation of the sustainable development goals. [55385/22]

Defence Forces

Ivana Bacik

16. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [55386/22]

Programme for Government

Ivana Bacik

53. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will provide the commitments in the Programme for Government under his remit; if each commitment has been met or is in the process of being met; and the estimated timeframe for same in tabular form. [55391/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

9. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Political Community meeting in Prague and the informal European Council meeting. [55384/22]

Housing Provision

Ivana Bacik

13. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [52891/22]

Departmental Functions

Ivana Bacik

133. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if a climate action unit has been established in his Department. [55387/22]

Departmental Bodies

Ivana Bacik

134. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place to date in 2022 of the climate action delivery board; and the number scheduled for the remainder of 2022. [56201/22]

Homeless Persons Supports

Ivana Bacik

300. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department records the number of disabled persons in homelessness; and the number of disabled persons in homelessness here. [56734/22]

Derelict Sites

Ivana Bacik

301. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties on derelict and vacant site registers in each local authority area. [56735/22]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

302. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to make compliant non-compliant HAP tenancies; and if it is the policy of his Department to prioritise direct building, rather than relying on HAP to alleviate the rental crisis. [56736/22]

Traveller Accommodation

Ivana Bacik

303. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for Traveller-specific accommodation in Limerick. [56737/22]

Rental Sector

Ivana Bacik

304. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to extend rent pressure zones in Waterford. [56738/22]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

305. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the uptake of the croí cónaithe scheme nationally and in each county. [56739/22]

Emergency Accommodation

Ivana Bacik

306. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the role of local authorities in the provision of emergency accommodation for persons presenting as homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56740/22]

Housing Provision

Ivana Bacik

307. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the provision of home heating for local authority housing in cases in which a council house has been made available and the closure of its fireplace has taken place; and the position where gas is unavailable, in particular. [56741/22]

Departmental Functions

Ivana Bacik

2. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on representations made by him to An Taoiseach in respect of the establishment of a climate action unit in the Department of An Taoiseach. [55588/22]

Energy Policy

Ivana Bacik

34. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will bring his security of energy supply recommendations to Government; and if he will report on the review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems. [55380/22]

Energy Prices

Ivana Bacik

51. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has examined bringing the Corrib gas field into public ownership on a temporary basis to control gas prices in Ireland, using powers vested in the Government by the Fuels (Control of Supplies) Acts of 1971 and 1982. [55381/22]

Energy Policy

Ivana Bacik

60. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has examined the use of legislation to regulate heating costs for district heating customers who pay for domestic energy at a commercial rate. [55382/22]

Climate Change Policy

Ivana Bacik

68. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a report (details supplied) by an organisation. [55379/22]

Energy Policy

Ivana Bacik

149. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the just transition arrangements and supports that are in place for registered coal merchants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55568/22]

Rail Network

Ivana Bacik

244. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify whether it is Government policy to commit to the proposed replacement of the Green Line Luas as the future southern extension of MetroLink, or whether multiple options remain open for the future development of public transport rail infrastructure servicing the south Dublin area. [55612/22]

Tax Data

Ivana Bacik

255. 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 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54337/22]

Public Services Card

Ivana Bacik

661. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the Intreo offices that are currently open for public services card appointments in Dublin; if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by applicants due to a reported increase in demand for the public services card; and the steps that she will take to address the delays. [54791/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ivana Bacik

747. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding increases, if any, that have been made to the early childhood care and education scheme since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54308/22]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

748. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early learning and care services that have engaged with county childcare committees in relation to financial sustainability in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54309/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ivana Bacik

749. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of profitability for sessional services funded through the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54310/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ivana Bacik

750. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the circumstance of the closure of an early year's facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54311/22]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

751. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports which are available to early childhood education and care services, both private and community, to support them with financial sustainability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54312/22]

Workplace Discrimination

Ivana Bacik

769. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to progress the Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021 through the Houses of the Oireachtas; if he will provide a timeline for the implementation of the recommendations detailed in the report on the prevalence and use of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination and sexual harassment disputes; and his plans to promote transparency in addressing discrimination and ensuring that cases of harassment and sexual harassment do not remain concealed. [54894/22]

An Garda Síochána

Ivana Bacik

898. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if gardaí will no longer sign ML10 forms for persons who need it to prove identity at financial institutions; the potential reasons for not signing it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55566/22]

Abortion Services

Ivana Bacik

905. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if the independent evaluation of the experiences of abortion service providers by a university (details supplied) will be made public; and, if so, if he will provide a timeline for its publication. [54164/22]

Health Services

Ivana Bacik

951. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of HIV treatment and support services in Ireland; his views on the adequacy of the geographical spread of such services; if he is satisfied that age-specific and age-appropriate services are available where need exists; and if he has plans to review or expand services. [54342/22]

Health Strategies

Ivana Bacik

1102. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the amount of developmental funding allocated towards the implementation of the national cancer strategy in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54893/22]

Health Services Staff

Ivana Bacik

1202. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that Covid swabbers who are due for redeployment after 21 November 2022, will be unpaid during the Christmas period; if he can confirm that all swabbers whose contracts end on 21 November 2022 will be redeployed; the criteria that was applied to determine the contracts which would be extended through to 23 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55412/22]

Animal Carcase Disposal

Ivana Bacik

1313. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislation that covers the safe and appropriate transport of animal carcasses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55567/22]

Departmental Functions

Ivana Bacik

2. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the north-east inner city oversight group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [53392/22]

Northern Ireland

Ivana Bacik

8. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island dialogue All-Island Women's Forum civic initiative. [53393/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

10. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [49902/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

22. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Political Community meeting in Prague and the informal European Council meeting. [51662/22]

Departmental Strategies

Ivana Bacik

11. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [52892/22]

Departmental Offices

Ivana Bacik

22. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international unit of his Department. [52893/22]

National Economic and Social Council

Ivana Bacik

6. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [51663/22]

Departmental Bodies

Ivana Bacik

13. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [51661/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

19. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the United Nations General Assembly. [49900/22]

Economic Policy

Ivana Bacik

4. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [49899/22]

Social Dialogue

Ivana Bacik

13. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [49904/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

22. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [49903/22]

Departmental Programmes

Ivana Bacik

149. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Policing Reform Implementation Programme Office based in his Department. [49905/22]

Citizens' Assembly

Ivana Bacik

150. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the expected timelines for the citizens’ assemblies committed to in the Programme for Government. [51664/22]

Departmental Data

Ivana Bacik

152. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the average wage and the median wage in Ireland in each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [51118/22]

Tax Data

Ivana Bacik

161. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51119/22]

National Lottery

Ivana Bacik

304. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the report on the independent review of the allocation and utilisation of National Lottery funding. [51120/22]

Defective Building Materials

Ivana Bacik

236. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline any changes to law or to procedures that have been or will be made, in order to ensure that homeowners will in future have effective remedies in the event of damage caused by defective construction or materials. [50960/22]

Commissions of Investigation

Ivana Bacik

5. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the IBRC Commission of Investigation. [49898/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

10. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [48472/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

19. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level oversight board for the zero tolerance strategy to be jointly led by the Secretary General of his Department. [48470/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

154. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet Committees that are in place; if he has created any new Cabinet Committees in the past year; the Cabinet Committee that deals with Energy; and the frequency with which it has met. [49901/22]

Housing Provision

Ivana Bacik

342. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all the section 10 organisations funded in 2021 and 2022, respectively; the amount allocated to each; the quantum of funding that was derived from his Department and the balance from local authorities in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50321/22]

Voluntary Sector

Ivana Bacik

543. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of all section 56 funded organisations in 2021 and 2022, respectively, in tabular form; the amount of funding awarded to each; the way that the funding allocation for each makes provision for pay, terms and conditions of the staff employed in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49934/22]

Courts Service

Ivana Bacik

587. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on the establishment of an environmental and planning law court as set out in the programme for Government; if a budgetary allocation for the establishment of this court was made in budget 2023; if so, the amount; the number of judges envisioned to sit on this court; the number of staff and their relevant grades who will be assigned to work for the court; when the relevant legislation required to set up the court will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and when she expects the court to be established and in a position to hear cases. [49584/22]

Budget 2023

Ivana Bacik

643. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to the National Cancer Strategy in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49585/22]

Health Services

Ivana Bacik

644. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the no-show rates at chemotherapy appointments at each of the designated cancer centres in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form. [49586/22]

Health Services

Ivana Bacik

718. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all section 39 funded organisations in 2021 and 2022 respectively, in tabular form; the amount of funding awarded to each; the way that the funding allocation for each makes provision for pay, terms and conditions of the staff employed in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49933/22]

Budget 2023

Ivana Bacik

152. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if persons who rent as licensees rather than as tenants will be eligible for the €500 renters credit announced in budget 2023. [49144/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

4. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [45730/22]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Ivana Bacik

16. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island unit. [48471/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

28. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [48472/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

44. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [48473/22]

Tax Collection

Ivana Bacik

118. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if the new vacant homes tax will accrue to the local authority within which the empty home is based; if not, if it will accrue to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49102/22]

Local Authorities

Ivana Bacik

165. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the allocations in 2023 due to the increase of €108 million from the Local Government Fund for local authorities by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49103/22]

Exchequer Payments

Ivana Bacik

166. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding from the Local Government Fund for local authorities that retain 100% of the local property tax revenues will be reduced; the allocations from the Local Government Fund for 2022 by local authority; the projected allocations in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49104/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Ivana Bacik

238. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection is she will clarify the eligibility for the fuel allowance of applicants who cohabit with someone with whom they are not in a relationship. [48927/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Ivana Bacik

250. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022; and when the Bill will be introduced for debate in Dáil Éireann. [48666/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

251. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a national breakdown of the number of accommodation places that each local authority has secured and made available to refugees from Ukraine in each month since February 2022 by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48669/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

252. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a national breakdown of the number of offers of accommodation that have been received by local authorities from members of the public for refugees from Ukraine to Ireland since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, by local authority; the number of these that have been secured and made available to Ukrainian families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48670/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ivana Bacik

256. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to reports that some autistic children are effectively excluded from ECCE funding in cases in which they are in receipt of funds from the Department of Education for autism services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48754/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

2. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [45727/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

11. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment will next meet. [45728/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

24. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagements with the new British Prime Minister. [45729/22]

Schools Building Projects

Ivana Bacik

378. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the status of the new permanent building for a school (details supplied). [48111/22]

Schools Building Projects

Ivana Bacik

379. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the status of the new permanent building for a school (details supplied). [48112/22]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

482. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a child who is in full-time childcare in receipt of the ECCE hours is eligible for further subsidies under the national childcare scheme for the other hours of childcare they receive on a daily basis; the number of children on the ECCE scheme who are in full-time care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48437/22]

Joint Labour Committees

Ivana Bacik

62. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the nominating bodies and appointees to the early years service joint labour committee. [47749/22]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

214. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the early learning and care services that are in receipt of the graduate premium for lead educators and the graduate premium for graduate managers; and the sum allocated to each service, in tabular form. [47748/22]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

215. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to make public the list of signatories to the new core funding model; and the consequences for organisations that sign up to the scheme but do not pass on the benefit of a fee freeze to parents. [47750/22]

Care Services

Ivana Bacik

216. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a list of all special care units in operation in Ireland is maintained and published; and if the location and details of certain units are kept confidential for security reasons. [47756/22]

Care Services

Ivana Bacik

217. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the adequacy of Health and Information Quality Authority inspection protocols of special care units; and if he will report on the standard criteria applied to such inspections. [47757/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

161. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a national breakdown, per local authority, of the number of accommodation places that each local authority has secured and made available to refugees from Ukraine in each month since February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46594/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

162. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a national breakdown, per local authority, of the number of offers of accommodation that have been received by local authorities from members of the public for refugees from Ukraine to Ireland since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in February 2022; the number of these that have been secured and made available to Ukrainian families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46595/22]

Departmental Appointments

Ivana Bacik

402. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1423 of 8 September 2022, if she will confirm when the national guidelines were published; and the location in which they can be accessed. [46959/22]

Medicinal Products

Ivana Bacik

437. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the process to include the cancer medicine, verzenios for reimbursement under the medicine access scheme for persons diagnosed with breast cancer.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46610/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

8. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Ukraine. [45725/22]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

13. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met. [45726/22]