Parliamentary questions

Visa Applications

Ivana Bacik

173. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if she will address visa difficulties experienced by a person (details supplied). [18428/22]

Commissions of Investigation

Ivana Bacik

4. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of his Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each commission to date; and the projected costs of each in tabular form. [17876/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

15. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. [16205/22]

Taoiseach's Communications

Ivana Bacik

25. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversation with the President of Ukraine. [16207/22]

Public Transport

Ivana Bacik

228. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the proportion of moneys currently invested by his Department in night-time public transport services compared with investment in day-time services and if he is satisfied that current spending is adequate. [18381/22]

Transport Costs

Ivana Bacik

206. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of waiving public transport fees for persons in possession of a student leap card. [17214/22]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Northern Ireland

Ivana Bacik

160. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Shared Island Dialogue on sport. [16210/22]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Bus Éireann

Ivana Bacik

194. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the number of buses in the Bus Éireann fleet, excluding the school transport fleet, as of 31 December 2019, 31 December 2020 and 1 March 2022, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14540/22]

Tourism Promotion

Ivana Bacik

298. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to ask Fáilte Ireland to reopen a tourism information office at Dublin Airport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14814/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

346. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if his Department will produce a roadmap for supporting all persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine, in conjunction with other Departments and State agencies. [14712/22]

Consular Services

Ivana Bacik

410. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to open a new Irish Consulate General office in Luxor City, Egypt.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14541/22]

Foreign Policy

Ivana Bacik

413. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will review the decision not to expel the Russian ambassador; and if he will outline his Department's deliberations on this matter. [14560/22]

Foreign Conflicts

Ivana Bacik

421. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to promote a message of peace in Yemen in the EU and to the UN. [14716/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Ivana Bacik

621. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of installing a defibrillator in each INTREO public office; and if she has considered introducing such facilities.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14539/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

628. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will produce a roadmap for supporting all persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine in conjunction with other Government Departments and State agencies. [14711/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

693. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps his Department is taking in conjunction with stakeholders such as Tusla to ensure that unaccompanied minors arriving in Ireland from Ukraine are protected. [14710/22]

Departmental Funding

Ivana Bacik

722. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of restoring the SUSI grant back to pre-2011 budget rates. [14559/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

724. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students’ studies that have been directly disrupted by the war in Ukraine; and the status of his Department’s work on their behalf to ensure that they are in a position to complete their studies having fled from Ukraine. [14717/22]

An Garda Síochána

Ivana Bacik

762. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda cars and vans allocated to each Garda District in Dublin in 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number of Garda cars and vans withdrawn from each Garda District of Dublin in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14543/22]

An Garda Síochána

Ivana Bacik

763. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have attended a human trafficking training course in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14544/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ivana Bacik

768. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if the Irish Prison Service Framework for Unwinding Prison Restrictions or a similar plan for the unwinding of Covid-19 restrictions in prison will be published; if so, when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14674/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ivana Bacik

769. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if the Irish Prison Service Covid-19 Contingency Plan will be published; if so, when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14675/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

772. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will produce a roadmap for supporting all persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine in conjunction with other Government Departments and State agencies. [14714/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

773. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if it is proposed to extend measures designed to support refugees from Ukraine to persons fleeing from other conflict zones; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14715/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

1022. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if his Department will produce a roadmap for supporting all persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine in conjunction with other Government Departments and State agencies. [14713/22]

Health Services Staff

Ivana Bacik

1040. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time audiologists assigned to each primary care centre in CHO area 6 as at 31 December 2020 and at 1 March 2022, in tabular form. [14815/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Ivana Bacik

1041. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for bariatric surgery as of 28 February 2022. [14816/22]

Health Services

Ivana Bacik

1042. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the arrangements he has made to reinstate full child health screening and developmental checks and to retrospectively screen all children who have missed any of their screening appointments since the start of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14817/22]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

157. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full year value of the new core funding scheme; the breakdown of the allocation towards pay, graduate uplift, programme support payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13341/22]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

158. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early learning and care services that applied for sustainability funding in 2021; and the number that received funding. [13342/22]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

159. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the review of the operating system for early learning and care and school-age childcare will be published. [13343/22]

Further and Higher Education

Ivana Bacik

46. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will issue a directive to further and higher education institutions to retain certain flexible teaching mechanisms post-pandemic to support disabled students, those who cannot afford to live in university towns and those who are immunocompromised. [12709/22]

Student Accommodation

Ivana Bacik

71. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the proposed use of the cost rental model for student accommodation. [12711/22]

Irish Language

Ivana Bacik

105. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way he proposes to promote the use of the Irish language in further and higher education institutions. [12710/22]

Further and Higher Education

Ivana Bacik

125. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on statistics released under freedom of information which reveal that 75 reports of sexual harassment were lodged by staff and students in Irish colleges between 2015 and 2020. [12712/22]

Electricity Grid

Ivana Bacik

137. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will request that Eirgrid submit updates regarding grid reinforcement projects to be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas [12414/22]

Wastewater Treatment

Ivana Bacik

338. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagement he has had with Irish Water and the Environmental Protection Agency since he assumed office in respect of the level of sewerage that is pumped into Dublin Bay; and the steps that can be taken to address this and to ensure adequate water quality for swimmers. [11672/22]

Air and Water Pollution

Ivana Bacik

118. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has read reports that reduced activity during initial Covid-19 lockdowns prevented more than 800 air pollution-related deaths; and his plans to tackle air pollution in Ireland. [9444/22]

Energy Policy

Ivana Bacik

137. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will devise an all-island anti-fracking strategy; and if he has spoken with his counterpart in Northern Ireland in respect of the importation of liquefied natural gas. [9445/22]

Flood Risk Management

Ivana Bacik

154. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the increased threat of floods in coastal areas due to the climate crisis. [9443/22]

Legislative Measures

Ivana Bacik

489. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education her plans to amend the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 for the duration of the pandemic in view of school absences necessitated by Covid-19 infection; and if not, the steps that her Department plans to take to assist parents of a symptomatic child or a child who is a close contact and has reached the minimum threshold for school absences. [9895/22]

School Attendance

Ivana Bacik

490. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if an increase in school absence reports under the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 as a result of Covid-19 infection will divert resources from urgent reports on welfare grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9896/22]

Teaching Qualifications

Ivana Bacik

503. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she will establish an expert review group to examine and issue recommendations on the minimum essential qualification of special needs assistants and on the need for continuing professional development. [9989/22]

Departmental Reports

Ivana Bacik

102. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 490 and 491 of 19 January 2021, the status of the report on pollution in the Elm Park catchment area (details supplied). [8473/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Ivana Bacik

509. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if regulation 130 of SI. 142/2007 is the only legislation which allows her Department to make deductions from the one-parent family payment; if a deduction may only take place in cases in which the parent is in receipt of maintenance arising from a court order and the maintenance exceeds the parent’s housing costs; if there are other circumstances in which deductions may be made by her Department from the payment; and if so, the legislation that provides for such deductions. [8294/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Ivana Bacik

510. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the provision of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 that empowers her to introduce the requirement for claimants of the one-parent family payment to seek maintenance as stipulated by statutory instrument and Ministerial regulation in 2007 regulations 125, 125A and 126 of SI. 142/2007. [8295/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Ivana Bacik

511. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if clarification will be provided in relation to the provision of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 which empowers her Department to seek a contribution from a liable parent in circumstances in which a parent is in receipt of the one-parent family payment; if such payments are forwarded to the claimant parent (details supplied). [8296/22]

Prison Service

Ivana Bacik

567. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice when in-person family visits to prison will resume on a weekly basis with no restriction on the number of visitors or children per visit in order to allow physical contact between visitors and prisoners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7568/22]

Further and Higher Education

Ivana Bacik

364. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of higher education institutions and further education providers which are compliant with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) WCAG 2.1 standards as is mandatory for mobile applications and websites under European Union and Irish legislation. [7202/22]

Legislative Programme

Ivana Bacik

373. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice when the Prison (Amendment) Rules 2020 S.I. No. 250/2020 will be repealed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7257/22]

Health Services

Ivana Bacik

374. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of secure residential addiction treatment and rehabilitation places currently available for men and women offenders respectively, in tabular form; and if she is satisfied that the number of such places available is sufficient having regard to the need to address the numbers of offenders committed to prison upon conviction for short sentences in respect of minor addiction-related offence. [7258/22]

Health Services

Ivana Bacik

375. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of secure residential addiction treatment and rehabilitation places currently available for offenders in each province of Ireland and in Dublin in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7259/22]

Substance Misuse

Ivana Bacik

376. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the timeline on the implementation of the high-level taskforce implementation plan on the mental health and addiction challenges of persons interacting with the criminal justice system; her plans to divert persons with mental health and or addiction issues away from the criminal justice system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7260/22]

Education Policy

Ivana Bacik

97. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if her Department has plans to examine the concept of trauma-informed practice in education; and if there are plans to roll-out a national framework for trauma-informed education. [7098/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

105. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the mother and baby institutions payment scheme Bill will provide for access to redress for survivors of institutions not included within the scope of the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes and County Homes (details supplied). [7093/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

106. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the mother and baby institutions payment scheme Bill will provide for access to redress for survivors who spent a period of less than six months in an institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7094/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

107. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is envisaged that applicants for the planned redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby and county homes will be entitled to seek assistance from a solicitor when completing an application. [7095/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

108. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the interim compensation scheme to ensure that older survivors of mother and baby homes and county homes have timely access to redress. [7096/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

109. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline on the passage of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme Bill. [7097/22]

Third Level Education

Ivana Bacik

49. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will commission an audit of buildings and teaching practices in third-level institutions to determine the accommodations that must be made for students with a disability. [5972/22]

Further and Higher Education

Ivana Bacik

70. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of his engagement with organisations (details supplied) with respect to the examination of academic support activities of PhD students. [5978/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ivana Bacik

75. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the resumption of in-person tuition and related activities; the measures that will be put in place to support students who are immunocompromised following the lifting of most public health restrictions in January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5977/22]

Education Policy

Ivana Bacik

446. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department will take to support incoming senior cycle students whose education experience at a junior cycle level has been severely disrupted due to the pandemic particularly in the context of their inexperience in sitting State examinations. [6702/22]

Education Policy

Ivana Bacik

447. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the way her Department is supporting primary and secondary schools to support students’ mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6703/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ivana Bacik

497. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has consulted with third-level institutions and the Minister for Justice in respect of a situation which has arisen during the pandemic in which non-European Union students who return home during the academic year and who are unable to return to Ireland for reasons relating to the pandemic miss deadlines for visa renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5973/22]

Mental Health Policy

Ivana Bacik

802. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if specific plans are in place to address generalised anxiety among teenagers arising from pandemic-related stress. [6704/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ivana Bacik

186. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures his Department is putting in place to support children and young persons in Ireland’s development, following the easing of public health restrictions in January 2022. [5484/22]

Wastewater Treatment

Ivana Bacik

426. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 490 and 491 of 19 January 2022, the timeline for the publication of the report mentioned. [5142/22]

Schools Building Projects

Ivana Bacik

493. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) is on schedule to move to its permanent premises for September 2023 given delays in the commencement of building work on that site. [4859/22]

Abortion Services

Ivana Bacik

814. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the process being put in place as part of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to gather data on the experiences of women who have had to travel outside of the State to access abortion services since the commencement of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5143/22]

Electric Vehicles

Ivana Bacik

37. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport his views on introducing an initiative to facilitate the trialling of electric vehicles to improve adoption rates among persons that are car dependent and could contribute to an overall reduction in carbon emissions but have range anxiety. [3719/22]

Nursing Homes

Ivana Bacik

463. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that have been taken to address the matters raised by the Ombudsman in the report, Wasted Lives: Time for a Better Future for Younger People in Nursing Homes; and if he will address the recommendation to establish a budget dedicated to each HSE area to improve the quality of life of persons affected more specifically. [3488/22]

An Garda Síochána

Ivana Bacik

483. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to reports that scammers in response to the launch of the Garda National Immigration Bureau new phone number are contacting applicants who previously sought their help with fake appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3117/22]

An Garda Síochána

Ivana Bacik

484. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to reports of difficulties contacting the new 1800 phone number of the Garda National Immigration Bureau; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3118/22]

Community Care

Ivana Bacik

650. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the level of funding that has been allocated to each CHO area to facilitate persons under the age of 65 who have been inappropriately placed in nursing homes to leave long-term nursing homes and to be supported to live in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3487/22]

Disability Services

Ivana Bacik

651. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently being actively recruited to fill posts in the Brú Chaoimhín children’s disability network teams (details supplied); the number of the roles being filled that are new and to fill a vacancy arising from a resignation, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3489/22]

Disability Services

Ivana Bacik

652. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently being actively recruited for to fill posts in the team 1 Sandymount children’s disability network teams (details supplied); the number of these vacancies that are new positions; the number of these vacancies that are to fill existing but unfilled roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3490/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

173. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are plans to reform the better energy warmer homes scheme to enable applicants to access the scheme for upgrades every five years or to shorten the permitted intervals between applications by some other period of time. [2162/22]

Vehicle Clamping

Ivana Bacik

187. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport his plans to further regulate private clamping companies and the areas in which they operate; and if he has considered the establishment of a sub-office within the National Transport Authority to manage and review the way clamping operates in Ireland. [62982/21]

Rail Network

Ivana Bacik

211. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport his views on the feasibility of using St. Stephen’s Green as the interchange station between the Luas and MetroLink in the context of the Programme for Government commitment to prioritise plans for the delivery of MetroLink, Luas and other light rail expansion projects. [63312/21]

Rail Network

Ivana Bacik

221. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the status of the MetroLink project; and his views on the feasibility of using St. Stephen’s Green as the interchange station between the Luas and MetroLink. [63513/21]