Parliamentary questions

Constitutional Amendments

Ivana Bacik

23. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for constitutional amendments. [8210/23]

Tax Credits

Ivana Bacik

232. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance his views on the eligibility of international students studying and paying rent in Ireland for the rental tax credit; his further views on the eligibility of those on Stamp 2 visas, in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10192/23]

Schools Building Projects

Ivana Bacik

338. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education when the review of her Department’s overall requirements for 2023 and associated work programme will be completed; and when work will recommence on a project (details supplied). [9562/23]

Departmental Data

Ivana Bacik

455. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early learning and care and school age childcare services that have changed registered provider in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [10148/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

3. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [8205/23]

Nursing Homes

Ivana Bacik

10. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he has any plans for reform of the Office of the Attorney General; and the legal actions under way against his Department [6928/23]

National Risk Assessment

Ivana Bacik

17. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the draft list of strategic risks 2023 in the national risk assessment. [6929/23]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Ivana Bacik

73. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the purchase of €4.1 million carbon credits from Slovakia; his further views on the increase in greenhouse gas pollution in Ireland in the third quarter of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9029/23]

Natural Resources

Ivana Bacik

74. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the 75% loss of wetlands in Ireland in 300 years; his plans for the preservation of wetlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9030/23]

Departmental Policies

Ivana Bacik

185. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the need for a public information campaign in respect of the national response to the arrival of refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland. [9028/23]

International Protection

Ivana Bacik

186. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has read reports of refugees and asylum seekers experiencing vomiting and diarrhoea due to inadequate catering services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9032/23]

Medical Qualifications

Ivana Bacik

229. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he will report on progress to give statutory recognition and protection to the designation of "counsellor"; if he will provide a timeline for the opening of the planned register for counsellors; and his views on the adequacy of existing and planned measures to regulate rogue crisis pregnancy agencies. [9099/23]

Healthcare Policy

Ivana Bacik

230. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his views on rogue crisis pregnancy agencies performing transvaginal ultrasounds in early pregnancy; and his plans to regulate the practice. [9100/23]

Hedge Cutting

Ivana Bacik

252. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to remove the exemption which allows for the destruction of up to half a kilometre of hedgerows without assessment or special permissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9031/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

4. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [6925/23]

Departmental Strategies

Ivana Bacik

14. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2022 will be published. [8207/23]

Departmental Bodies

Ivana Bacik

25. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [8206/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

126. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8248/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

138. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8237/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

152. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8238/23]

Waste Management

Ivana Bacik

173. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the prevalence of inappropriate disposal of lithium batteries arising from the use of e-cigarettes and vapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8740/23]

Public Transport

Ivana Bacik

183. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the value of performance-related penalties issued to each public transport provider by the National Transport Authority in 2022. [8063/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

188. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8250/23]

Insurance Industry

Ivana Bacik

212. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reform flood insurance here; if he will make a statement on insurance cover for persons living in areas with demountable flood defences; and his views on legislating for compulsory insurance cover for those living in areas which are prone to flooding. [8062/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

222. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8239/23]

Tax Credits

Ivana Bacik

235. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance the number of renters who have claimed the rent credit to date. [8849/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

241. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8245/23]

State Bodies

Ivana Bacik

255. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his views on the need to replace or reconstitute an organisation (details supplied); his views on which Department such an organisation should be based; and his plans to promote transparency in Government Departments and agencies. [8739/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

261. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by her Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of her Department. [8249/23]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

282. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to mandate and fund local authorities to publish periodical housing compliance inspection reports for local authority stock and HAP stock; and his plans to implement a graded scoring system for same. [8058/23]

Rental Sector

Ivana Bacik

290. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of disputes lodged with the Residential Tenancies Board regarding alleged failures to pass on the electricity rebate in each month; and the number of adverse findings made by the RTB in respect of same. [8190/23]

Rental Sector

Ivana Bacik

291. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department maintains data on the number of landlords who approach local authorities attempting to sell their property to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8194/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

292. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8243/23]

Community Development Projects

Ivana Bacik

303. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the draft Planning and Development Bill will delete section 13 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 that provides protection for allotments through definitions; if such protections will be provided for in a different new section of the proposed Bill; if he will further clarify the way the proposed new Bill will protect allotments, and community gardens provided by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8385/23]

Local Authorities

Ivana Bacik

308. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 14 February 2023, if he has drafted new regulations on this matter to take account of remuneration changes; if he has consulted with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; his plans to introduce such regulations in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8470/23]

Rental Sector

Ivana Bacik

310. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of units purchased by each local authority as part of the tenant-in-situ scheme in each month since September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8508/23]

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

311. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the practice of developers not commencing construction after they have received planning permission; and his plans to ensure that approved planning permissions result in the timely construction of homes. [8509/23]

Passport Services

Ivana Bacik

333. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of the time backlog on all accepted first-time passport applications; how these timelines compare with those from February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8192/23]

Passport Services

Ivana Bacik

334. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications currently being processed; how that figure compares with February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8193/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

337. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8240/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

351. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8235/23]

Special Educational Needs

Ivana Bacik

373. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the number of children on waiting lists for each reading school; and her plans to ensure that every child who requires education from a reading school is provided for in accordance with the provisions of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 and the UNCRPD. [8087/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

389. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by her Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of her Department. [8236/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

466. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by her Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of her Department. [8247/23]

Community Welfare Services

Ivana Bacik

489. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review wages paid to participants in the jobs initiative scheme. [8823/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

502. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8234/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

530. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8241/23]

Domestic Violence

Ivana Bacik

544. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of reports to An Garda Síochána for breaches of protection orders, safety orders, and barring orders in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8065/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

552. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by his Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of his Department. [8244/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Ivana Bacik

591. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he has made representations to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the health outcomes of persons living in housing with mould; and, if so, if he will report on those representations. [8060/23]