Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Ivana Bacik

592. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend financial cover for stem cell therapy to patients with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8061/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Ivana Bacik

593. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an outpatient appointment for gynaecology services and treatment. [8064/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

616. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health 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. [8242/23]

Mental Health Services

Ivana Bacik

640. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting a care plan in each month since January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8471/23]

Disability Services

Ivana Bacik

641. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of transitionary care for adults with intellectual disabilities upon attaining the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8472/23]

Air Quality

Ivana Bacik

672. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on his representations to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in respect of poor air quality. [8741/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

724. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [8233/23]

Irish Sign Language

Ivana Bacik

747. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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. [8246/23]

International Bodies

Ivana Bacik

209. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the OECD Civic Space Scans which have been carried out in Finland and Portugal (details supplied); if he will undertake to request a similar scan be carried out in Ireland by the OECD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7825/23]

Housing Provision

Ivana Bacik

229. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social leases undertaken by the State since Housing for All was launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7824/23]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

230. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to revise the income thresholds for local authority home loans; and his views on offering flexibility to couples who earn 5-10% more than the income threshold for couples who are applying for same. [7826/23]

Election Management System

Ivana Bacik

231. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of TDs per head of population in 1922 and for every ten years to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7835/23]

Legislative Reviews

Ivana Bacik

314. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when legislative proposals arising from the review of the Equality Acts will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if measures to prevent the overuse of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination and sexual harassment disputes will be included in those proposals. [7830/23]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

315. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the introduction of public provision of childcare, as recommended by the expert group report, Partnership for the Public Good; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7834/23]

Prison Service

Ivana Bacik

333. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than 15 consecutive days during 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7827/23]

Prison Service

Ivana Bacik

334. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of people held on solitary confinement 22+ hour lock-up for more than 3, 6 months 1 year and 18 months during 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7828/23]

Legislative Reviews

Ivana Bacik

335. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if he has plans to review the legislative provisions that prohibit access to all forms of temporary release for people serving a presumptive minimum prison sentence for certain drugs and firearm offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7829/23]

Government Communications

Ivana Bacik

2. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit of his Department. [6927/23]

Departmental Bodies

Ivana Bacik

10. 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. [6926/23]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

12. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the humanitarian response to Ukraine will next meet. [6924/23]

Constitutional Amendments

Ivana Bacik

34. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach to report on his plans for constitutional amendments. [6930/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

35. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [6931/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

2. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [5719/23]

Urban Development

Ivana Bacik

11. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north east inner city initiative. [5720/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

15. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Housing for All progress report for quarter 4 2022 will be published. [5721/23]

Local Authorities

Ivana Bacik

233. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can confirm a matter (details supplied) following the adoption of the Moorhead report recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6643/23]

Rental Sector

Ivana Bacik

277. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the expansion of data-sharing arrangements between the Residential Tenancies Board and the Revenue Commissioners under target 2.6 of Housing For All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7330/23]

Homeless Accommodation

Ivana Bacik

278. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Housing First tenancies that have materialised as targeted under 3.4 of Housing For All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7331/23]

Rental Sector

Ivana Bacik

279. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department maintains figures on the number of households in receipt of the housing assistance payment that are making additional contributions to their landlord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7332/23]

Healthcare Policy

Ivana Bacik

859. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the three-year deadline under section 26(5) of the Child and Family Relationships Act 2015, for use of anonymous gametes in existence prior to the commencement of the Act to five years in line with the conventional period of storage of gametes and embryos within fertility clinics in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7362/23]

Programme for Government

Ivana Bacik

10. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [4377/23]

National Economic and Social Council

Ivana Bacik

18. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council [4378/23]

Adoption Services

Ivana Bacik

288. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a family is permitted to access information about a relative who was adopted under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (details supplied). [5862/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

9. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [4379/23]

Gender Equality

Ivana Bacik

15. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach to report on the gender pay gap report from his Department. [3343/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

35. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he is intending to establish new Cabinet subcommittees. [4380/23]

Third Level Education

Ivana Bacik

179. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to ensure that the location selection process for the proposed new veterinary school is transparent and based on the input of veterinary experts. [5125/23]

Healthcare Policy

Ivana Bacik

298. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health when it is anticipated that consideration of the method of implementing the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery is expected to be completed; and if he plans to communicate to relevant stakeholders how those recommendations will be implemented. [5120/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Ivana Bacik

5. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs will take place. [4369/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

13. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [4370/23]

Child Poverty

Ivana Bacik

20. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the new division in his Department to address child poverty. [4371/23]

Official Engagements

Ivana Bacik

36. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his phone conversation with the Ukrainian President. [2118/23]

World Economic Forum

Ivana Bacik

43. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [3341/23]

Energy Conservation

Ivana Bacik

183. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if recipients of the disablement pension are entitled to access the better energy warmer homes scheme. [4356/23]

Defective Building Materials

Ivana Bacik

324. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if persons who carried out remediation works but no longer own a unit affected by construction defects will be eligible for compensation under the proposed construction defects redress scheme. [4067/23]

Foreign Policy

Ivana Bacik

355. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the situation in Myanmar/Burma; his further views on representations made on the matter by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4050/23]

National Children's Hospital

Ivana Bacik

616. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his views on naming the new national children’s hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn. [4051/23]

Cancer Services

Ivana Bacik

617. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics, by month, in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form. [4052/23]

Cancer Services

Ivana Bacik

618. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics within two weeks of the date of receipt of the referral letter in the cancer office in each of the years 2018 to 2022, as a number and proportionally, in tabular form. [4053/23]

Cancer Services

Ivana Bacik

619. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended prostate rapid access clinics in each month of each of the years 2018 to 2022. [4054/23]