Parliamentary questions

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

2. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment will next meet. [58885/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

5. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with agriculture will next meet. [58890/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

18. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [60874/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

22. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [58891/22]

Road Network

Ivana Bacik

166. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the Government body that is responsible for the maintenance of public rights of way not created under the Planning and Development Act 2000. [60988/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

167. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the role of his Department in the Transport Working Group review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; if he can provide an update on when its proposals will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61007/22]

Tax Code

Ivana Bacik

168. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance his views on the adequacy of the disabled drivers and disabled passenger scheme in particular. [61005/22]

Departmental Reviews

Ivana Bacik

189. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his Department’s progress reviewing the disabled drivers and disabled passenger scheme as part of the Mid-Term Review of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [61004/22]

Rights of Way

Ivana Bacik

250. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the role of his Department in maintaining public rights of way for the purpose of recreational walkers.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60987/22]

School Staff

Ivana Bacik

273. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education her views on the concerns raised by organisations (details supplied) in respect of the effect of a lack of housing on the delivery of education services. [60149/22]

School Staff

Ivana Bacik

274. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education her views on the shortage of teaching staff in Ireland. [60150/22]

School Staff

Ivana Bacik

275. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education her views on the effect on teaching recruitment of the criteria of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of employment permits for non-EEA nationals; her views on the online advertising requirement for vacant education posts required by the Employment Permits Act 2006; and if she has made representations to the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the matter. [60151/22]

Special Educational Needs

Ivana Bacik

288. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she plans to introduce increased training for teachers to promote awareness of dyspraxia in the classroom; if she plans to increase supports for dyspraxia pupils; and her views on the need to transition to an evidence-of-need approach to the allocation of accommodations from the evidence-of-deficit approach which is currently in place. [60388/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Ivana Bacik

332. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to financially assist persons who have anaphylactic food allergies to support them to purchase foods that are safe for their consumption, in view of the cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60990/22]

Disability Services

Ivana Bacik

417. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the adequacy of mobility supports for persons with a disability and on the adequacy of the disabled drivers and disabled passenger scheme in particular. [61006/22]

Disability Services

Ivana Bacik

418. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the implementation of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy. [61008/22]

Land Issues

Ivana Bacik

499. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice her views on the need to provide for orderly and lawful methods of ensuring public access to recreational lands that are held in private ownership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60989/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Ivana Bacik

579. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to make more timely dyspraxia assessment services. [60390/22]

Disability Services

Ivana Bacik

703. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of mobility supports for persons with a disability. [61005/22]

National Risk Assessment

Ivana Bacik

11. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment 2021-2022. [58886/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

20. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [58884/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

33. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the recent US congressional delegation. [58888/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

9. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Ukraine will next meet. [57731/22]

Departmental Strategies

Ivana Bacik

18. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [57734/22]

Official Engagements

Ivana Bacik

139. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [58887/22]

Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Ivana Bacik

188. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if any payment is outstanding or has been made by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to a company (details supplied) or any other entity in respect of any works carried out on or regarding the site located at No. 2 Grand Parade, Dublin 6, in preparation for the proposed Metrolink station and or metro rail line at Charlemont St; and if so, the amount. [58695/22]

Legislative Measures

Ivana Bacik

296. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if planned reforms to planning laws will include measures to protect access to the countryside and to reform the law governing permissive routes and rights of way to protect public use of land for walkers. [59525/22]

Legislative Measures

Ivana Bacik

297. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that sections 206-207 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 transfer sufficient powers to the planning authorities to preserve existing public rights of way; and if he is satisfied that the provisions have been used to a sufficient degree for the public good. [59527/22]

Heritage Sites

Ivana Bacik

298. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to update the National Monuments Act 1930; his views on the need to create an enforcement mechanism to require the maintenance of national monuments and surrounding areas which are in private ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59528/22]

Special Educational Needs

Ivana Bacik

359. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she plans to review methods of assessment of special educational needs. [59097/22]

Special Educational Needs

Ivana Bacik

360. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that current additional needs assessments accurately identify children with special educational needs; and if she is satisfied that special educational needs of girls in particular are accurately identified. [59098/22]

Gender Equality

Ivana Bacik

483. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the monitoring mechanisms which are in place to ensure compliance with the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 is monitored; and if such monitoring will be the task of his Department. [58717/22]

Gender Equality

Ivana Bacik

484. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department maintains a list of all businesses required to report gender pay gap information under the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021. [58718/22]

Gender Equality

Ivana Bacik

485. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a register of employers who have not complied with the requirements of the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 will be made available on the Government’s dedicated website. [58719/22]

International Agreements

Ivana Bacik

515. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is intended for Ireland to ratify International Labour Organisation Convention 156 on work life balance. [59365/22]

International Agreements

Ivana Bacik

516. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is intended for Ireland to ratify International Labour Organisation Convention 183 on maternity care. [59366/22]

Land Issues

Ivana Bacik

802. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to take into public ownership parts of the countryside and mountainous areas that are not in regular private use to facilitate public recreational use of such lands. [59526/22]

Employment Rights

Ivana Bacik

145. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended for Ireland to ratify International Labour Organisation Convention 183 on maternity care. [58545/22]

Employment Rights

Ivana Bacik

146. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended for Ireland to ratify International Labour Organisation Convention 156 on work life balance. [58546/22]

Energy Policy

Ivana Bacik

152. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has interim plans to regulate heating costs for district heating customers who pay for domestic energy at a commercial rate this winter, in advance of receiving the recommendations of the new steering group on district heating. [58536/22]

Gender Equality

Ivana Bacik

274. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the centralised portal for gender pay gap information will include overall breakdowns and averages of the gender pay gap across companies required to report; by sector, occupation and income decile. [58640/22]

Gender Equality

Ivana Bacik

275. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the centralised gender pay gap information website will provide a summary list by employer of the size of the gender pay gap by each of the different measures on which businesses are required to report; and if it will provide a means to track those that are above and below the national average. [58641/22]

Gender Equality

Ivana Bacik

276. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the centralised gender pay gap information website will provide a summary of the size of the gender pay gap over time by employer to capture the change, if any, that takes place. [58642/22]

Gender Equality

Ivana Bacik

277. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding dedicated to developing the gender pay gap information reporting website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58643/22]

Programme for Government

Ivana Bacik

7. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [57733/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

12. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe last met. [57735/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

15. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversation with the new British Prime Minister. [55388/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

21. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at COP27. [56411/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

43. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met; and when it will next meet. [57823/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Ivana Bacik

1. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the European Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager. [53391/22]