Parliamentary questions

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Ivana Bacik

187. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost per tonne of abating greenhouse gas emissions by facilitating and incentivising switching from diesel and petrol cars to electric cars. [56719/23]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Ivana Bacik

188. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost per tonne of abating greenhouse gas emissions by facilitating and incentivising modal shift from cars to public transport. [56720/23]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Ivana Bacik

189. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost per tonne of abating greenhouse gas emissions by facilitating and incentivising modal shift from cars to bicycles. [56721/23]

Bus Services

Ivana Bacik

295. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport in light of the approval by An Bord Pleanála of the Liffey Valley to Dublin City Centre BusConnects scheme, when construction of this scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1771/24]

Tax Yield

Ivana Bacik

319. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if the proceeds of the vacant homes tax and residential zoned land tax respectively will be retained centrally by the Exchequer or returned to the relevant local authority where it was raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56679/23]

Tax Credits

Ivana Bacik

320. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have claimed the renters credit in each month since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the evidence used to measure its efficacy in easing financial burdens on those renting. [56694/23]

Tax Data

Ivana Bacik

346. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in each county which availed of mechanisms to warehouse tax debt; the types of businesses which availed of the measure by county, in tabular form; the size of businesses which availed of the measure by county; and if he will provide a list of businesses which availed of the measure, in tabular form. [1106/24]

Tax Data

Ivana Bacik

347. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail his engagement with the restaurant sector in respect of the warehousing of tax debt in each year since 2021; and his plans to engage with the sector in 2024. [1107/24]

Tax Data

Ivana Bacik

348. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the terms of reference of the repayment of warehoused tax debt by businesses due to Covid-19 with respect to the provision of a timeline for repayment, the payment of a lump sum, and engagement with the Revenue Commissioners on the matter, respectively. [1108/24]

Tax Data

Ivana Bacik

349. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if his Department possesses forecasting on the anticipated effect on businesses of the May 2024 deadline for repayment of warehoused tax debt with respect to job losses, future loss of tax payments, business closures and other matters; and, if so, if he will supply that forecasting. [1109/24]

Tax Data

Ivana Bacik

350. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the anticipated effect on businesses of the May 2024 deadline for repayment of warehoused tax debt with respect to job losses, closure of businesses and any other relevant matter. [1110/24]

Wage-setting Mechanisms

Ivana Bacik

413. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of breaches of the minimum wage legislation in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; if he is satisfied at the enforcement of the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56709/23]

Schools Building Projects

Ivana Bacik

653. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education for an update on the capital project to construct a 32-room new school building for a school (details supplied) for which funding was secured in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1561/24]

International Protection

Ivana Bacik

736. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 13 December 2022, if he will report on his further engagement with Dublin City Council in respect to converting Baggot Street Hospital into accommodation for international protection applicants; if the council supplied him with a quote for refurbishing the building, following its initial site inspection; if his Department intends to commit funding to such works, generally; and if he will report on his engagement with other Departments in respect of bringing it back into use. [56462/23]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

742. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to extend the croí cónaithe scheme to include properties where a portion of the property has been in use for commercial purposes, such as an office or a shop, but where an entire area or floor has been vacant for a period of two years and could be habitable; and his views on the need to convert habitable spaces above commercial sites into residential accommodation. [56530/23]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

743. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the need to transition financial reliefs for housing programmes to a voucher system, rather than a grant system, to ensure inclusion of applicants who have insufficient means to front the cost of works. [56535/23]

Departmental Data

Ivana Bacik

750. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total national budget for rightsizing schemes for private homeowners, how many homes were purchased under this initiative in each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56680/23]

Homeless Persons Supports

Ivana Bacik

751. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the need for an ombudsman for homeless persons. [56686/23]

Departmental Communications

Ivana Bacik

753. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagement he has had with Irish Water, the Environmental Protection Agency and activist groups, respectively in respect of the level of sewage that was pumped into Dublin Bay in 2023; and the steps that can be taken to address this and to ensure adequate water quality for swimmers. [56717/23]

Wastewater Treatment

Ivana Bacik

754. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on his Department’s work to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment in respect of the capital investment plan for wastewater infrastructure; and if he is satisfied with the adequacy of funding. [56718/23]