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Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Planning Issues
Ivana Bacik
269. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage time taken for approval by an Bord Pleanála for large- and small-scale residential developments, respectively, in each local authority area; if staffing shortages are exacerbating delays; and if shortfalls in staffing numbers will be remedied in 2024. [8755/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Water Services
Ivana Bacik
274. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential units which are awaiting water connections in each local authority area; the average wait time for water connection in each local authority area; and the longest existing delay for a water connection in each local authority area. [8825/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Rental Sector
Ivana Bacik
297. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to introduce new measures, legislative or otherwise, to tackle the practise of some landlords knowingly allowing their rental properties to fall into disrepair; and his views on the adequacy of existing mechanisms for supporting the rights of tenants. [9309/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Housing Policy
Ivana Bacik
298. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to restrict no fault evictions; and the proposals which have been explored by his Department in respect of no fault evictions. [9310/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Emergency Accommodation
Ivana Bacik
299. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on nutrition and access to play areas and recreational facilities for children in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the measures taken by his Department to monitor children's wellbeing while in emergency accommodation. [9313/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Domestic Violence
Ivana Bacik
300. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the expenditure on women's refuges in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the projected expenditure for 2024. [9314/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Local Authorities
Ivana Bacik
301. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to collect data on the role and function of staff at local authorities, as part of his Department's workforce planning for the local government sector. [9315/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Ivana Bacik
332. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the average wait time for garda attendances at a scene, following a call to both emergency services and local Garda stations, in each county. [8753/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Departmental Consultations
Ivana Bacik
464. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on his engagement with external stakeholders in respect of the provision of paid leave for persons who have experienced a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks' gestation, or to facilitate access to reproductive healthcare treatments; if he will list the stakeholders which have made representations to him on the matters; and the position of his Department in respect of the measure since the completion of a UCC study on the issue. [9312/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Ambulance Service
Ivana Bacik
499. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his plans to reduce waiting times for ambulance arrival; and if he will supply a breakdown of average wait times in each county. [8752/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Prescription Charges
Ivana Bacik
500. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his plans to remove prescription fees for medical cardholders. [8757/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Ivana Bacik
565. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if the position of his Department has changed since 2017 with respect to funding supports for post-mastectomy patients; the rationale for cutting the allowance for post-mastectomy products; and if he will review the decision to cut the allowance. [9066/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Ivana Bacik
645. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the employer-led national apprenticeship programme in respect of the local government sector. [9316/24]
Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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Heritage Sites
Ivana Bacik
120. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the position of the Office of Public Works in relation to South Dublin County Council's proposal to redevelop the Rathfarnham Castle courtyards and stables by building a 14,000 sq. m commercial retail and food unit; and specifically, the position regarding the proposal to create a new food retailer beside the café operated by the Office of Public Works in Rathfarnham Castle. [8416/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Legislative Measures
Ivana Bacik
117. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify the position regarding the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill; if the proposed legislation, and in particular provisions restricting recourse to the courts, is compatible with the Good Friday Agreement's guarantees on rights safeguards and equality of opportunity; and if he will report on his engagement with the British Government in respect of the proposed legislation. [7429/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Energy Conservation
Ivana Bacik
134. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the new low cost home energy upgrade loan scheme, announced on 26 October 2023, will commence this month; and, if not, when the new scheme will commence. [7544/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Mother and Baby Homes
Ivana Bacik
517. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date for the opening of the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes; if the programme is on schedule to be launched; the projected processing time for payments; and if he will make a statement on concerns that processing will be too slow and that the enhanced medical card may not be sufficient for survivors in view of pressures on services. [8113/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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United Nations
Ivana Bacik
157. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if is considering intervening in the Gambia vs. Myanmar case before the International Court of Justice, in support of international efforts to ensure justice and accountability for the Rohingya population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7334/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Homeless Persons Supports
Ivana Bacik
396. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of Housing First National Implementation Plan; the number of current Housing First tenancies in the State, broken down by county; the target number of Housing First tenancies, broken down by county; his plans to increase the Housing First targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6270/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Housing Provision
Ivana Bacik
422. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing commencements by each local authority in the years 2018-2023; and the number of completions by each local authority in the same period. [6665/24]
Thu, 8 Feb 2024
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Health Services
Ivana Bacik
328. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health when the report of the oversight group on vaginal mesh surgery will be published; the recommendations of the group; and when his Department will have reviewed the recommendations in respect of vaginal mesh surgery. [5906/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Middle East
Ivana Bacik
8. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the provisional ruling of the International Court of Justice on 26 January 2024. [4958/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Bus Éireann
Ivana Bacik
54. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if Bus Éireann’s €10 charge for transporting bicycles by bus is in line with Government policy; and if he will make a statement on the need to promote cross-modal commuting and interchangeable public and active transport methods. [4957/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Data Protection
Ivana Bacik
58. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on data sharing restrictions in respect of statutory authorities under his Department; and, in particular, if he will make a statement on the National Transport Authority’s ability to share anonymised information about speeding and other traffic offences with residents associations. [5002/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Road Traffic Accidents
Ivana Bacik
95. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on progress to ensure that the RSA is not prohibited from releasing information on road traffic accidents by GDPR; if he has sought the rationale for ceasing to release such information due to the regulation; and, if so, if he is satisfied that the rationale is reasonable. [5686/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Insurance Industry
Ivana Bacik
127. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the position of the memorandum of understanding between an organisation (details supplied) and the Office of Public Works in relation to flood insurance; and if his attention has been drawn to instances where consumers have been unable to avail of flood insurance due to a non-acceptance of the memorandum of understanding by insurance companies. [5422/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Tourism Industry
Ivana Bacik
219. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the position regarding plans to regulate platform short-term lets; and if delays imposed on the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill by the European Union have been lifted. [4956/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Housing Schemes
Ivana Bacik
282. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address issues raised in a case (details supplied); and if the situation referred to is consistent with Government policy on the tenant purchase scheme. [5567/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Housing Provision
Ivana Bacik
284. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes, respectively, that will be delivered through LDA investment in 2024; and the estimated amount of expenditure it has allocated to deliver same. [5681/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Departmental Expenditure
Ivana Bacik
285. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an itemised breakdown of his Department’s voted capital and current expenditure for 2023 and 2024; and if he will itemise the actual expenditure for each of these programmes for 2023. [5682/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Housing Provision
Ivana Bacik
286. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable cost rental homes delivered by AHBs and the LDA in 2023; the breakdown, by local authority area; the number of units in each scheme; and the average rent being charged. [5683/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Departmental Investigations
Ivana Bacik
317. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will make a statement on the SCOPE investigation into RTÉ; and if her Department is in a position to project when all cases will conclude. [5684/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Construction Industry
Ivana Bacik
577. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will make a statement on a report by an organisation (details supplied) on construction labour shortages. [5687/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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School Accommodation
Ivana Bacik
282. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if original deadlines will be met for the moving into permanent accommodation by a school (details supplied); the proposed plan for ensuring that 72 additional first year students are accommodated in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on plans for handover in September 2025. [4120/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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School Facilities
Ivana Bacik
283. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education her Departments policy in relation to the provision of all-weather or astroturf pitches for schools; and if she will make a statement on the adequacy of provision of space for Gaelic football, hurling, soccer and rugby in educational facilities in Dublin 6W. [4121/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Tourism Industry
Ivana Bacik
302. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of progress on the short-term tourist letting register; when the register will be launched; if she will detail the research which was undertaken in making her Department's estimate that the measure would bring 12,000 properties back onto the long-term rental market and the justification for that figure; if she will report on her engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4122/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Water Services
Ivana Bacik
316. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department monitors operational standards in Uisce Éireann. [3717/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Rental Sector
Ivana Bacik
327. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department maintain figures of the amount of short-term rental properties and private rooms that have come onto the long-term rental market since the introduction of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 and supplementary regulation Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 235 of 2019); if so, the amount of properties and private rooms; the amount of properties that were sold following the introduction of the regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3835/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Visa Agreements
Ivana Bacik
395. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to issues experienced by foreign nationals while travelling (details supplied); and her plans to alleviate the problem, including by issuing visas to minors. [3732/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Legislative Measures
Ivana Bacik
420. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice her plans to introduce a dedicated spiking offence; her plans to make spiking an indictable offence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4101/24]
Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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Air Quality
Ivana Bacik
89. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is satisfied with the systems for monitoring air pollution from aviation in the vicinity of Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3569/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Climate Change Policy
Ivana Bacik
40. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the number of briefings he received from the Climate Change Advisory Council in 2023. [3187/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Passport Services
Ivana Bacik
44. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of adult and child passports issued in 2023, in tabular form. [3190/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Just Transition
Ivana Bacik
67. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the work of the Just Transition Commission; and the number meetings of the Commission in 2023. [3191/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Cycling Policy
Ivana Bacik
84. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to encourage safer cycling at night-time in both rural communities and in cities. [3188/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Departmental Data
Ivana Bacik
121. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if her Department possesses data on the number of reported incidents of LGBTQ+ bullying in 2023. [3189/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Defibrillators Provision
Ivana Bacik
199. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of public defibrillators in each county. [3192/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Vaccination Programme
Ivana Bacik
200. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he has undertaken an assessment of the cost of providing the flu vaccine free of charge to all people over 18 years of age. [3193/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Animal Welfare
Ivana Bacik
228. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of animals held in pounds at year end for each of the past seven years and per local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3181/24]
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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Animal Welfare
Ivana Bacik
229. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of animals euthanised by pounds in each of the past seven years and per local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3182/24]