Parliamentary questions

Climate Action Plan

Ivana Bacik

2. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an urgent timeline, broken down by sectors, for the implementation of the commitments in the national carbon budgets and climate action plan. [53837/21]

Renewable Energy Generation

Ivana Bacik

8. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to make the production of green hydrogen more cost-effective within Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53535/21]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Ivana Bacik

34. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the recent report from the Environmental Protection Agency which shows a deceleration of Ireland’s emissions reductions; the action he plans to take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53539/21]

EU Programmes

Ivana Bacik

68. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the right to repair measures set out in the European Commission Circular Economy Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53536/21]

Energy Policy

Ivana Bacik

147. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps his Department is taking to promote the use of solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52561/21]

Flood Risk Management

Ivana Bacik

340. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered introducing legislation to regulate new developments which pose a risk of flooding to compel developers to build catchment pools to mitigate flooding risks (details supplied). [52034/21]

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

368. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a review of planning regulations as they pertain to solar panels; and the timeline for the completion of same. [52562/21]

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

369. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to put in place an exemption for schools looking to install solar panels on their buildings; and if costs for obtaining planning permission to install solar on educational and community buildings will be waived or discounted. [52563/21]

Passport Services

Ivana Bacik

425. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there is a system of prioritisation in place for the processing of passport applications and renewals; if so, if he will provide details of the criteria used to prioritise applications; if it is policy that applicants who are waiting the longest should receive absolute priority over others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52558/21]

Human Trafficking

Ivana Bacik

712. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the status of the National Referral Mechanism; and if it will be inclusive of all suspected trafficking victims regardless of nationality and immigration status. [52036/21]

Citizenship Applications

Ivana Bacik

747. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of successful citizen applicants who did not complete and return their declaration of citizenship in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [52559/21]

Residency Permits

Ivana Bacik

748. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to reported issues experienced by Irish residence permit applicants in completing payment for their IRP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52560/21]

Immigration Policy

Ivana Bacik

749. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if it is anticipated that her Department’s regularisation scheme will increase processing delays for citizenship and IRP applications; and the steps that are being taken to mitigate this risk. [52564/21]

Health Strategies

Ivana Bacik

792. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he will develop a national ambition to reduce pregnancy and infant loss; if he will establish a committee tasked with examining stillbirth and neonatal death in Ireland with a view to producing recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52032/21]

Health Promotion

Ivana Bacik

793. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to run an awareness campaign to inform pregnant women and persons of the risk of stillbirth and the importance of foetal movement during the third-trimester. [52033/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ivana Bacik

794. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his views on the need to provide additional self-isolation supports for Roma families through the pandemic following the closure of the Covid-19 response for vulnerable people service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52035/21]

Budget 2022

Ivana Bacik

288. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the legal rationale underpinning the age limit of 17 to 25 years of age for those accessing free contraception as set out in the €31 million women’s health package in Budget 2022;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51700/21]

Employment Rights

Ivana Bacik

240. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if undocumented workers who report illegal employment practices as described in Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 7 October 2021 will be referred to immigration authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50449/21]

Wildlife Protection

Ivana Bacik

306. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the steps his Department is taking to ensure that grey seals are not placed at undue risk due to commercial vessel-based or shipping-based activities. [50453/21]

Gender Proofing of Policies

Ivana Bacik

608. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will develop a new gender and equality proof labour market activation plan to support women into decent work, particularly women who are most distant from the labour market. [50370/21]