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Thu, 7 Oct 2021
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Departmental Policies
Ivana Bacik
163. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he intends to publish the review into the national childcare scheme; the way he plans to implement the recommendations of the review; and if he will implement these recommendations early in 2022. [48518/21]
Thu, 7 Oct 2021
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Employment Rights
Ivana Bacik
169. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports of mistreatment of vulnerable migrant workers in the Irish meat industry (details supplied); if his Department plans to engage with migrant workers to address these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48798/21]
Thu, 7 Oct 2021
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Electricity Generation
Ivana Bacik
180. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if State bodies under his aegis are involved in or propose to become involved in projects for developing large-scale electricity storage capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48799/21]
Thu, 7 Oct 2021
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Medicinal Products
Ivana Bacik
385. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to remove the age restriction on funding for the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system for persons with diabetes over the age of 21 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48801/21]
Thu, 7 Oct 2021
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Care Services
Ivana Bacik
386. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if it is his Department’s policy that HSE funding committed to persons in healthcare and residential facilities must be accounted for and spent solely on their care in the manner agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48802/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Recycling Policy
Ivana Bacik
114. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason the proposed deposit return scheme of his Department excludes glass bottles; and if he plans to amend the scheme to include glass. [47829/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Ivana Bacik
241. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a dedicated helpline and email address will be created for business owners in the tourism hospitality industry to seek clarity on the permissibility of planned events in the context of public health advice during the pandemic. [47871/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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National Council for Special Education
Ivana Bacik
401. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she will consider requesting the NCSE to adopt a policy of assumption of allocation of a special needs assistant at secondary level in cases in which a child had one at primary level. [47874/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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School Staff
Ivana Bacik
402. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she plans to commence a teacher recruitment programme to address shortages of teachers in certain geographical areas. [47875/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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School Staff
Ivana Bacik
403. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she plans to introduce supports for school principals experiencing burnout. [47876/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Ivana Bacik
484. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to introduce additional entry points during the year for parents availing of the ECCE scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47870/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Child Protection
Ivana Bacik
485. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to ratify the optional protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; and if so, if he will supply a timeline for same. [47873/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Ivana Bacik
533. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to reports that appointments with the Garda National Immigration Bureau are being booked and sold online by a non-authorised entity; the steps her Department has taken to investigate this matter since it was raised in a parliamentary question (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48177/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Citizenship Applications
Ivana Bacik
534. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of Irish citizenship applicants currently waiting longer than 12 months for a decision on their application; and the number of citizenship applicants currently waiting longer than 24 months for a decision on their application. [48178/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Citizenship Applications
Ivana Bacik
535. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the average waiting time for citizenship applications to date in 2021. [48179/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Citizenship Applications
Ivana Bacik
536. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of citizenship applicants her Department plans to communicate a decision to in 2021. [48180/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Residential Institutions
Ivana Bacik
642. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy of his Department will facilitate service users to continue to live in congregated settings in circumstances in which it is their will and preference. [47872/21]
Thu, 30 Sep 2021
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Economic Sanctions
Ivana Bacik
60. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to the registration on 8 September 2021 by the EU Commission of a European Citizens' Initiative (details supplied), if he will raise at EU level the potential for an EU-wide ban on the importation of goods from the occupied territories. [47066/21]
Thu, 30 Sep 2021
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Middle East
Ivana Bacik
73. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on a current campaign (details supplied) which seeks to raise awareness about the intimidation, harassment and obstruction faced routinely by Palestinian children as they try to get safely to their classrooms in the West Bank, Gaza and the occupied territories and about the seriously detrimental impact for their education, safety and welfare. [47067/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Middle East
Ivana Bacik
125. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a recent testimony (details supplied) regarding incidents that have had a severe impact on access to education for over half a million children across the Occupied Palestinian Territory; if his attention has been drawn to reports that three out of four attacks were perpetrated by Israeli forces over a 30-month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47046/21]