196. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill progressing through Westminster; and in particular, if it is the position that measures requiring consent of the Advocate General in Northern Ireland to prosecute for Troubles related crimes amounts to political interference. [73703/26]
197. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the interstate case against the British Government regarding the Legacy and Reconciliation Act. [73704/26]
247. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Defence the expenditure on the Tribunal of Inquiry into the Defence Forces; the anticipated full cost of the Tribunal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74416/26]
300. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 13 October 2026, the details of the re-examination of policy; the process envisaged as part of engagement with the National Transport Authority and Dublin City Council in coming weeks to determine the most appropriate next steps; the intended steps to be proposed by his Department; if those steps include legislation; …
312. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the waiting time for a driving test in Dublin Bay South; and the number of applicants waiting for a test in Dublin Bay South in each of the months to date in 2026, in tabular form. [74446/26]
592. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the review of the Code of Practice for an Approved Housing Body will be complete; if he will ensure that social tenants of AHBs and local authorities can keep pets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74449/26]
593. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied by the adequacy of Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2024 in view of a situation (details supplied). [74426/26]
696. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied). [74376/26]
712. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of dedicated community Garda units in each of the Garda stations in the constituency of Dublin Bay South; and the number of Gardaí dedicated to community Garda policing alone in each of those stations. [74445/26]
816. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers that have withdrawn from core funding in each county, in each month of this year; if the reasons for withdrawal, as supplied to the local county/city childcare committee, are collated and published by her Department; and if so, if she will supply the reasons supplied for withdrawal, in tabular form. [737…
823. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to address the situation that arises due to a lack of availability of childcare places whereby parents must join waiting lists during early pregnancy, without any guarantee of a place, and that such early application requirements create a situation whereby parents are more likely to have to notify providers of a pregnancy loss,…
922. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 774 of 29 September 2026, if forthcoming amendments to assisted human reproduction legislation will apply retrospectively to children born prior to the commencement date of that legislation. [73774/26]
923. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the reason for defunding the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme (details supplied); and if additional medical and clinical capacity within adult ADHD services to respond to increasing referrals and demand for assessment and treatment announced as part of budget 2027 will be committed to retaining the programme. [73834/26]
940. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if she will make a statement on the description by a person (details supplied) of the "urgent" need for a funded care pathway for Huntington's disease in a recent case. [74361/26]
974. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health for an update in respect of the proposed Rathmines primary care centre. [74448/26]
1031. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if legislation to provide a legislative underpinning for adult safeguarding in the health and social care sector will be published this quarter; and if preparations are underway to give effect to proposed legislative commitment, including ensuring that safeguarding structures within the HSE are independent. [74456/26]
93. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding so-called rickshaw vehicles carrying passengers for monetary reward; the adequacy of measures to enforce a ban on motorised rickshaws announced in 2018; the number of enforcements taken against operators of mechanically propelled rickshaws carrying passengers for reward under existing SPSV legislation in each year since 2016, in tabular fo…
396. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the portion of funding announced in Budget 2027 that will be committed to special education in Dublin bay south; the number of new places in mainstream and special schools that will result from that allocation in Dublin bay south, respectively; and her plans to ensure that pupils with additional needs will be required to leave their community to acces…
407. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the way in which the fifteen million euro committed to supporting the post office network in Budget 2027 will be allocated; the portion of those funds that will be committed to retaining and expanding in-person postal services; the mechanisms in place to ensure that community input will be sought and heeded in allocating such funds; if h…
535. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of study visas granted and refused in 2026 to residents of Gaza. [71678/26]
536. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the source of scholarship funding for a prospective student from Gaza is a factor in assessing his or her visa application; the reason sector figures indicate that 12 of 13 Government of Ireland/Ireland-Palestine Scholarship Programme scholars from Gaza were granted study visas while all 58 applicants holding full institutional or f…
573. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if funding for a €1 million safe fund will be provided in 2027; if not, the reason for the exclusion of the measure in budget 2027; and his views on the need for immediate non-means tested financial assistance for persons fleeing a violent home. [72338/26]
405. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in commencing section 59 of the Civil Registration Act 2004, to provide for registration of decrees of divorce and of nullity by the Civil Registration Service; if there are inter-agency difficulties arising from the statutory designation of the Courts Service as the registrar in relation to registers to be established and maint…
592. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health for an update on the care pathway for Huntington's disease. [70054/26]
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731. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures his Department is taking to address the growing affordability crisis facing students in third-level education, particularly in relation to the escalating cost of student accommodation; and the measures his Department intends to make to ensure that young people can access and fully participate in …