Ivana Bacik

346. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 26 May 2026, if his Department is aware of the number of accounts affected by the issue raised; if his Department is aware of the value rendered inaccessible in such accounts; and if his Department is aware of the number of prize bond holders that have died in the past five years with funds being released by way of submission of a death certificate. [45006/26]

526. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the specific trauma-informed training that is in place for Departmental staff tasked with dealing with applicants and querists under the survivor supports work in relation to the supports available for survivors of residential institutional abuse; if a policy is in place in relation to the need to minimise the number of requests made of survivors to retell details of what happened to them; and her plans to ensure more and better guidance is provided to staff to ensure that all interactions with survivors are appropriately sensitive to the difficulties they have faced. [45961/26]

527. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if persons who interacted with Caranua are required to re-supply all details of their experience of institutional abuse while accessing supports for survivors of residential institutional abuse; if a GDPR-compliant means of data sharing and retention can be used in the management of supports for survivors of residential institutional abuse to avoid the need for survivors to repeatedly provide the same personal information, such as their names, proof of address, and other details that would have already been submitted to her Department and Caranua in the past. [45962/26]

528. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to consolidate the application process for supports for survivors of residential institutional abuse such that an applicant would have to deal with just one form, rather than three as is currently required; her plans to include a printout of the eligibility criteria as part of the issuing of those forms; and her views on the disproportionate barrier to access, placed on applicants with literacy challenges or disabilities by the current system of referring applicants to a website to view the relevant eligibility criteria. [45963/26]

529. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to review the application process for supports for survivors of residential institutional abuse; and the way in which such a review will gather the direct input of persons who have experience of using the system as an applicant. [45964/26]

530. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of persons who have successfully completed an application, who have commenced but did not complete an application, the number of live applications, for health supports, education supports, advocacy supports, funeral costs and certification relating to detention in a relevant institution, in tabular form; and if her Department is monitoring attrition rates associated with difficulties navigating the application system. [45965/26]

531. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department provides retrospective funeral grant funding as part of the support package for survivors of residential institutional abuse, instead of replicating the pre-paid model used by Caranua. [45966/26]

532. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the internal policy regarding the education support grant for survivors of residential institutional abuse; if it is the case that officials are encouraged to grant the minimum payment of €500 to applicants; that there is a higher threshold for disbursing the informal €600 grant; if it is the position that applicants should borrow money to self-fund their education and training before drawing down the grant; her views on the adequacy of the support package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45967/26]

607. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount disbursed to organisations under the Work and Access Disability Equality and Inclusion Training grant; and the names of recipient organisations, in tabular form. [45004/26]

770. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1087 of 26 May 2026, her views on the upcoming evaluation of the national childcare scheme; specifically; the scope of review due to be taken in respect of the matters raised; and the level of public consultation that will take place in respect of same. [45005/26]

181. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the regulations prescribing the minimum level of income required by sponsors pursuant to section 205 (6) (a) and the regulations pursuant to section 205(6)(b) will be published in regard to the International Protection Act 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44451/26]

694. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will instruct Enterprise Ireland to administratively ring-fence a dedicated €1-2 million tranche of the existing Pre-Seed Start-Up Fund (PSSF) to create a fast-track pilot window providing convertible loan notes to elite technical professionals displaced by recent multinational redundancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42398/26]

812. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total amount sought from religious orders and associated trusts and organisations for statutory compensation schemes in respect of child abuse, including sexual abuse, in tabular form; the total amount pledged by religious orders and associated trusts and organisations; the total amount paid out by religious orders and associated trusts and organisations; and the proportion of redress and compensation paid out by the State as against religious orders and associated trusts and organisations, adjusted for inflation, in tabular form. [42134/26]

813. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the value of unpaid pledges by religious orders to statutory redress schemes in respect of child abuse, including sexual abuse. [42135/26]

814. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total State expenditure by her Department on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes since records began, separated by scheme; the total State expenditure on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes since records began, adjusted for inflation; and the total State expenditure on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes specifically in respect of abuse and sexual abuse of children, including by religious orders, since records began, separated by scheme. [42140/26]

815. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will supply a schedule of requests by her Department to religious orders for contribution to compensation and redress for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse; and the outcome of each request. [42143/26]

826. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average age of applicants for redress schemes relating to child sexual abuse, across statutory schemes, including in respect of schemes that have closed. [42204/26]

827. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applicants for redress under a statutory scheme relating to institutional abuse and historic child sexual abuse within an institution who died prior to payment of compensation under that scheme, in tabular form. [42206/26]

828. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the shortfall between State expenditure and institutional contributions to redress schemes operated under the auspices of her Department, in tabular form. [42209/26]

842. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has put a building on the market for private sale that is on the same site as a number of schools; and if she can ensure that it can be purchased by her Department and used for educational purposes to accommodate the new Gaelcholáiste. [42349/26]

1040. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 6 May 2026, if his Department has commissioned any plans for assessments regarding the Martello Tower at Sandymount, Dublin.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41964/26]

1574. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the shortfall between State expenditure and institutional contributions to redress schemes operated under the auspices of her Department, in tabular form. [42208/26]

1582. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the anticipated impact of Phase 2 of Shaping The Future's measure to remove access to ECCE and NCS schemes for parents of children in services who are no longer in core funding; the number of children projected to be affected in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42399/26]

1992. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the total State expenditure by her Department on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes since records began, separated by scheme; the total state expenditure on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes since records began, adjusted for inflation; and the total State expenditure on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes specifically in respect of abuse and sexual abuse of children, including by religious orders, since records began, separated by scheme. [42141/26]

1993. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if she will supply a schedule of requests by her Department to religious orders for contribution to compensation and redress for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse; and the outcome of each request. [42142/26]