Ivana Bacik

458. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will make a statement on the need for greater supports for young people in Ireland and her plans to allocate additional, targeted funding for same. [13991/26]

591. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that an organisation (details supplied) own a building on the same site as a school which they are putting on the market for private sale; and her plans to ensure that it can be used for educational purposes to accommodate the new Gaelcholáiste. [15145/26]

699. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will make a statement on the need for greater supports for young people in Ireland; and his/her plans to allocate additional, targeted funding for same. [13992/26]

725. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the research his Department has carried out in respect of assessing the adequacy of social protection payments; the comparative research that has been carried out; the differential calculations used to determine that €325 if the minimum required for artists to survive on the basic income, as against claimants in receipt of the disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15132/26]

846. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will clarify the position of parents in a situation (details supplied); and if the approach taken is consistent with Government policy. [13994/26]

958. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the position of her Department and the HSE regarding purchase of residential properties on the private market that are being bid on by prospective buyers for use as a principal residence; the number of such properties in respect of which the HSE has placed a bid in each of the past five years and to-date in 2026; the number of properties, and addresses of same, purchased by the HSE in the same period, and whether they were residential properties or not, in tabular form [14194/26]

1103. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1141 of 10 February 2026, when she anticipates that a chairperson and requisite board members will be in place. [15133/26]

478. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the Central Bank is implementing the recommendations of the Report on the Israeli Bonds Programme, eleven of which relate directly to obligations under, and due diligence in respect of, international and European law, from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach issued on 5 August 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12245/26]

813. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects the review of the code of practice for the Approved Housing Body (AHB) allocation process to be completed; to clarify the full membership of the working group undertaking the review, in light of his previous statement that it comprises representatives of his Department, local authorities, the AHB sector and the Housing Agency; to set out the criteria and process being followed in conducting the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12544/26]

1034. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the current Government policy in respect of domestic adoption and intercountry adoption. [12545/26]

1145. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the amount raised in respect of the partial sale of Baggot Street Hospital. [12192/26]

1141. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health to report on the progress made with establishing the review of the Medicinal Cannabis Access Programme; if she will provide a timeline for the review and recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10221/26]

225. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport his plans and the implementation date for traffic light camera systems for red light breaking; the number of cameras intended for each phase of the rollout; and the locations intended for same. [8680/26]

226. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport his plans and the implementation date for camera systems on bus lanes; the number of cameras intended for each phase of the rollout; and the locations intended for same. [8681/26]

745. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No 210 of 20 January 2026, the position regarding the use of a historical investigation unit for the investigation of troubled-related cases; the reason the relevant Garda division was determined to be ‘the most appropriate and effective approach in this jurisdiction’; and his views on the way in which the Government is ensuring full compliance with the procedural obligation for investigations into loss of life and acts of torture and ill-treatment under Articles 2 and 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. [8678/26]

842. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position of refugees who submitted applications for naturalisation before 8 December 2025, whose applications were based on three years residency from date of entry into the State, as opposed to date of refugee declaration; if the position favours approving such applications in circumstances where refugee status is declaratory in nature, meaning that a person is deemed to have had refugee status from the date that they applied for international protection in the State; and if applications submitted before 8 December 2025 will continue to be processed under a policy recognising declaratory relief of refugees for reckonable residency purposes. [8677/26]

114. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to implement the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands 2024 recommendations regarding carers; in particular, his plans to ensure that each care-related credited contribution awarded while in receipt of carer’s benefit or carer’s allowance should have the same value and currency as a paid contribution and be considered as a qualifying contribution for the State pension (contributory) scheme; and, if not, the reason for not implementing the recommendation. [6752/26]

115. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a person who has had to leave the paid workforce with fewer than 520 paid contributions to become a carer would be refused the State pension (contributory) despite having up to 19 years and 51 weeks’ worth of care-related credited contributions awarded in return for providing a minimum of 35 hours a week of care work. [6753/26]

116. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection his Department’s current and historical communication to carers and potential carers that they relinquished their entitlement to the State pension (contributory) by providing care; whether persons were informed that their care-related credited contributions are not considered qualifying contributions for SPC eligibility; and if he is satisfied that information on Government and Government-sponsored websites, such as that of the Citizens Information Service, is correct and unambiguous in this regard. [6754/26]

738. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of visa applications that were live as of 31 December 2025, by type and expressed as a whole number; the number of these that had been determined by 31 December 2025; the number of these that had been granted by 31 December 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5905/26]

860. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for broad consultation with civil society in advance of submitting a report to the Universal Periodic Review working group at the UN Human Rights Council in July 2026. [5902/26]

861. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason no deputy chair has been appointed to the Adoption Authority of Ireland; when an appointment will be made; her views on the impact of an absence of a deputy chair in the context of the operation and governance of the authority; and when this appointment will be made. [5903/26]

862. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the position of chief executive officer of the Adoption Authority of Ireland has been advertised; if not, the reason for the delay; and when the recruitment process to commence and be completed. [5904/26]

863. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the omission of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 from the Spring Legislative Programme; and when it will be progressed. [5906/26]

210. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Government's commitments under the new joint legacy framework; the up-to-date position on the establishment of the dedicated legacy unit within An Garda Síochána; the powers to be afforded to said unit to investigate legacy cases related to the Northern Ireland conflict; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3443/26]