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Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I will keep my comments briefer then. I commend Deputy Matthews on bringing forward this Bill. I am delighted to support it on behalf of the Labour Party. As Deputy Matthews says, it is an honour to be able to bring forward Private Members' legislation in this House. It is something many of us have felt inspired in doing. I want to acknowledge that. I also commend him on his vision of a...

Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...seen that expression of support for soccer across the House. Many of us are old enough to remember the excitement of Italia '90. I know we are all hopeful and optimistic that our wonderful women's team is going to capture the spirit of a nation again and lift our spirits in Australia and perhaps even in New Zealand over the coming months as they play in the FIFA Women's World Cup. We...

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...we can assess what better use that money could have been put to elsewhere. Turning to the review the Minister announced today, we very much welcome that announcement. We welcome the Minister's statement that it would be a root-and-branch examination. It is going to be conducted in two strands and chaired by Professor Niamh Brennan and Dr. Margaret Cullen. We welcome those appointments....

Flood Insurance Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...speak a little about its history, which the Minister of State also referred to. It is important that this issue is addressed and it is disappointing to see a further delay being proposed by the Government, given this legislation has had a long genesis, as the Deputy said. The background to this, as we all know, is that the planet is getting hotter. Unfortunately, severe weather...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...workers affected. Again, My thoughts are with the workers. The Taoiseach has not answered my question on the proposal for a short-term working scheme. Indeed, is it a proposal that has been put forward across the labour movement. I would like a clear response on that. We have seen it used elsewhere to protect workers in this situation. I have a further question. The Taoiseach...

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...recording of the song of the ivory-billed woodpecker was played. It was haunting because at that point it was thought that this was a bird that had become extinct and that from now on, it was only going to be possible to hear its song as a recording. This bird had been widespread in the south eastern US and elsewhere. We have had some good news in recent weeks, with reports that this...

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...the 75th anniversary of the Nakba. I offer my condolences and sympathies to all those who have lost family members and friends over those years. I thank my colleagues in Sinn Féin for putting forward this important Bill to which we in Labour our delighted to offer full support. I also acknowledge the ongoing work of our colleague in the other House, Senator Black, who has done...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach will be aware of the appalling situation for Micheline Walsh and her husband facing homelessness in Dublin in their late 70s with nowhere to go after being served with an eviction notice. The local Labour councillor Peter O'Brien is now assisting this family but, unfortunately, they are not the only ones. It is unconscionable to see that 175 people over 65, pensioners,...

Final Report of the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...a separate and different approach to be taken. I refer to the prospective regulatory framework that is to be established through this. I entirely appreciate the need to bring these provisions forward through the existing AHR Bill. It is heartening to hear the Minister indicating that he is hoping to do this before the summer recess. It is welcome to hear that but it is important...

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...important issue of vacant homes and the vacant home tax. Labour is glad to support this motion from the Social Democrats and I commend Deputy Cian O'Callaghan and his colleagues for putting this forward. As I said last night in the debate on the Sinn Féin motion, this motion is the latest in a series of constructive policy proposals being put forward by Opposition parties, providing...

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: We in the Labour Party are glad to support this motion, which is the latest in a series of Opposition motions putting forward constructive proposals to address the housing crisis, a crisis that our President rightly described as a housing disaster. On 9 February we in the Labour Party tabled a motion with a series of constructive measures. We have supplied Government with proposed Private...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Public representatives from the Government and Opposition parties have nowhere to tell people to go because there are no homes available in our communities. There are no affordable homes, no homes for rent and no homes for sale. This is the failure of the Taoiseach's Government. It is a testament to the failed policies of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and of their over reliance on a...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of the Labour Party, I express our strong support for this Bill and commend Deputy Ó Broin and his colleagues on bringing it forward. It is just the most recent of many attempts by Opposition parties and individuals at a sensible and compassionate approach to the growing housing crisis. It is an attempt by us, across the Opposition benches, to offer Government a constructive...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...in supply. The Government opposed that and it is now refusing to accept this motion to extend the ban in these circumstances of devastation for so many families and households. We have put forward a further constructive proposal, which I wrote to the Taoiseach about last week and put to him again this morning. We have brought forward a Bill that would provide for a facility to extend...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of Labour, I support the motion and commend Deputy Ó Broin and his colleagues for bringing it forward. It represents a sensible and compassionate approach to the growing crisis and the impending cliff edge that so many families and renters are facing. I cannot support, nor can my Labour colleagues, the Government amendment. I urge Government and the Minister to recognise the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...xed; todhchaí na tíre seo, ach ní féidir leis na hoibrithe a thugann cúnamh agus oideachas dár leanaí óga tithíocht a choimeád de bharr a bpá íseal agus an cosc a stop an Rialtas inné. Níl aon áit ar fáil do go leor leanaí i gceantair áirithe agus tá an iomarca airgid á íoc ag...

Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...remain unused, and the overreliance on the private sector has worsened the housing crisis; — Housing for All: A New Housing Plan for Ireland has failed as it's targets are too low or non-existent, and the Government is not meeting it's own delivery targets on social and affordable housing; and — a generation of young people are locked out of home ownership or secure and...

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Ar son Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre cuirim fáilte mhór roimh an Uachtaráin Metsola go dtí Tithe an Oireachtais. President Metsola is welcome. As Ireland marks 50 years of membership of the European Union, we remember the economic and social progress we have made together but we also recall the hard lessons, particularly from during the economic crash, when serious...

Seanad: Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Ar son Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre cuirim fáilte mhór roimh an Uachtaráin Metsola go dtí Tithe an Oireachtais. President Metsola is welcome. As Ireland marks 50 years of membership of the European Union, we remember the economic and social progress we have made together but we also recall the hard lessons, particularly from during the economic crash, when serious...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We will support any measures that will see the delivery of housing. However, the difficulty for many people is that they are not seeing that outcome. They are hearing the Government listing off plans in progress, preparation being made or issues that will deliver on momentum, but they are not actually seeing the delivery of affordable homes for themselves or their children, friends and...