Results 301-320 of 10,677 for speaker:Ivana Bacik

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I certainly acknowledge that Ireland's response to the humanitarian disaster in Gaza has been strong - stronger than that of many other European countries - but it is still not strong enough. It was important that the Dáil and the Government called for a ceasefire and that the Taoiseach and his Government colleagues defended UNRWA when other countries were not doing so, and we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: The death toll in Gaza has reached more than 30,000 people. Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas in the world and under Israeli bombardment, its people have been brutally displaced and forced into ever more cramped and overcrowded spaces, most recently into Rafah. They are still being bombarded, even now in Rafah. We are witnessing Armageddon. There is nowhere left for a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (13 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of Housing First National Implementation Plan; the number of current Housing First tenancies in the State, broken down by county; the target number of Housing First tenancies, broken down by county; his plans to increase the Housing First targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6270/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing commencements by each local authority in the years 2018-2023; and the number of completions by each local authority in the same period. [6665/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I recently met with a group of small business owners, mostly restaurateurs, based in my own constituency in south inner-city Dublin and in surrounding areas. They outlined to me the many challenges facing their sector and their concerns about potential closures, job losses and the loss of vibrancy in Dublin city centre and other urban city centres if the challenges for small businesses,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I want to return to the issue of renters' rights because today sees another damning report confirming the Government's failure in its basic duty to ensure all citizens and residents have a secure and affordable home. Today’s bad news comes from the latest report of the Residential Tenancies Board, and there is no explaining away the stark figures it presents. The report shows that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: The measures the Minister has described are simply not enough and I do not think anyone in government would dispute that. They are simply not enough to deal with the real levels of housing distress. The Minister speaks in the passive tense and refers to demand outstripping supply, but it is up to the Government to do something about that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: This Government has been in office since 2020. We need to see action on this. Week in, week out, we hear the Government dismissing constructive proposals from the Opposition. It dismissed restricting no-fault evictions, freezing rents, and the idea of linking increases to inflation. It dismissed increasing the new-build target to 50,000 homes per year years, but it has never explained why...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 328. To ask the Minister for Health when the report of the oversight group on vaginal mesh surgery will be published; the recommendations of the group; and when his Department will have reviewed the recommendations in respect of vaginal mesh surgery. [5906/24]

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: If I may, I will share time with former Labour Party leader and my colleague Deputy Brendan Howlin, who, of course, served with the former Taoiseach John Bruton in government. On behalf of the Labour Party, I wish to extend our sincere sympathies to the family of John Bruton: to his wife, Finola, to their four children, Juliana, Emily, Mary-Elizabeth and Matthew, to his sister, Mary, and,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make a statement on the provisional ruling of the International Court of Justice on 26 January 2024. [4958/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (7 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann’s €10 charge for transporting bicycles by bus is in line with Government policy; and if he will make a statement on the need to promote cross-modal commuting and interchangeable public and active transport methods. [4957/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Data Protection (7 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make a statement on data sharing restrictions in respect of statutory authorities under his Department; and, in particular, if he will make a statement on the National Transport Authority’s ability to share anonymised information about speeding and other traffic offences with residents associations. [5002/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (7 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on progress to ensure that the RSA is not prohibited from releasing information on road traffic accidents by GDPR; if he has sought the rationale for ceasing to release such information due to the regulation; and, if so, if he is satisfied that the rationale is reasonable. [5686/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position of the memorandum of understanding between an organisation (details supplied) and the Office of Public Works in relation to flood insurance; and if his attention has been drawn to instances where consumers have been unable to avail of flood insurance due to a non-acceptance of the memorandum of understanding by insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (7 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding plans to regulate platform short-term lets; and if delays imposed on the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill by the European Union have been lifted. [4956/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address issues raised in a case (details supplied); and if the situation referred to is consistent with Government policy on the tenant purchase scheme. [5567/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes, respectively, that will be delivered through LDA investment in 2024; and the estimated amount of expenditure it has allocated to deliver same. [5681/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an itemised breakdown of his Department’s voted capital and current expenditure for 2023 and 2024; and if he will itemise the actual expenditure for each of these programmes for 2023. [5682/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Feb 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable cost rental homes delivered by AHBs and the LDA in 2023; the breakdown, by local authority area; the number of units in each scheme; and the average rent being charged. [5683/24]