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An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad to speak for the Labour Party on this important Bill, the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023. My colleague Deputy Sherlock will speak for the Labour Party later on the second of the two referendum Bills, the Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023. I will make some reference to that Bill in my own contribution since the two...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I wish everyone well as we break for Christmas and thank all the staff in Leinster House for the great work they do and support they provide. On this, the last sitting day before the Christmas break, I welcome to the Public Gallery, Finola Cassidy, the tireless campaigner from the Irish Thalidomide Association, which is a persistent and courageous group of survivors who yesterday said "As...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 28 November 2023, when funding will be committed for the provision of additional drivers in 2024 (details supplied). [55848/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: On "Morning Ireland" earlier we heard reaction to the new Government plans for those fleeing Putin's brutal war in Ukraine. We heard from Olga, a Ukrainian refugee living here and from Emma Lane Spollen of the Ukraine Civil Society Forum. They expressed really serious concern at the proposal a 90-day limit be applied for accommodating new arrivals from Ukraine in the new year. We all...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to address the issues in a case (details supplied). [55598/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I want to raise with the Taoiseach again the suffering of the people of Gaza as they continue to endure the relentless bombing by Israel with over 18,000 now dead. I very much welcome the Government's announcement that it has been working with like-minded governments in the EU, namely, Belgium, Spain and Malta, to press the European Council this Thursday and Friday for a ceasefire. That is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the news that up to 3,000 homes will be provided by Respond, which will be cost rental and social homes. That is welcome, but we know the Land Development Agency must be scaled up if we are to see the level of social and affordable home building that we need. I ask again for a debate in this House for a debate on the level of funding to be provided to the Land Development Agency....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad to hear the Taoiseach say that he agrees on the need for system change but again it is a matter of ensuring that actions and outcomes match words and aspirations. The Taoiseach's Government has fallen short on ensuring outcomes are there in place. I repeat again the question. Will the Government oppose the holding of COP 29 in another petro-state? We hope very much that we will...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: As we speak, the clock is ticking at a vitally important decision-making time for the existential crisis facing our planet - the climate catastrophe. Má fhanann cúrsaí mar atá, deir na Náisiúin Aontaithe gur téamh 3°C atá i ndán dúinn, a bheadh ina thubaiste aeráide. We know that as we near the end of the hottest year on record, it...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Properties (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 84. To ask the Taoiseach the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and sites into use; and where no plans are in place, the reasons why. [55054/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Properties (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and sites into use; where no plans are in place, the reasons why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55046/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Properties (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and sites into use; where no plans are in place, the reasons why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55044/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications for the national home energy upgrade scheme in each month since February 2022; the number of drawdowns for the scheme in the same period; and the average grant levels claimed overall. [55321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department collects data on public sector organisations’ emissions, and funding of offset initiatives, in relation to Circular (01/2020) on Procedures for Offsetting the Emissions Associated with Official Air Travel; and, if so, if he will publish such information for each body, in tabular form. [55323/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 192. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and sites into use; where no plans are in place, the reasons why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55041/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined the prospect of instructing the Dublin Port Company to not submit a planning application for the proposed €450 million expansion of its operations on the Poolbeg Peninsula until the current review of the Government's national ports policy is complete; his views on the adequacy of the site adjacent to the site...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Properties (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each of these properties and sites into use; where no plans are in place, the reasons why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55056/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (12 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has engaged with the Minister for Justice in respect of safety for night-time commuters and transport workers during the Christmas period. [55324/23]