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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Prices relating to groceries, food and basic commodities are rising, and workers are struggling. Yet many corporations are not supporting the struggles of their staff. Several Tesco workers who work on the front line in packing and delivering food to people in communities across the country have come to me to share stories of how their wages are being cut due to roster changes. One...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I support Deputy Bríd Smith on that intervention. I welcome the news that the Government is not opposing the Opposition motion on the cost of living tabled by Sinn Féin this evening. The Taoiseach indicated that the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, will meet with the retail forum this week. Can the Taoiseach commit to giving Government time next week to debate this really...

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

Ivana Bacik: The Government could have done something.

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

Ivana Bacik: Finding solutions of course should be the priority but the Taoiseach's Government has patently failed to find necessary solutions. Time after time we hear the Taoiseach say that family homelessness and child homelessness is a stain on our society as if he was an observer. The Taoiseach is in government and has been in government for several terms. The Taoiseach needs to ensure that action...

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,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 118. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [21483/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 119. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Services will next meet. [21484/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Funding (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide both the allocation and drawdown of Renovate Wave funding by Ireland in 2020, 2021, 2022 and the forecasted drawdown in 2023. [21580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 257. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that a company is abiding by the Workplace Relations Commission guidelines regarding redundancies, particularly given, reports of staff concerns in respect of the company's compliance with such guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 258. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that severance packages are similar to those given to other workers in the technology sector and that the company follow best practice in respect of offering a financial contribution for staff seeking independent legal advice to review such...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: In recent months, we have seen announcement after announcement of layoffs across many big technology companies, in particular, in Dublin. The impact of these redundancies has obviously been huge for those directly and indirectly impacted, not only in my own constituency of Dublin Bay South but across the country. The impact is more worrying where there are concerns regarding a lack of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The North has been given a temporary reprieve, we understand, for a £300 million overspend but it is reported today that Stormont officials from the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council believes that £800 million needs to be found. This is a shortfall which will be devastating for public services in Northern Ireland if this is not resolved. It demonstrates the urgent need for an...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [20420/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Taoiseach’s commitment to hold the gender equality referendum in November. As the Taoiseach said, this is the referendum which was recommended by the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality and also recommended by our own special committee on gender equality which I had the honour of chairing. As the Taoiseach knows, in our report from December, Unfinished...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: First, I want to condemn the sectarian abuse of a young mother in Lurgan on Sunday, which we know about because a camera captured the footage of what happened. The report highlights how much more we have to do to achieve a lasting peace. I was unable to attend statements in the Dáil last week to mark 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement because I was in Brussels, but my colleague...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I raise a real issue facing real workers. As the INMO conference gets under way this week, over 700 patients are waiting on trolleys. It is an outrageous figure, but one that has somehow become the new normal under this Government. To still have over 700 patients waiting for beds in May, well past the peak of respiratory illnesses, is indicative of a year-round trolley crisis. Our...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I agree with the Taoiseach. I think he is right. Of course homelessness is a stain on our society. It is shameful that we have nearly 12,000 people in homelessness at a time when the country is running very significant budget surpluses, with over €5 billion of a surplus last year. I disagree with him, however, on the eviction ban. We have heard from all of those working with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: On Friday we learned that homelessness figures have risen yet again to almost 12,000 people, which represents a 2.1% increase month on month. These figures relate to the period just before the lifting of the eviction ban took effect. I shudder to think what the figure for next month will be, as the evictions allowed to proceed by the Government come into force. These figures show that...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [20422/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average processing time for valuations to be processed by the Valuation Office; if there is a difference in processing times between different types of properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20391/23]