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Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (1 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [9674/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (1 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [8212/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I will return to the issue of home ownership. We are all aware that those who aspire to own their homes, and are simply being priced out of being able to do so, are being failed by current Government policy. We all hear from constituents, young and old but particularly those from the younger generation, who cannot afford to buy their own homes and see no prospect of doing so, or of ever...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 31. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [9678/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Offices (1 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 32. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit. [9679/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cross-Border Co-operation (1 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 33. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the latest shared island dialogue initiatives. [9680/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for constitutional amendments. [8210/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I want to ask the Taoiseach about two of the referendums he referred to. First, on the housing referendum, we are anxious to see that take place as soon as possible to enshrine a right to housing in the Constitution. I note the Taoiseach indicated that the wording has not been received but that he expects to receive wording from the Housing Commission by July of this year. That is welcome...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting Sligo to meet our local representatives, Nessa Cosgrove in County Sligo and Bernie Linnane in County Leitrim. As part of our meetings, we met staff and management in Sligo University Hospital. Some of the issues they raised with us are common throughout the health service and are a concern to all those working in front-line healthcare provision....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [9672/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the special European Council on 9 and 10 February. [8209/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I think we will agree yesterday's Windsor Framework announcement represents a breakthrough and a chance to restore the democratic institutions of the Good Friday Agreement, and I welcome the Taoiseach's announcement that he will provide briefings to Opposition parties. I would ask that that might be done this week given the statements are to be taken, as we understand, in Government time...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: It would be useful for the Taoiseach to outline when we will have the opportunity to have statements on the Windsor Framework. Will it be this week or early next week? It would be good to hear that being confirmed. I also ask whether arrangements are being made for the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, to make a statement to the House. I understand he has indicated he wishes to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: It is a temporary emergency measure.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: It never answers its phones and we are hearing about that from lots of people who cannot get through to Electric Ireland so it is supremely ironic to have a phone call cutting across a critique of Electric Ireland. Customers are paying, as we have heard, approximately 90% per unit of electricity than they did in the spring of last year and families are facing massive annual bills. Where is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad the Taoiseach acknowledges that not enough is being done but the Government is not just a bystander in this. It is time for a more urgent sense of intervention by the Government on this issue because it seems to people nach bhfuil an Rialtas ag déanamh aon rud. The Government is not doing anything for people who are seeing this inequity. It is amounting to a quadruple whammy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: My office is inundated with correspondence from householders and small business owners who cannot pay their energy bills. We know that there is an energy bills crisis and that the crisis is not new. Indeed, it is now 13 months since we in the Labour Party brought forward a Dáil motion on the cost-of-living crisis and energy prices. While the situation was severe a year ago, it is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: We know that the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has called on electricity and gas suppliers to cut prices for everyone as soon as possible. Is making calls on providers the best the Government can do? It is simply not good enough. In December, Electric Ireland announced that it would forego some of its profits to give a €50 credit to household customers, which was welcome. However,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Somebody in Electric Ireland is trying to get through - that is all I will say - and they will not take no for an answer. A Cheann Comhairle, you might give me a little latitude-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: -----given that somebody's phone has gone off. I jest. I do not think it was Electric Ireland, but you never know.