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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: If it looks like a rose and smells like a rose, it is a rose. This sounds like a mini-budget. If there is a finance Bill, it sounds very much like a mini-budget. I am glad that the Taoiseach has confirmed that there will be clarity on Tuesday. Will we have a Dáil debate next week? Are people likely to know next week what the nature of the measures will be, which ones will be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I also acknowledge Nicola Sturgeon's stepping down today after an eight-year term as Scotland's First Minister. She has been undoubtedly a powerful force in Scottish politics throughout that time. I wish her well personally following that surprise announcement. The Taoiseach has acknowledged that people across the country are struggling despite the Government's measures introduced in...

Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I am sharing time with Deputy Nash. I thank the Social Democrats for bringing forward the motion. We in the Labour Party are happy to support it in full. Today marks 12 and a half months since we introduced a Labour Party cost-of-living motion that proposed, among other things, the introduction of a windfall tax, so we have had similar debates previously. In the months since the debate...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Amendments (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 34. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his plans for constitutional amendments. [6930/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 35. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [6931/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I have two questions on housing and planning policy. The Taoiseach will have seen the explosive allegations in the Sunday Independentby Mark Tighe reporting that ESB staff have been accused of seeking backhanders from companies to get works completed and new developments connected. We know there are significant delays in getting connections from the ESB for new developments. These are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I have two specific questions. Has the Taoiseach decided who will take over as chair of the north east inner city programme implementation board since the resignation of Michael Stone? He said he will announce the nominee in due course. Can he give us a timeline and some indication as to who it will be? I would also like to raise an issue with the Taoiseach on behalf of my Labour Party...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Housing for All progress report for quarter 4 2022 will be published. [5721/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: What about the occupied territories Bill?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: What about the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north-east inner city initiative. [5720/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [5719/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I also want to raise the issue of Palestinian rights. Indeed, two weeks ago, I called on the Government to take a strong stance in defence of Palestinian rights. Conditions have worsened since, as we have seen the new far-right Netanyahu government in Israel, which took office at the start of the year, take even further steps to trample on the rights of the Palestinian people and, indeed,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The average cost of rent in Ireland in December was €1,733 per month. This is according to the latest Daft.ie market report. We know that after tax, the take-home pay for a full-time worker on the minimum wage now stands at just €1,724 per month. This is nearly €10 less than the average monthly rent. We know that rents have more than doubled in the past decade and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can confirm a matter (details supplied) following the adoption of the Moorhead report recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6643/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Housing First tenancies that have materialised as targeted under 3.4 of Housing For All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7331/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the expansion of data-sharing arrangements between the Residential Tenancies Board and the Revenue Commissioners under target 2.6 of Housing For All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7330/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department maintains figures on the number of households in receipt of the housing assistance payment that are making additional contributions to their landlord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7332/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 859. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the three-year deadline under section 26(5) of the Child and Family Relationships Act 2015, for use of anonymous gametes in existence prior to the commencement of the Act to five years in line with the conventional period of storage of gametes and embryos within fertility clinics in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...