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Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to debate the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill, which Labour is glad to support. As the Minister of State said, the Bill aims to shift Ireland's consumption patterns from a take-make-waste linear model to the more sustainable pattern of production and consumption with the aim of reducing and minimising waste...

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to speak on behalf of the Labour Party about the crisis in Ukraine and the governmental response. I want to first express my solidarity and that of my party with the people of Ukraine who have now endured an entire month of the brutal bombardment and horrific onslaught represented by the Russian invasion. Despite some indications in recent days of the scaling down...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the news from the Government today with regard to sick pay but its proposals do not go far enough. We in the Labour Party have been calling for a more robust and effective sick pay scheme for some time now. My colleague Senator Sherlock has pointed out that the scheme proposed by the Government will not address the real needs of many of those who are in the most vulnerable...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I acknowledge the Taoiseach's outlining of the action plan for mother and baby home survivors. We on the Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth have been working through a number of issues in this area, including improving the information and tracing legislation to deal with many of the concerns and issues of survivors of mother and baby homes and those who were...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I warmly welcome the announcement of the memorial site in Seán McDermott Street. It is something survivors have sought for a long time. It is very good news. I also ask for more clarity on the future plans for ongoing funding for the NEIC initiative and, indeed, whether it will or could be expanded to cover other areas. It is a model that has been effective. I am grateful to my...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north-east inner city initiative. [16204/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [16203/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for his response to my question earlier. I certainly did not expect to have such an immediate response to my first set of Leaders' Questions as the leader of the Labour Party. I thank him and commend him, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, on acting to expel four senior Russian diplomats. Does this mean that the position of the Russian ambassador is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I appreciate the Taoiseach's intervention.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I understand a motion regarding the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the carbon budget under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Acts, 2015 to 2021, has been laid before the Dáil. Will time be made available by the Government next week to debate the motion? This is a matter of urgency. Friends of the Earth and other NGOs have been looking for us to have a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for his kind words. I also appreciate his comments about the importance of war reporting. I absolutely agree with him that this is an attack on democracy. It is a brutal and unprovoked attack on a peaceful sovereign state. We have to be absolutely clear in our condemnation of Russian action and our solidarity with Ukraine. It is in that spirit that I offer...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Really? Does the Taoiseach wish me every success?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I will take up that offer. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I appreciate that. I also welcome the Taoiseach back. Fáilte ar ais. I pay tribute to my colleague, and the outgoing leader of the Labour Party, Deputy Kelly, for his immense work, commitment and contribution to the party, to the House and to public debate over many years. My solidarity and that of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Go raibh maith agat.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 158. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies he has issued since he assumed office. [16206/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 160. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Shared Island Dialogue on sport. [16210/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes that are expected to be made to SI. 79/2008 to ensure compliance with the 2006 EU bathing water directive; and if he will provide a timeline for the amendment of SI. 79/2008. [16291/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the Bathing Water Expert Group in respect of its examination of measures to protect the health of bathers outside of statutory bathing seasons; the findings, preliminary or otherwise of same; if year-round water quality monitoring has been recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of his engagement with the Bathing Water Expert Group in respect of water quality for bathers to-date in 2022. [16293/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (29 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the recommendations that have been made by the Bathing Water Expert Group in respect of priority actions critical to delivering Ireland’s obligations under the bathing water directive; and the steps that have been taken to implement same. [16294/22]