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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: There was extensive consideration on Committee Stage, that is absolutely right, and I commend Deputy Matthews on steering the debate there with such patience and good will. However, there was not ample time in this Chamber to debate it on Report Stage, and that it is the point. More than 800 amendments were tabled on Report Stage and I think we were at about amendment No. 200-and-something...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I begin by acknowledging the resignation of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, as leader of the Green Party. I wish Eamon and his family well on this momentous personal decision. I also wish Eamon’s colleagues in the Green Party well. I acknowledge his immense contribution to public service and environmentalism. Without a functioning planning system, we have no hope of achieving our...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Workers from the national advocacy service are striking today. They provide an essential service for disabled persons and for adults with disabilities, and yet these staff do not receive fair pay. They have exhausted all means for addressing their low-pay issues. They have been to the Workplace Relations Commission and to the Labour Court. A recommendation for a pay rise has been made and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: He is.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: A September or October budget?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, the Low Pay Commission recommended the abolition of sub-minimum wages for workers under the age of 20. I cannot say that any of us were surprised by the recommendation because maintaining a discriminatory system for young people could never have stood up to scrutiny when evaluated on the evidence. We all know that young workers have rent to pay and other living expenses. They...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: As the Taoiseach knows, we have always acknowledged any steps forward on workers' rights. We are, however, concerned to guard against any rowing back of workers' rights. As the Taoiseach acknowledged, I have engaged extensively with small businesses in my own constituency and elsewhere. I am conscious that the Low Pay Commission is statutorily obliged to have regard to the impact of its...

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: On 27 February, we witnessed a historic vote in the European Parliament. MEPs in Strasbourg voted to approve the first-ever EU-wide nature restoration law to tackle the existential climate and biodiversity crisis. The Socialists and Democrats group, in which we in Labour are deeply proud to now be represented following the election last night of my dear friend Deputy Ó...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I will raise an issue I have raised with the Taoiseach previously and which he spoke about earlier, that is, the ongoing failure by the Government to provide adequate accommodation for those who come here seeking refuge and are in the international protection system. I agree with him that it is inhumane and unsustainable to have people camping on the streets or in public parks, but it is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I support that call. I do not believe the Planning and Development Bill should be guillotined tomorrow night. It is a really important Bill. We have seen great concern about it. There are over 800 amendments down on Report Stage. The Minister has put down an amendment based on an amendment Labour put down on Committee Stage that will require a good deal of debate. It is an amendment to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pension Provisions (11 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 78.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a decision will issue in relation to an appeal (details supplied) [24739/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (11 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 355.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports in place for artists reliant on universal basic income after 2025; her views on initial data gathered by way of the six-monthly surveys; how that data is being deployed by her Department; her views on the extension of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24719/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (11 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 385.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will expand the powers of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities in respect of investigating failures by Uisce Éireann to provide an adequate service. [24791/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (11 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 386.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the adequacy of powers of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities in respect of service provision by Uisce Éireann, particularly in respect of the prohibition on investigation until such a time as Uisce Éireann has completed the complaint process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24792/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (11 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 387.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the need for a compensation scheme for businesses forced to close on a continued basis due to water outages. [24795/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (11 Jun 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 525.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on domestic violence survivors’ experiences of navigating the courts system and dealing with An Garda Síochána; if she will report on the adequacy of her Department’s implementation of the O’Malley Report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24737/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: We hear ominous reports from the Israeli Government that it intends to continue pursuing its genocidal war in Gaza until the end of this year and beyond, while it refuses to comply with the International Court of Justice ruling calling for an immediate halt to the military offensive in Gaza. We see children continuing to be killed in Gaza. We see what is happening in Rafah, which is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Reviews (30 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his engagement with the Minister for Justice in respect of the need to update the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; and if he is satisfied that the redress scheme for construction defects is practicable in view of the lack of a review so far. [24572/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Reviews (30 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: The question is to ask the Minister for housing if he will report on his engagement with the Minister for Justice in respect of the need to update the Multi-Unit Developments, MUDs, Act 2011 and if he is satisfied that the redress scheme for construction defects is practicable in view of the lack of a review so far.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Reviews (30 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State. I am somewhat disappointed the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, did not respond directly on this question given the importance of this issue and the fact that I have engaged directly with him on the issue of the redress schemes. I am glad to hear that the regulations are being prepared. Can the Minister of State provide a timeline for their approval and...