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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach was inviting it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: On Monday, we learned that average rents nationally have now surged beyond €2,000 per month, a new all-time high. Renters in different counties are seeing shocking rises. Limerick, for example, has seen yearly increases of more than 20% on rents. The Taoiseach said earlier that housing is all about supply and we, of course, agree. However, he has accused the Opposition of having no...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Will the Government take on our renter's rights Bill in light of this astronomical rise we are seeing in rents across the country?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: The United Nations warned this week that 14,000 babies will die in Gaza if humanitarian aid is not allowed to enter. Last night, there were more child casualties, including a week-old baby. There are no words to describe the horror that Israel is inflicting on the people of Gaza. The wickedness of using starvation as a weapon of war against children cannot be overstated. It is a weapon of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I said that. We said that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I have acknowledged Ireland's leadership at EU level on Gaza. That is welcome but we can and should do more. The Taoiseach used strong words, which I welcome. He acknowledged that what Israel is carrying out is a war crime. Of course, like the Taoiseach, I have condemned Hamas outright. Of course I have called for the release of all hostages. What Israel is doing now, with impunity,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the situation in India/Pakistan. [26267/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the making of any legacy deal with the UK government that would undermine the calls for a public inquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied). [26268/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding whether a national security veto in any reformed Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (details supplied) will command the confidence of victims and survivors in such a body dealing with the legacy of the Troubles; and how the policy of the Government is being pressed. [26269/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications and approvals for a student visa from students in Türkiye in each of the years 2014-2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [26266/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 29. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with rural affairs and community development will meet. [25316/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (20 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 13. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent discussions with President Zelenskyy. [16742/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (20 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for the briefing. First, I wish to express my own deep solidarity and that of the Labour Party with the people of Ukraine as they face what the Taoiseach has rightly described as an existential threat to their country and, indeed, to European democracy as a result of Russia’s brutal war and bombardment. I want to ask about three specific ways that we can show...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will next meet. [18693/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to ask about Government policy on accommodation and international protection. On Friday, we saw the Government confirm it would not proceed with opening an IPAS centre in Coolock on the former Crown Paints site. We are all aware there has been a very violent and nasty campaign against the opening of an IPAS centre there. There were local public representatives who bravely stood in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: The news from Gaza is getting worse and worse each day and as famine takes hold, we all fear that Israel's announcement that it will allow aid into Gaza is as illusory as it was the last time. Gaza needs 600 trucks every day and just five were let through. Meanwhile, more and more children are being killed and maimed with surgeons speaking about the horrors of having to amputate the limbs...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Will you meet Cara?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Good.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I listened carefully when the Taoiseach said the issue is not one of resources but one of capacity. Then he threw out a number of hypothetical ways in which capacity could be addressed. However, the Government has not done anything to address capacity. I sat yesterday in my own constituency with two desperate mothers who are desperate to get school places for their children. The Taoiseach...