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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I again raise the plight of thalidomide survivors. They have been waiting more than 60 years for justice and have become desperately frustrated. They are urgently seeking a Government commitment to re-engaging with them to achieve a resolution to seek a State apology and a compensation package, a fair deal. I have been raising this consistently for some time. The Minister met Finola...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: It is a drop in the ocean.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: We are in the middle of a housing disaster. It is the greatest crisis facing the country and the greatest civil liberties issue of this generation. It is really unedifying and unhelpful to listen to a shouting match between two men in this Chamber, shouting and trying to score points off each other. That is not helpful for the more than 13,000 people in homelessness and the 4,000 children...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I am always happy to do so. We need to learn, in this House, how to disagree agreeably and how to make substantive points in debate in a respectful, courteous and civil manner. The report of the Housing Commission has dominated headlines and debate - rightly so - since it was leaked earlier this week. It was welcome to hear the Taoiseach say he does not appear to challenge its findings,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I do not hear any sign of the necessary ambition or urgency from the Minister when he effectively says to people to wait and see, that we will publish those revised targets but just not yet, even though everyone, including the Housing Commission, says the targets are simply too low. Let us take vacancy and dereliction as an example. So much more needs to be done to tackle the scourge of...

Housing for All: Statements (21 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to debate Housing for All. When it comes to housing as a public good, we in the Labour Party believe in three pillars for a housing system that works for all. The first is social and affordable housing. The second is security of tenure for renters. The third is a more ambitious home-building programme. For us, the marker of the Government's Housing for All...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Reports indicate that Ireland, along with other EU member states, may recognise the state of Palestine as early as tomorrow. I welcome that, particularly as we see the horrendous death toll in Gaza rising and International Criminal Court arrest warrants being sought in respect of Netanyahu and Israeli and Hamas leaders. We must see an end to Israel's genocidal action in Gaza and the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: It is too low.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I said "weeks".

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for acknowledging the need to increase housing targets. Indeed, his predecessor also accepted that building targets were too low, but we are still waiting for those increased targets that are so badly needed. More than a year ago, we in Labour said that Ireland would need to see output of 50,000 new builds per year to meet the scale of need. That is now endorsed and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: We do not now when the Minister might have received a previous draft. It would be helpful to hear from the Taoiseach more clarity as to when the Government proposes to implement the recommendations in the report and to take that emergency action that is so necessary. More than 4,000 children are in homelessness. That is a key group of the population and society who cannot wait any longer...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: A radical strategic reset of housing policy is what the Housing Commission has called for in its leaked report, excerpts of which have been published today. I think we all look forward to reading it but it is within Government's gift to publish it. It should be published and I am glad the Taoiseach says it will be published this week. What we know from what has been leaked is that it...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (21 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will comment on the statement of Ireland in the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israeli Practice and Policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on 22 February 2024; and if he will comment on the statement of the Attorney General at [37], and its relation to the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (21 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on progress to require each local authority to appoint a cycling officer. [22850/24]

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, the Minister for Health said he would love to see talks resume with thalidomide survivors. There has not been engagement by the Government with the survivors for a year. It is more than 60 years since the withdrawal of the drug from the market. Thalidomide survivors need justice. They have called for a State apology and a proper compensation package. I have raised their...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Today, on Nakba day, we stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine. Amid the horror of Netanyahu's genocidal siege on Gaza, the compassionate response of people here in Ireland has been notable. They have stood up for human rights, humanitarianism and international law. In recent weeks, we have seen this in the incredible activism of students in Trinity College Dublin and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: We all acknowledge and warmly welcome the actions of Bohemian Football Club and its hospitality to the Palestinian team. I have welcomed the moves towards Palestinian statehood, the comments of the Tánaiste today and the support for a ceasefire. We need more meaningful steps to be taken on trade. The Minister said the Government's opposition to the Control of Economic Activity...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

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Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad to second this important motion on behalf of Labour and to thank my colleague, Deputy Duncan Smith, for tabling it. Throughout history, there have been everyday tragedies that were once thought an inevitability. In the days before it was eradicated, it was thought that smallpox would forever take the lives of young people across the world. Most tragically, gun violence is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the statutory functions of An Garda Síochána in compiling statistics on the prevalence of certain types of theft and robbery offences; and where those functions are conferred. [21913/24]