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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It is the conditionality that is the difference.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment will next meet. [22897/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Economic recovery is hampered by the scourge of low pay in Ireland, with one in five workers on low pay. This has a knock-on effect because many people are unable to afford basic costs such as basic housing costs and are unable to contemplate having a secure home. They are simply on too low a rate of pay to be able to meet rising housing prices and rising prices for childcare, transport,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [21061/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 13. To ask the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the climate action delivery board co-chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [21857/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: The World Meteorological Organization issued a warning yesterday, as we know, that there is now a 50% chance that temperatures will rise by 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels within the next five years, by 2026. This is yet another wake-up call on climate, as if we needed one. The brutal war on Ukraine reminds us on a daily basis of our continued overreliance on fossil fuels. On a more...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (11 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 24. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [22901/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (11 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: As Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality, I thank the Taoiseach for his engagement with our committee. We are making progress on reviewing the recommendations of the citizens' assembly. Its 45 important recommendations are effectively a blueprint for achieving gender equality. We want to produce an action plan by the end of this year to ensure those recommendations...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (11 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of staff allocated to access or disabilities offices to support students with disabilities in each of the further and higher education providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23708/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (11 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate cost of employing one dedicated full-time access or disability support staff member in each of the further and higher education providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23709/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (11 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate cost of expanding the SUSI grant to students registered with disabilities services studying on a part-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23710/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I return to the question of the national maternity hospital. First, I thank the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, for his engagement with the Labour Party Parliamentary Party yesterday evening. We were very appreciative of the opportunity to engage with the Minister, clinicians and legal advisers to hear more about the Government's proposals, to dig into the legal documents somewhat and to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We are convinced of the clinical need for the new maternity hospital; I think all of us are. All of us want the same outcome, which is a state-of-the-art, fit-for-purpose new national maternity hospital for women's healthcare in Ireland. We have heard why that should be at the St. Vincent's site. However, it is time to call the bluff of the owners of that site. It is time to call them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Members now have the option of being physically present or may join via Microsoft Teams from their Leinster House offices but may not participate in the meeting from outside the parliamentary precincts. If joining on Teams, I ask members to mute their microphones when not speaking and use the raise-hand function to indicate. To limit the risk of spreading Covid-19, all members, visitors and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Ms Neville very much. That was very helpful and clear. I now invite Mr. David Byrne, research scholar at the TU Dublin to make his opening statement. We will then move to questions and answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Mr. Byrne very much for that very clear overview and very useful and valuable observations. I invite members to ask questions of the ISSU and Mr. Byrne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It is about quality, quantity and consistency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: That is very clear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I should have said Senator O'Reilly is the Vice Chair of the committee. I ask Emer to come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: That is good to hear.