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Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for the update on the shared island dialogue in the wake of the Assembly election. I reiterate the point that I know is shared by so many colleagues, which is our grave concern and alarm about the unilateral action the British Government is proposing to take, or indeed threatening to take, on the protocol. Its cynical attempt to describe it as a measure to protect the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: A leasehold is conditional ownership.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [22896/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Childcare is a massive issue for parents in every constituency. Ireland has some of the most expensive childcare costs in Europe and we need clarity on how it is proposed to reduce fees for parents, to improve pay and conditions for staff and to improve the availability of places for children. In Limerick on Monday, I visited two brilliant childcare and early years education services,...

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

Ivana Bacik: It is good to know.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: My Labour Party colleagues and I were glad to stand in support of the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association on picket lines outside hospitals around the country yesterday. I was glad to join members of the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association in hospitals in my constituency. We are all conscious that there are long-running issues that had driven the medical laboratory scientists to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance if those who have already received the pandemic special recognition payment are not subject to income tax on the €1,000 payment even though the necessary legislation has not been passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas to date; the administrative measures that are in place to ensure same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25500/22]

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Engagement with the Taoiseach (12 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for engaging with us as Cathaoirligh of the committees today. I am delighted to be here in my role as Cathaoirleach of the relatively new Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality, which, of course, is a time-limited committee. I thank the Taoiseach also for his engagement with our committee to date and his continued engagement. We were established in December...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Engagement with the Taoiseach (12 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I think it was me.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that he is taking to address the delays in persons with non-European Union driving licences having to retrain; if his attention has been drawn to reports of the difficulty to secure driving lessons to meet the requirements of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25732/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons with driving licences from another jurisdiction (details supplied) must retrain through the National Driver Licence Service; if he intends to add the country to the list of countries from which licences can be exchanged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25733/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I also raise the outrageous delays in Dublin Airport over the weekend. Clearly, these have had a devastating effect for so many people. We know 1,000 people have missed their flights and that people missed out on job opportunities, work-related travel, funerals, weddings, holidays and so much more. Clearly, this is a huge issue of consumer rights and a huge issue for those passengers who...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his response on the aviation strategy as it relates to airports such as Shannon, Cork and Farranfore. I also heard what he said about the recovery of aviation. However, this was not unpredictable. Airlines sold flights, so the number of people who would be flying out of Dublin Airport last weekend was utterly predictable. Clearly, there was a serious problem, a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Or a parent.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Truly shocking figures on homelessness were released over the weekend, with over 10,000 people without a home nationally, almost 3,000 of whom are children. There are more than 7,000 people in Dublin without a home, a shocking figure. We also have obligations to the Ukrainian community here. I welcome the Ukrainian Action in Ireland representatives who are in the Public Gallery. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank everyone very much for being with us. We really appreciate everyone joining us. Members have the option of being physically present or may join the meeting via Microsoft Teams from Leinster House offices but may not participate in the meeting from outside parliamentary precincts. If joining on Teams, please mute microphones and use the raise-hand function to indicate. In order to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for her presentation and for setting out very clearly the work being done in the Department on these issues. It touches on quite a number of themes in the recommendations. I invite members to contribute. Deputy Clarke indicated first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: The Deputy has raised quite a number of issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister. Senator Pauline O'Reilly, the Vice Chair of the committee, has indicated next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister and as Senator O'Reilly has said, we had an impressive engagement last week with the ISSU. We are clear on its views and experiences and that was helpful to us. I thank the Minister for acknowledging that.