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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent discussions with the Prime Minister of Ukraine. [24218/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for the update on his meeting with the Ukrainian Prime Minister and for his expression of support from the Government for the rapid accession of Ukraine to the EU. I join him in expressing solidarity with the people of Ukraine and support for its speedy accession to the Union. I met last week with the Ukrainian ambassador, Ms Gerasko Larysa, in Leinster House. In...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [25826/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We heard an important briefing today from Dóchas on the Horn of Africa crisis, where up to 20 million people could go hungry due to drought and the fallout from the brutal war on Ukraine. What additional aid will Ireland commit to the growing food crisis in the global south? How can we use our position on the UN Security Council to find solutions to the Russian embargo on Ukrainian...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [25828/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for his update on the work of the NESC. One of the five areas on which NESC is strategically advising the Taoiseach is aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic. We are all conscious that a lack of hospital bed capacity was one of the key reasons our lockdowns had to be so extensive in order to protect bed capacity in hospitals. We see reports that the emergency department in...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: In 2019 this House declared a climate emergency. Last year we passed legislation to keep oil and gas in the ground through the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act although it did not apply to existing exploration licences. That Act commits us to a legally binding path to net zero by 2050. Later today we will debate the annual transition statements. We are waiting on the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Every week I hear, as I know we all do, from constituents in my constituency in Dublin Bay South about the immense difficulties they face in finding a home and getting support with housing. I hear from renters who are looking at unaffordable rents - rents are as high as €4,000 per month for a house in my area - and renters who are facing eviction and cannot afford find another...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister. The Labour Party certainly believes in constructive and responsible opposition but we are a party of the left. We believe in the need to ensure investment in public services for all. We do not believe in tax cuts for some at the expense of public services for all. That is our concern. Our concern is that during the pandemic we saw, rightly, the State stepping up to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It is the level of ambition.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I was delighted to quote the President earlier. His remarks were absolutely correct.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I raise the issue of the failure to deliver progress on Ireland's climate action plan in 2021. Among the more than 100 measures on which we did not see delivery on time was the move to ensure sufficient availability of electric vehicle, EV, charging points for those who wish to switch to EVs. This is being raised with me constantly in my constituency and it is an issue for many people...

Annual Transition Statement: Statements (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to debate climate action and discuss the interdepartmental negotiations on sectoral targets. We know that the deadline is drawing ever close as weeks pass coming up to the end of this term in mid-July. Our global climate and biodiversity crises are existential and fundamental to our capacity to live and to the survival of our planet, but it is not all doom and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated timeline for the publication of the revised national cycling manual. [30607/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Strategies (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 148. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Reform Programme. [25829/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Priorities (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 149. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Well-Being Framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [25830/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Investigations (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 150. To ask the Taoiseach the number of investigations that are ongoing in his Department into leaks of documents to the media. [25831/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland free home energy upgrade for persons in receipt of the blind pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for excluding persons in receipt of disability allowance that do not have a child under the age of seven years from the free home energy upgrade scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30609/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria which were considered when deciding which social welfare payment recipients would qualify for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland free home energy upgrades. [30610/22]