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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: That is a new phrase.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thanks Ms Ní Fhlatharta. Ms Phelan said earlier that we could have a whole session on each of the recommendations of the citizens' assembly. I am conscious that we have covered an extensive range of issues with our guests this morning. We on the committee are grateful for our guests' time and for the fact they have shared their experiences, some of which were very personal. They...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, we heard further evidence to of just how deep the cost-of-living crisis is biting households around the country. We heard it from the Free Legal Advice Centres, FLAC, which told us how calls to their helplines are up and, in particular, we heard it from Barnardos, which described to us in such shocking terms how so many families cannot afford decent clothes or shoes for their...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We are very happy to work constructively with the Government to ensure targeted measures are introduced that tackle the real hardship being faced by those on the lowest of incomes. We are prepared to sit beyond and through the summer if that is what it takes to deal with the sort of targeted measures that are necessary, such as a summer social welfare bonus that could be introduced as a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We need an emergency debate on homelessness and the housing crisis. I spoke earlier about just the enormous pressure on people trying to find a new home when they have been evicted. We are seeing evictions at a record high. That is a very serious concern. I would also raise another concern about the ordering of business, which is just the huge number of Bills before this House and the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: That is not true.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Following the awful decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday, we know hundreds of thousands of women and girls in the US have been plunged into crisis. We need to ensure, here in Ireland, that we are addressing the real needs of women and girls in crisis pregnancy by ensuring adequate access to abortion healthcare, particularly given the 66.4%...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [32139/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to raise with the Taoiseach the loss of face-to-face services and the curtailment of access to community amenities in public services. This is having a very significant impact on the well-being of communities, and in my constituency we have seen the continued closure of the Citizens Information centre in Rathmines. A public meeting I organised on this recently drew a huge crowd who...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [24221/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the special European Council meeting in May 2022. [29330/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: As we know, in February there were planned Russian naval exercises in Irish waters. These were eventually moved due to the campaign of Mr. Patrick Murphy and the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation who threatened to sail out to meet the navy. Last week the same organisation had a second victory when planned manoeuvres by the French navy were moved outside of Irish waters. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [24222/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: An agreement with the Catholic Church on patronage was reached in March to cover five towns that currently have no multidenominational primary school provision and to cover the cities of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway and encourage greater levels of divestment in keeping with parents' wishes. The proof, however, will be in how many schools change their status, given the Catholic Church...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am conscious that the main purpose of this Bill is to ensure we have sufficient electricity generation in place for this winter through to 2026 following the direction from the CRU to EirGrid to procure an extra 450 MW of power generation capacity. We appreciate the Government was left in the unenviable position of having to get this legislation through as quickly as possible to ensure...

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It gives me great pleasure to second this Bill on behalf of the Labour Party. I commend my colleague, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, on speaking so passionately in proposing it. He has fought so hard for so long on the rights of children with autism in education. As he said, we are very glad to be joined today in the Public Gallery by many parents who have spent so long fighting for the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday I raised a constituent’s story with the Taoiseach. While searching for a rented home, my constituent was invited to participate in what he described as a bidding war. The landlord was asking prospective tenants to indicate how much they were willing to pay per month in rent. I am not suggesting that is representative of all landlords by any means but this shocking example...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 884. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce waiting times in the orthopaedic department of Tallaght hospital. [34350/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: As parents across the country fear the rising costs of the back to school dates that are looming ahead, there are some parents who fear September even more. That is because over 200 children still do not have a school place on the last day in June for the coming September term. It was a privilege yesterday to be joined by parents, advocates, SNAs, teachers and young people for the debate on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: The response is inadequate. It is simply not good enough that there are 100 children in Dublin alone who do not have a school place for this coming September. This is 30 June, the end of the school year. As I said, we heard yesterday from parents who are very frustrated. In some cases they have had to approach 18 or 25 schools simply to try to get a place for their child and were still...