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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: That included my follow-up question. That is very helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Mr. Dunne. We can follow up with the HSE on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Chambers has returned. Before I go to final statements and then close the meeting, I will let her in to make some comments. The witnesses can then address them in their closing statements. We were talking about family carers. I am conscious that there are carers who are not family members but who are also not commercial operators. I am referring to friends and neighbours, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It is a great help and an eye-opener for us to realise just how poor and contradictory the data are. I will let Mr. Dunne and Ms Duffy back in very briefly on the universal basic income because we discussed that somewhat extensively earlier. I will then let Ms Hughes and Professor Lynch have the last word.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It is fascinating. I am conscious that it goes somewhat beyond the citizens' assembly recommendations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: That is okay because we have been exploring it and it may be the best way to get to the outcomes that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am conscious of time so I am going to ask Ms Hughes and Professor Lynch to give their closing remarks and to respond, if they can, to the issues raised by myself and by Senator Chambers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: And to plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Ms Hughes. We will give Professor Lynch the last word.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Professor Lynch for reminding the committee about that and about the voices of those who are cared for. Even the language is very different from the language of carers. There is no one word that sums up the people who are receiving care. I am conscious we have been here two and a half hours now but I thank the witnesses. I think it is because we are conscious of the vital...

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

Ivana Bacik: Some words jump out from the study published today on unplanned pregnancy support and abortion care conducted by Dr. Catherine Conlon and her colleagues at Trinity College Dublin. The purpose of the study was to discover the experiences of women who have sought to access abortion under our abortion legislation. The words expressed by women include "awful", "draining", "arduous", "harrowing"...

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

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for confirming the date. He said the end of the year is when the review will be complete and that is useful to hear. I acknowledge that the legislation that we passed was, indeed, done on a cross-party basis and many of us banded together to facilitate the passing of that very important change in the law. However, as the Taoiseach acknowledged, there are still certain...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I too have serious concerns regarding the way the Order of Business has been scheduled. Last week, I criticised the Government for having shoehorned five Bills into five hours on Wednesday afternoon. It is now proposing that six Bills be shoehorned into six hours tomorrow. Even worse, there are significant numbers of amendments to some of those Bills, including significant numbers of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Yes, for 45 minutes in the morning.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Since this Government took office, rents have increased by 15%. Media reports last weekend showed that a legislative loophole in rent pressure zone laws has enabled cuckoo funds to contribute to this problem, charging exorbitant rents, for example, €2,140 per month for a one-bed apartment and up to €5,220 per month for a three-bed. Until the Government reins these funds in, it...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (12 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [25827/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (12 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: As we know, the summer economic statement was published last week in a context in which we are seeing the living standards of hundreds of thousands of people fall because of prices rising beyond their control and the soaring inflation rate, which was nearly 10% in June. Will the Taoiseach confirm whether the budget will increase social welfare payments in line with the rate of inflation?...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (12 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the investigation being carried out by the Secretary General of his Department into the leaking of details of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation. [32140/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (12 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: The premature leaking of aspects of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes caused great anger and distress for survivors of those homes. It is 19 months since an investigation was launched into that leaking and all of us want to know when we will see the outcome. Will the Taoiseach indicate whether the legislation for the payments scheme will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [29332/22]