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

Ivana Bacik: As we know, Davos is the world's most exclusive lobbying forum. Yesterday, The Irish Times published a series of extraordinary articles about how Uber apparently went about trying to tear up regulations covering the taxi sector in Ireland and did not disclose contact with the then Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, at Davos 2016 in its own lobbying returns. Will the Taoiseach tell us what companies...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: This afternoon, the Government is asking us to vote confidence in it. We in Labour cannot do that. We have never had confidence in the Government to address the housing disaster, the childcare crisis, the spiralling cost of living or the climate catastrophe. In 2020, we did not support the election of the Taoiseach and we now believe in the need for a change of Government. We believe the...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We need a Government that will integrate economic planning with a stronger climate response to take us to net zero as quickly as possible, to make Ireland the renewables superpower that it can be and to support the creation of decent jobs through a just transition. There is a pressing case for change. The reality is that younger generations in Ireland are now growing up worse off than...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, I spoke of the Government being long on ambition but short on delivery in a number of areas, notably on the climate catastrophe. Europe’s temperatures are reaching record highs this week across the Continent. Human activity has warmed our planet at a rate not seen for 2,000 years. The consequences are unthinkable and the imperative to act is indisputable. Last week, I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with members of the United States Congress. [35870/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister. [32141/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (13 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 20. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the national reform programme. [34512/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (12 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 204. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Cabinet Committee on Covid-19. [35869/22]

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

Ivana Bacik: We have received apologies from Deputies Cannon, Carroll MacNeill and Smith and Senator Warfield. Other colleagues will join us remotely and some are coming in a little later. Today we are continuing our meetings on the recommendations Nos. 4 to 19, inclusive, of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality, which relate to care and social protection. Today we have representatives from the...

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 thank Ms Daly. Ms Weldon has pointed out in the Teams chat that many disabled persons have a third level education yet cannot secure employment, which is an important observation. As no other members are indicating, Ms Weldon wishes to contribute. I also wish to invite Ms Phelan to contribute, after which I will ask any of the other witnesses who would like to make a final set of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Budget 2022 (13 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown of the additional funding provided in Budget 2022 for climate measures; and the progress on the implementation of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38754/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (13 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown of the total funding that has been provided for retrofitting in 2022; if he will provide a breakdown of allocations to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to date in 2022; the number of homes that have been retrofitted to date; the number that are expected to be carried out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (13 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the changes that have been made to retrofitting programmes in 2022 under the National Retrofit Plan; the required funding allocation in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38756/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (13 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount ringfenced for cycling investment in 2022; the amount that will be available in 202; if he will provide similar figures for active travel measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38758/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the allocations for public transport in 2022; the additional increases provided in the most recent Budget in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38759/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (13 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount ringfenced for retrofitting of local authority homes in 2022; the number projected to be carried out in 2022; the projections for 2023; the amount of funding that will be required to achieve that target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38757/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 410. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the current funding streams for childcare and of the additional funding provided in Budget 2022 and expected funding required in 2023 to maintain existing levels of service in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38751/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 411. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional funding required to reduce the costs of childcare for parents to €50 per week or €100 per month; if he will provide a breakdown of the additional allocations required in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38752/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 412. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that if a child is in after school care and previously qualified for the national childcare scheme universal subsidy when in a creche that they will now qualify for additional support under the NCS in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38753/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: In this unprecedented cost-of-living crisis, we all know there are certain individuals and families who are living in particular fear - fear about safety in their homes and fear about the cost of remedying defects in the construction of their homes. Last month, for example, I heard from a mother who informed me that the possibility of her daughter progressing to third level education had...