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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I understand.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Absolutely.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (16 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government information service unit of his Department. [55389/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (16 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: On the GIS, who in the Taoiseach's Department now oversees the commissioning and production of television and radio advertisements generally for Government information campaigns? Is there political oversight of these advertising campaigns? I welcome the news that the Taoiseach will be meeting the Irish Thalidomide Association tomorrow, 17 November. It is a long overdue meeting....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (16 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: He did not deal either with my question on Thalidomide.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the senior officials group chaired by his Department to provide a strategic overview of the implementation of the sustainable development goals. [55385/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It is welcome that the Government recently recommitted to the SDGs, as the Taoiseach outlined, with the launch of the new national implementation plan up to 2024. I wish to speak about two goals. Goal 6 concerns clean water and sanitation, which speaks to an issue in my constituency of Dublin Bay South. I welcomed the recent announcement by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: -----and ask the Government to rule out the developments relating to liquefied natural gas, LNG, and the proposal to build LNG terminals.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (16 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [55386/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: On Tuesday and yesterday, I raised with the Taoiseach the issue of the Spiritans and the horrific abuse of children perpetrated at Blackrock College. At that one school alone, we are now learning of the horrific scale of the abuse that was perpetrated. It was revealed yesterday that 25 of the 120 boys in the class of 1979 have reported abuse. That is a staggering 21%. We know that 300...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Tánaiste for his response. I endorse his comments and his encouragement of anyone who has been the victim of sexual abuse, in school or elsewhere, to report that matter to the Garda. I would also be glad to engage constructively with the Tánaiste and the Government on the structure of an inquiry. Survivors have contacted me to express their view that an inquiry and a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I want to return to the issue of women’s healthcare and the CervicalCheck screening programme. On Tuesday we all spoke in tribute to Vicky Phelan and remarked on the extraordinary legacy she has left and the huge work she did for women's healthcare in her lifetime. On Tuesday, the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach committed to ensuring the speedy passage of the Patient Safety...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Tánaiste.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government (16 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 53. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the commitments in the Programme for Government under his remit; if each commitment has been met or is in the process of being met; and the estimated timeframe for same in tabular form. [55391/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I offer solidarity with the two gardaí who were badly injured in a vicious attack in Dublin last night. All Deputies will want to share their thoughts and sympathies with them and their families. Each week brings more news of the Government’s failure on housing policy. Today in particular we see news about failed policy in regard to renters, with a report from Daft.ie...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach is absolutely right - the time to play with words is over and the time is now to build more houses. He is also right about supply being the issue. However, he is wrong to say the Opposition does not come up with constructive ideas and solutions. We in the Labour Party put forward a clear proposal in our alternative budget this year for an additional spend of €1.5...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the fact that we have a debate this week on Thursday on abuse in certain educational institutions. It is a debate I looked for last week and I am glad to see it is in the schedule. I am raising on the Order of Business a concern that the time allocated may not be sufficient given the issues that we have to debate, particularly around the format of a welcome inquiry that the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Over decades, we have seen neglect of national childcare policies, producing a piecemeal system with the highest proportion of private providers in the OECD and childcare costs continuing to rise. Despite the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme and core funding model, parents in Dublin are still paying as much as €1,000 per child per month, if they can find a crèche...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. [53391/22]

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach outlined some of the issues discussed at the recent meeting. I want to follow up on two of them. The first is Russia's brutal war in Ukraine. There are reports today that the EU plans to confiscate the assets of Russian sanction evaders to provide support for Ukraine to rebuild. Will the Taoiseach consider removing the Government block on a Bill proposed by our colleague,...