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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: No.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Six or seven minutes per Opposition speaker-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: -----would allow time for questions and answers from the Minister.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: It is the back-and-forth.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Since I first raised the issue of construction defects in this House last summer, I have been inundated with dreadful personal stories from individuals whose homes are not safe. In many cases, they have paid thousands of euro to remedy the defects and are in dire financial straits as a result. The Taoiseach said he is affected personally by this as well. Following the announcement by the...

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad that we are here discussing the contents of the Climate Action Plan 2023, notwithstanding the delays in publishing the report and in holding this debate. I have stated previously, but it bears repeating, that the delay and missed targets are regrettably characteristic of the Government’s approach to the climate and biodiversity crises. The matter of climate action is so...

Oil Emergency Contingency and Transfer of Renewable Transport Fuels Functions Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad to take this opportunity to discuss the Bill to strengthen the State's ability to manage stocks in the event of a curtailment of oil supplies. I listened to the Minister’s assurances that no such shortage is imminent. Indeed, I agree it is important that debates in the House on energy security do not give rise to any sense of panic but it is inevitable that at some stage...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, I spoke about the need to implement urgent ethical reform to counteract the sowing of distrust in politics by agents of the far right. It is also vitally important that we provide wraparound supports for those who stand for election. In the last number of weeks we have seen multiple instances of intimidation and violence against Deputies, Senators and councillors. Jennifer...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Will it establish a dedicated and resourced office in Leinster House to provide support to public representatives at local and national level who are subject to intimidation?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Cross-party.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Last week, I put several questions to the Taoiseach about ethical standards in Fine Gael, and I have just been sitting here, as we all have, listening to the exchanges between Fine Gael and Sinn Féin over dodgy donations and funny money, we might say. I know we are going to return to the issue later. I want to raise with the Taoiseach an issue that is very serious because of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for his response but it does not sound as if he and the Government are bringing the necessary urgency to this. I am conscious, as I think we all are, that Dr. Susan Finnerty found her findings so stark that she published them as an interim report. There is an urgent need for action to address that report. As I said, it is over ten years since an expert group...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Can the Taoiseach say when?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I have written to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, and others over a number of months seeking an answer about the better co-ordination by the Government of services for those who come here seeking protection or refugee status, including those who come here from Ukraine. I am very concerned about today's report that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I want to raise the proposed €200 million deal between Coillte and UK investment fund, Gresham House. It is incomprehensible to us in the Labour Party why a State body is going to do all the work while foreign investors will be able to reap financial profits. We have seen across other sectors, including housing, healthcare and education, our society suffering the consequences of an...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [60875/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The housing crisis, as we know, continues to worsen and Mike Allen warned on “News at One” of the growing shortage of accommodation. Last week, Threshold warned that the majority of tenants it had helped towards the end of 2022 were at risk of homelessness due to the landlord selling their property. When the eviction ban was being introduced, I repeatedly raised with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [2120/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications launched another new strategy in the past week. This one related to electric vehicles with a new charging infrastructure strategy that will see €100 million invested over three years. I have raised concerns with the Minister about this issue on a number of occasions because we are just seeing a far too slow delivery on...