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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: No one is doubting that.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I express my solidarity with PayPal employees and staff at Google, all of whom are anxiously awaiting news about prospective job losses this week. It is a worrying time for those in similar positions. It is just the latest in a series of announcements of layoffs and redundancies across the tech sector worldwide. It is not just in the tech sector; I met just this week with employees of...

Seanad: Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Ar son Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre cuirim fáilte mhór roimh an Uachtaráin Metsola go dtí Tithe an Oireachtais. President Metsola is welcome. As Ireland marks 50 years of membership of the European Union, we remember the economic and social progress we have made together but we also recall the hard lessons, particularly from during the economic crash, when serious...

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Ar son Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre cuirim fáilte mhór roimh an Uachtaráin Metsola go dtí Tithe an Oireachtais. President Metsola is welcome. As Ireland marks 50 years of membership of the European Union, we remember the economic and social progress we have made together but we also recall the hard lessons, particularly from during the economic crash, when serious...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Will we see a debate very soon on the proposed introduction of a windfall tax on the profits of energy companies, as families and households are grappling with severe hardship and poverty? A Barnardos report has disclosed really shameful levels of parental sacrifice because of poverty. It is obscene to see Shell reporting a profit of $40 billion for 2022, its highest in 115 years. BP's...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I will first acknowledge the horrific death toll following the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria and express my thoughts and sympathies for all of those affected by that horrific and devastating event. Last Thursday, I raised with the Tánaiste the need to resource the international protection accommodation services, IPAS, to ensure they had capacity to meet the housing needs of those...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [4377/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (8 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council [4378/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: My Labour Party colleagues and I have come from the funeral in Blackrock of our dear friend and colleague, the pioneering former Minister for Education, Niamh Bhreathnach. I acknowledge the presence at the funeral of not only the President but also a representative of the Taoiseach; the Minister, Deputy Foley; the Minister of State, Deputy Carroll MacNeill; and Deputy Devlin. I express on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his kind words about Niamh Bhreathnach. We appreciate that very much. We seek to be constructive in addressing the housing crisis and to put forward positive proposals for change that would deliver on housing. That is the purpose of our motion this evening and we were disappointed last night to see Government put down an amendment to that motion. We ask it to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: When the State was bankrupted by Fianna Fáil.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: It is more than 12 months since the Labour Party brought a motion to this House calling for a windfall tax on the profits of energy companies, which was back in January 2022. In the year since, we have seen Shell plc record a record profit of $40 billion and during the same year BP plc's profits have doubled to €28 billion, even as it scaled back its albeit modest climate action...

Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — not enough homes are being built, too many vacant and derelict homes remain unused, and the overreliance on the private sector has worsened the housing crisis; — Housing for All: A New Housing Plan for Ireland has failed as it's targets are too low or non-existent, and the Government is not meeting it's own delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (8 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a family is permitted to access information about a relative who was adopted under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 (details supplied). [5862/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The average cost of rent in Ireland in December was €1,733 per month. This is according to the latest Daft.ie market report. We know that after tax, the take-home pay for a full-time worker on the minimum wage now stands at just €1,724 per month. This is nearly €10 less than the average monthly rent. We know that rents have more than doubled in the past decade and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [5719/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I also want to raise the issue of Palestinian rights. Indeed, two weeks ago, I called on the Government to take a strong stance in defence of Palestinian rights. Conditions have worsened since, as we have seen the new far-right Netanyahu government in Israel, which took office at the start of the year, take even further steps to trample on the rights of the Palestinian people and, indeed,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: What about the occupied territories Bill?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: What about the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north-east inner city initiative. [5720/23]