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Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I have two specific questions. Has the Taoiseach decided who will take over as chair of the north east inner city programme implementation board since the resignation of Michael Stone? He said he will announce the nominee in due course. Can he give us a timeline and some indication as to who it will be? I would also like to raise an issue with the Taoiseach on behalf of my Labour Party...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Housing for All progress report for quarter 4 2022 will be published. [5721/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I have two questions on housing and planning policy. The Taoiseach will have seen the explosive allegations in the Sunday Independentby Mark Tighe reporting that ESB staff have been accused of seeking backhanders from companies to get works completed and new developments connected. We know there are significant delays in getting connections from the ESB for new developments. These are...

Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I am sharing time with Deputy Nash. I thank the Social Democrats for bringing forward the motion. We in the Labour Party are happy to support it in full. Today marks 12 and a half months since we introduced a Labour Party cost-of-living motion that proposed, among other things, the introduction of a windfall tax, so we have had similar debates previously. In the months since the debate...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I also acknowledge Nicola Sturgeon's stepping down today after an eight-year term as Scotland's First Minister. She has been undoubtedly a powerful force in Scottish politics throughout that time. I wish her well personally following that surprise announcement. The Taoiseach has acknowledged that people across the country are struggling despite the Government's measures introduced in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: If it looks like a rose and smells like a rose, it is a rose. This sounds like a mini-budget. If there is a finance Bill, it sounds very much like a mini-budget. I am glad that the Taoiseach has confirmed that there will be clarity on Tuesday. Will we have a Dáil debate next week? Are people likely to know next week what the nature of the measures will be, which ones will be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit of his Department. [6927/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to raise Government communications around national security, which is a phrase often used as an umbrella term to avoid engagement on serious issues. On the issue of national security, we have seen serious concerns raised by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, in the past week about the use of Hikvision cameras in the Houses of the Oireachtas. I know the Office of Public...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [6926/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I raise the inconsistency in delays for women seeking domestic violence orders as reported by Ciara Phelan in today's Irish Examiner. She has raised serious concerns that domestic violence victims and survivors are waiting up to four months in some cases for courts to hear safety applications. It is, in effect, a postcode lottery as to how long a woman will have to wait, ranging from 16...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on the Humanitarian Response to Ukraine will next meet. [6924/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I acknowledge the huge welcome and solidarity shown in communities across Ireland to those who have come to our shores seeking refuge. The Taoiseach has given the figures. We are all conscious of the enormous welcome and warmth there is. What is lacking is a strong co-ordinated response from the Government, particularly to the accommodation of refugees and those seeking international...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Governments of the world can be split between those who are climate leaders and those who are climate laggards. All of us want to ensure that Ireland is in the first category rather than the second, showing leadership on climate and not lagging behind others. Let us look to some examples of leadership by different governments. In Wales, the Labour Government has taken the radical decision...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: No comment. When we are asking people to come along the way with us to a net-zero future, we need to see the Government introducing climate action policies which will show benefit in the short term. We need to see carrots and not just sticks. We need incentives and not just sanctions when it comes to climate action. Yesterday, the Taoiseach confirmed to me during Leaders' Questions...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: First, I echo the Tánaiste's words on Ukraine as we approach the first anniversary of this horrific and brutal war. I will be speaking at the Ireland For All rally this Saturday to show solidarity with those who have come here seeking refuge. I also look forward to speaking at an event on 24 February, organised by the Ukrainian community, to mark the anniversary of the brutal war. ...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: What about the climate issue?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: When the Taoiseach took office in December, he stated his intention to end child poverty, establishing a child poverty unit in his Department. Crucial to any work on this absolutely vital issue is ensuring an adequate supply of quality affordable childcare and early years education for all children. I want to know specifically how the Government will address the severe shortage of preschool...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome this debate and am glad to have the opportunity to speak on behalf of the Labour Party. It is particularly timely as next week, 24 February, is the sad first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. It is 12 months since Vladimir Putin began waging his brutal war on Ukraine. Such devastation, destruction and suffering has been inflicted on the people of Ukraine since then, with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can confirm a matter (details supplied) following the adoption of the Moorhead report recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6643/23]