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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I have to raise the slow pace of delivery on social and affordable housing. Some progress is being made and I welcome the announcement that the Land Development Agency, LDA, has received planning permission for more than 800 homes in Dundrum in south Dublin. However, there is concern about the capacity to deliver on announcements once they are made. I refer in particular to an issue in my...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I raise two issues related to energy usage and climate. Does Ireland have any plans to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, which is being used by companies internationally to thwart climate action? We have seen other European countries now signalling their intention to withdraw, including France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain, especially following a landmark case where Italy was...

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Along with my Labour colleagues, I am glad to support this motion and I commend Deputy Cian O'Callaghan on bringing it forward. It is the latest in a series of Opposition motions and proposals to address the housing disaster, the chronic housing shortage and the Government's failure to address it. We in Labour have put forward constructive proposals of our own to begin the path to secure...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I join colleagues in welcoming the publication of this landmark report into familicide. I commend Ms Maura Butler and her colleagues on it. I express my sympathy and that of my Labour colleagues to all those families affected by this dreadful phenomenon. An féidir leis an Aire a admháil gur botún a bhí ann? Can he admit that the Minister for Housing, Local...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his response, but the figures he has provided are cold comfort to the more than 4,700 people who received notices to quit between January and March. The State exams are beginning next week and we all wish those sitting their junior and leaving certificate exams the best, but it is a particularly difficult time for the parents of children who are sitting those exams...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: It is a drop in the ocean.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The health committee heard today of the shortcomings in abortion provision in Ireland. One woman in the west had to contact seven GPs before being able to access a termination. Another migrant woman, who is a victim of sexual assault, had to attend the same GP three times but was unable to receive care. These obstacles compound the trauma of a crisis pregnancy for far too many. I commend...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (23 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a clause in the enhanced help-to-buy scheme which allows separated or divorced people who are not first-time buyers to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24068/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (23 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 373. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how she proposes to ensure effective enforcement of the rights afforded to film directors in the Irish film industry under SI 567/2021, which enacted the EU Copyright Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24820/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (23 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide information regarding the reasoning behind the decision by the Citizens Information Board that volunteer information officers would not return to their normal work when citizen information centres reopened in autumn 2021 and Covid rules were relaxed, and the decision that from 31 August 2022 these...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 108. To ask the Taoiseach the timeline for the establishment of the citizens’ assembly on the future of education; if he will report on progress and developing the terms of reference for same; and if the assembly will examine the future purpose of the education system here. [25598/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 110. To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms and consultants in 2022. [26240/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms, and consultants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26232/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms, and consultants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26230/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 175. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms and consultants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26227/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms and consultants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26242/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to provide funding to the 1951 CIÉ superannuation pension scheme in order that members can receive an increase in payments, given that no increases have been made since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26244/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that the public transport network is accessible for persons with disabilities and to eliminate the requirement to provide 24 hours' notice for access to ramps and lifts. [26283/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms and consultants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26231/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid by his Department to external legal teams, HR specialists, accountancy firms and consultants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26237/23]