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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: If so, if they did not tell him anything about this, does he feel that he has been left in the dark?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Five years on from the historic referendum to repeal the eighth amendment, many women accessing abortion services continue to suffer abhorrent abuse outside GP clinics and hospitals, including women who are enduring abuse from protesters outside the National Maternity Hospital just down the road from here, so I welcome the Government announcement today of the legislation on safe access zones....

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That leave be given to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; to provide for expanded pathways to parentage for parents of donor conceived children. My Bill was drafted with great help and support from the organisations LGBT Ireland and Equality for Children. I give particular credit to Ms Maeve Delargy, Ms Claire...

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I felt that was personally directed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Despite the publication yesterday of a lengthy statement from RTÉ we still lack clarity on a number of important questions. We have no clarification, for example, as to why the payments made to Ryan Tubridy were consistently understated. We have been asked to believe the incredible allegation, which the Taoiseach said he does not believe to be credible, that out of all the senior...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for the response. He is right, of course. Members of the public are very hurt by this. We all hear this across our constituencies. However, the direct impact on those who work within RTÉ cannot be overestimated. We heard that yesterday from those who spoke out, who believe passionately, as we all do, in the importance of public service broadcasting. I thank...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I previously raised with the Taoiseach the issue of vacant and derelict homes. According to the CSO, about 8% of dwellings in Ireland are vacant. We observe vacancy and dereliction across our communities in our towns and cities yet the last time I looked at the derelict homes register in my area, it only had ten derelict properties in Dublin Bay South. In any constituency, that would...

Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on the EPA water quality report. The first message I would send is that we should not be alarmist when debating it. It states that 97% of the 148 identified bathing waters met the minimum standard required, so there are positive stories. There are other positive developments, including the new "See It? Say It!" app, where members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on fish kill in north Clare; if he will report on his engagement with Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Environmental Protection Agency in respect of the recent fish kill which amounted to 2,000 fish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31328/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the decision by some mortgage lenders not to grant mortgages on properties which would qualify for the vacant homes grant, on the grounds that the local authority will take a charge in the property, should the property be sold within ten years; the action that he is taking to rectify this issue; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 767. To ask the Minister for Health if trainee counselling psychologists will receive an equivalent conditional funding increase and three-year fee freeze to that which will now be offered to trainee educational psychology in return for three years’ work with the National Educational Psychological Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31327/23]

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I share the concerns raised by my party colleague, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, and others about this proposed amendment. This last-minute amendment was inserted in the Bill in the Seanad. As such, it has not undergone pre-legislative scrutiny or previous scrutiny in the Dáil. This is a valid procedural concern, first of all. All Members are conscious it is an occupational...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Why the urgency? We still have not heard that.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance if work is underway in his Department to review taxation rules in relation to sports utility vehicles and other large vehicles for personal use; if so, if those reviews will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31563/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Tá oibrithe agus teaghlaigh ar fud an Stáit seo ag streachailt leis an ngéarchéim tithíochta. Tá géarchéim na ndaoine gan dídean ag dul in olcas. Tá an ghéarchéim chomh scaipthe anois go bhfuil sí ag cur isteach ar chúram sláinte, ar oideachas agus ar an ngeilleagar. There is not a single community, nor a single...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach has given me indicators of progress, but that is no answer to the 182 additional people in homelessness in the last month alone. This has a real-life effect on people. My office is in touch with a mother of three who has a newborn baby. She is a housing assistance payment, HAP, tenant who is in fear of eviction. She is sleeping on the couch in her rented apartment while her...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I add my voice to those who have expressed a desire to see a debate on Palestine in this House in light of the outrageous conduct of the Israel Defense Forces in recent days and indeed in recent hours in Jenin. There has been concerted cross-party support here for the rights of the Palestinian people and, in particular, for the Bill that was started in the Seanad by Senator Frances Black,...

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

Ivana Bacik: For more than two weeks now, political debate has been utterly dominated by the controversy within our national broadcaster with the revelation of secret payments and cover-ups there. The reason it has commanded so much attention is because RTÉ is so central to our day-to-day lives and to our society. As our public service broadcaster, it sets the day-to-day news agenda. It is central...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (4 Jul 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount collected by road toll collectors in each month of 2022 and to date in 2023; the amount outstanding in payments yet to be collected; and the cost of recovering unpaid toll payments in 2022. [32842/23]