Results 9,981-10,000 of 11,509 for speaker:Ivana Bacik

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (17 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the number of diagnoses of HIV, gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis, pubic lice and HPV in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45361/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (17 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on private recruitment firms in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the number and type of staff recruited by such firms in each county during that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45364/23]

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Motion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 4: A. After "bombing that occurred last evening" to insert "and calls for an independent investigation by the International Criminal Court"; B. To insert the following after "the appalling consequences of violence;": "— unreservedly condemns the indiscriminate bombing of residential areas in Gaza by the Israeli Defence Forces; the collective punishment...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I will begin by expressing my solidarity with the people of Cork and west Waterford who have been impacted so severely by the flooding yesterday. I will return to this later. I want to raise the issue of healthcare spending. Last Tuesday the Government presented a "Once upon a time, in a land far, far away" sort of budget that was full of gaps with dodgy estimates. It has been exposed in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Tánaiste's replies just do not pass muster. He spoke of a need for analysis and for examination but the reality is that the Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil are in government-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: -----and the party has the Minister of Health portfolio.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: We need to hear from the Tánaiste what the plans and the figures are that are going to work in the budget. I say this because clearly, the Government's figures in last week's budget simply do not add up. This is acknowledged. Where are the plans to help those struggling people working in the health service who are so under-resourced and overstretched? Where are the plans to help...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: -----and ensure that the appropriate Minister, namely, the Minister for Health, is in charge of the budget. What we are hearing makes it unclear to us whether it is the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, or the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, who is calling the shots.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Either way, there is not enough money for healthcare and it is the patients and staff who are going to suffer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: That was years ago. It was two governments ago.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Government has cut services.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: There are record-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: We need further money.

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

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of the Labour Party, I want to express my solidarity with the communities across Cork, notably east Cork, and west Waterford, today living with the utter destruction of yesterday's flooding from Storm Babet. I want to echo the sentiments of my colleagues, Deputy Sherlock and Councillors John Maher and Cathal Rasmussen, in paying tribute to all those who took such efforts to help...

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

Ivana Bacik: I wish to express my renewed sympathies to the families of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee as the killer of their loved ones was sentenced last night. Our thoughts are also with Anthony Burke who so bravely spoke out about the attack on him too. We are all watching the appalling situation and rising death toll in Gaza with increasing distress and horror but today I do want to raise a...

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

Ivana Bacik: It is just not good enough to give a litany or list of measures seeking to explain the housing crisis away. It is not good enough when we see nearly 13,000 people in emergency accommodation, almost 4,000 of whom are children, and when we see more than two thirds of people aged between 25 and 29 still living in their childhood bedrooms at home with their parents, tens of thousands who are...

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

Ivana Bacik: In the past few days, we have seen some unhelpful interventions from the Israeli Embassy. It is profoundly unhelpful for diplomatic entities to spread disinformation or criticise our President. At this time, it would be helpful to hear from the Government on Ireland’s approach to Gaza at international level. We in the Labour Party believe time should be set aside this week to hear...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 11 September 2023, when the facility to set up a repeat rental notification at monthly intervals, including an instruction for remitting the NLWT to Revenue directly from the tenant's bank account, will be implemented. [46657/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (24 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 241. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the projected job losses at a plant (details supplied); his plans to ensure continued employment for affected staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46721/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers still awaiting remuneration for invigilating and marking State examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46208/23]