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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Daylight Savings Time (7 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 836. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make a statement on her representations to her counterparts in Britain and Northern Ireland in relation to daylight savings. [48249/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: White Papers (7 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 973. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make a statement on the implementation of the White Paper on ending Direct Provision. [47281/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (7 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 1095. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons who have applied for homecare support and who are awaiting the allocation of homecare; his views on the recruitment of homecare support workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47275/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 1096. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a process to link the pay rates of section 10, 39 and 56 workers with those on a section 38 contract [47282/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Derelict Sites (9 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the prevalence of vacancy and dereliction; his further views on the adequacy of Housing for All as a means of converting voids; if he will report on his representations to the Minister for Finance in respect of the number of vacant homes which may be subject to the vacant homes tax; his plans to address delays in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Derelict Sites (9 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I join in welcoming members of the Not Our Fault 100% Redress campaign. I want to ask the Minister of State about vacancy and dereliction and what the Government is doing to tackle this scourge across the country. In particular I want to ask what the Government is doing to ensure that voids can be converted. We can see the delays in the restoration of local authority homes into use and we...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Derelict Sites (9 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State. In reply to questioning by the Labour Party of him and the Minister previously, we heard that ending the scourge of vacancy and dereliction is a priority for the Government. We are delighted if that is the case but the reality is that it appears a very much hands-off approach to this is being taken by central government. With respect, the Tánaiste has...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Derelict Sites (9 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for that assurance. It is certainly very welcome to hear additional funding will be made available. Perhaps the Minister of State will explain precisely what level of funding will be available and whether it will ensure local authorities can tackle the real scourge of vacancy and dereliction, particularly in local authority and social homes. There are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Derelict Sites (9 Nov 2023)

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

Ivana Bacik: Under a Fianna Fáil housing Minister - one from the Minister's own party - homelessness has reached record levels in the lifetime of this Government. We warned last year that the failure to extend the ban on evictions would lead to a massive increase in the number of people without a home. Sadly, that has come to pass. The September homelessness figures were published a fortnight ago,...

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

Ivana Bacik: I note recent reports that the Minister has not ruled himself out of the running as a candidate for the European Commission. It is more appropriate for the Government to focus on matters closer to home. With respect, the Minister did not answer my specific question about whether Dublin City Council's funding for restoring voids has been cut. I appreciate that this is a bigger issue than...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: In Gaza, hospitals are turning into morgues. That is the chilling warning from the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC. We are hearing increasingly desperate reports from the United Nations, Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF, and other aid workers on the ground telling us hospitals are overwhelmed due to Israel's complete siege on Gaza and the ongoing bombardment with air...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his response and I welcome the announcement of Ireland’s renewed support for the International Criminal Court, but this is a war on children and it requires a firm and clear response from the Government. While we need to continue all forms of constructive engagement to secure the release of Emily Hand and the 40 Irish citizens who are trapped and effectively...

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

Ivana Bacik: We in Labour are also looking for time this week to debate the situation in RTÉ in light of the leaked report on job losses. Indeed, our thoughts are with all those workers in RTÉ who have learnt that one in five of them, some 400 workers, may see their jobs cut as part of these proposed cuts. I echo the words of the RTÉ trade union group and the National Union of...

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

Ivana Bacik: Today's announcement that local authority home loans will be extended to people renovating derelict properties is welcome and, may I say, overdue. However, it is just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to tackling vacancy and dereliction. Unfortunately, the Government has simply not been doing enough to ensure not just that we see more homes provided for people but also a halt to urban...

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

Ivana Bacik: Will the Minister mandate a more robust audit of State-owned properties to ensure these can be brought back into use?

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023. It is standard procedure to introduce a Bill like this to implement the recommendations of the Electoral Commission. We have seen similar legislation in the past on foot of the recommendations of constituency commissions. What marks this out is that it is the first report from the newly established An Coimisiún...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 44. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Senior Officials Group meetings in relation to the Government’s response to the war in Ukraine; the Government Departments, that were represented at each meeting, in tabular form [49904/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 45. To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish minutes and or memoranda attached to meetings of the Senior Officials Group in relation to the Government’s response to the war in Ukraine in 2023. [49905/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (14 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has made representations to the Minister for Justice in respect of moving responsibility for the regulation of multi-unit developments and related legislation from the Department of Justice to his Department. [49842/23]