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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: When?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: We talked about them.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Ireland has long and historic ties with the US. Some half a million Irish residents visited last year and more than 30 million Americans claim Irish heritage. However, increasingly an authoritarian Trump government is causing real concerns, in particular for those who are undocumented Irish in America. We think about 10,000 such people are there. This is placing a strain on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 655. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 24 June 2025, her plans to amend core funding to restrict the keeping of deposits where a child does not avail of a place, either at all, or within a prescribed period; and her plans to review the rates of maximum deposits that can be charged. [35979/25]

Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing time with Deputy Ciarán Ahern. I welcome the fact the Minister of State is here and I thank Deputy Ahern, who will speak alongside me. This is a Bill that we in the Labour Party introduced some time ago. It was drafted in the wake of the nursing home charges scandal. A key purpose of the Bill is to clarify and reform...

Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: A Cheann Comhairle, might I ask if there is a copy of the Minister of State's speech available? I am conscious there was a lot in it.

Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Sorry, is it me-----

Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I thank my colleague, Deputy Ciarán Ahern, and Deputy Mairéad Farrell for their words of support. I should also have thanked Deputy Ged Nash, who co-sponsored this Bill with me, at the outset. I also thank Deputy Farrell for her kind words about my background. I should have declared my interest at the start. As a practising barrister, I represented both the State and individuals...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: One in five families have cut back on or gone without heating in the past six months. Two in five are going without essential items, including food and medical appointments. Some 40% of parents are skipping meals so their children would have enough. According to today’s Barnardos report into the cost-of-living crisis, parents across the country are facing impossible decisions....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I listened carefully to the Taoiseach's laundry list of measures. Certainly, we welcome progress where it occurs. However, the reality for families is that the cost-of-living crisis is not a once-off. It is an ongoing crisis where people are struggling to make ends meet. We have put forward constructive proposals. My colleague, Deputy Ged Nash, put forward a Bill to tackle price gouging...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: What about student fees? Is there any certainty on student fees? There is no clarity.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: That is not true.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome our visitors from Tipp. As I have strong Cork connections, I will just say, "May the best team win". That is safer. I will ask about an issue I have been raising with the Taoiseach for quite some time, which he has a long awareness of. It is justice for survivors of thalidomide. Activists from the Irish Thalidomide Association are wondering what the status of the thalidomide...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: That is not true.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: That is not true.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22233/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: In terms of access to education for children with additional needs, I know Cara Darmody is speaking again today with Oireachtas Members about waiting lists for assessments for those with additional needs, and delays in accessing services and therapies. Will the Taoiseach confirm what extra capacity has been added to the system in recent months? Second, I welcome the announcement that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: In parallel.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [25318/25]