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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Not only was the debate on lifting the eviction ban withdrawn from the schedule today, furthermore the Taoiseach has not responded to the letter I wrote to him two weeks ago, enclosing proposed legislation that we in Labour put forward, with an evidence base for the lifting of the eviction ban if and when there was a demonstrable drop in homelessness figures over four consecutive months....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the organisations and stakeholders he and his Department officials met with as part of deliberations regarding the lifting of the eviction ban. [15456/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to conduct modelling on the effect of the lifting of the eviction ban; and if this modelling will inform the development of contingency plans to mitigate the risk of increased pressure on homeless services. [15457/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if plans to give tenants first refusal of their landlord's property will fix the sale price at the market rate. [15458/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names and locations of the 58 schools which have had construction paused; if her Department maintains data on the shortfall of primary and secondary school places in each of those respective areas; and, if so, if she will present that data, in tabular form. [14942/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the practice in place to ensure that homeless international protection applicants have access to the daily expenses allowance and other material resources; his further views on the practice in place to ensure that international protection applicants resident at Citywest transit hub are paid the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (28 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 718. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify whether retrospective declarations of parentage can be dealt with prior to the establishment of an Assisted Human Reproduction Regulator under the provisions of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15260/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I want to raise yesterday’s devastating news for Waterford, namely the announcement that the Cartamundi plant there will close with the loss of 234 jobs. The factory has been manufacturing board games and cards since 1977, meaning nearly half a century of good, local, unionised jobs. On a recent visit to Waterford with our local councillor Mr. Séamus Ryan, I had the pleasure of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: It is not enough.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Tá ceart tithíochta ag gach duine ach is léir nach gcreideann an Rialtas sa cheart seo. Everyone has a right to a home but the vote by Government and some Independent Deputies yesterday evening tells us that your belief in that right is qualified. Although motions are non-binding, yesterday’s vote sent a devastating message to people in housing distress and housing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: We are not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Níl aon plean ag an Rialtas. It does not have a plan for what will follow for people who are facing homelessness from 1 April. What it presented this week was a series of last minute dot com measures cobbled together, measures which have no hope of meeting the real needs of households facing homelessness from 1 April. None of us is demonising landlords. We are conscious that small...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [13428/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: On Government co-ordination on the decision not to extend the eviction ban, I ask the Taoiseach again if he has been presented with any analysis or reasoning by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage as to the effect that the lifting of the ban will have, not only on rising homeless figures but also on the numbers of landlords and private rental properties available. I am...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the events in his Department to mark International Women's Day; and the measures he has taken to improve gender equality in his Department. [11058/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the announcement the Taoiseach made on International Women's Day that the Government will hold a gender equality referendum in November, and I welcome his commitment that the proposals will be published by the end of June. Can the Taoiseach confirm that the proposals for the referendum will be aligned with the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality and that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [11009/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I want to raise a recent publication of which the Taoiseach may be aware, entitled A Dublin Magdalene Laundry - Donnybrook and Church-State Power in Irelandedited by Mark Coen, Katherine O'Donnell and Maeve O'Rourke. This new publication tells the story of Donnybrook Magdalen laundry, which was established in 1837 by the Religious Sisters of Charity. It reveals a significant amount of new...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I want to raise the issue of prospective job losses because this week, news broke of further job cuts from Amazon, with 9,000 jobs on the line internationally, in a second wave of job cuts being announced in addition to the 18,000 announced by Amazon in January that led, as we know, to 70 redundancies in Ireland. Layoffs have already been announced by other companies in the tech sector, such...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister is right that there are 173 in the pipeline - that is also in the answer - but only seven have been purchased. I also hear from landlords who tell me they are trying to engage with local authorities, because they want to sell to a local authority to keep the family renting from them out of homelessness, and the local authorities are not engaging. I hear of other problems with...