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

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of Labour, I support the motion and commend Deputy Ó Broin and his colleagues for bringing it forward. It represents a sensible and compassionate approach to the growing crisis and the impending cliff edge that so many families and renters are facing. I cannot support, nor can my Labour colleagues, the Government amendment. I urge Government and the Minister to recognise the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I note the focus on equality in the well-being framework and highlight that this year marks two important anniversaries, namely, the 30th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality through the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 and 40 years since the landmark case taken by our dear colleague Senator Norris to the Supreme Court in 1983. In that context, have all Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [13430/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The UN IPCC climate report, published yesterday, represents a last wake-up call. Decisions made this decade will have an impact lasting thousands of years. Although the window of opportunity is closing, the report makes clear some feasible and effective options are available to us to reduce emissions. I will ask the Taoiseach about three of them. First, the report states we must phase out...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Dublin 2, 4, and 6 are great.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 18. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department, that have taken place to date in 2023. [13427/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [9677/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, confirmed that it will vote against the British Government's proposals on the Stormont brake on Wednesday. This is of real concern as it is a key part of the Windsor Framework agreement. The DUP's approach now indicates that, sadly, we are no closer to the restoration of the power-sharing Executive and the Stormont Assembly. This clearly has major...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Two weeks ago, news broke that building has been paused on 58 school construction projects around the country, including four urgent school construction projects in my own constituency of Dublin Bay South, two in Harold's Cross and two in Sandymount. All four are Educate Together schools whose campuses I have recently visited. I am getting so much correspondence from parents and staff in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, issued a final warning on climate change with some deeply concerning findings including the fact that temperatures have been rising faster in last 50 years than for the previous two millenniums. The science is very clear. There is an urgent need to decarbonise our economy and society. I ask that we would have a debate on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: All this is evidence-based.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach’s response and tone indicate the problem here. The renters listening to him now are the people who are facing the certain knowledge that from 1 April, a notice of termination will take effect, they will face eviction and there is nowhere else for them to go because there is a chronic shortage of housing across the country. We listened to the Taoiseach’s...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: On 9 February, six weeks ago now, the Labour Party called for an extension to the eviction ban in our motion. The Government voted it down. It voted down our proposal for a series of constructive measures that would have served to increase the number of homes available to people. Despite positive indications the Government was going to extend the ban in the meantime, at the last minute it...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 127. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the International Division of his Department. [13429/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 128. To ask the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet Sub-Committee for Accommodation and Supports for Ukrainian Refugees took place. [13433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the allocation of capital funding for construction of schools in Budget 2023; his plans to commit additional funding to ensure construction can resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13023/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the tenant in situ scheme to introduce mandatory local authority purchase for certain tenants who are supported through the housing assistance payment or rental accommodation scheme. [13105/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if proposals to give first refusal to tenants, where their landlord seeks to sell their property, will include measures to offer second refusal to local authorities. [13104/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on delays in response times by the Residential Tenancies Board; his further views on how current delays compare with wait times in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13100/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has plans to allocate additional staff to the Residential Tenancies Board. [13101/23]