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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: In the context of trade and the proposed CETA agreement, I understand the Cabinet was to approve an arbitration amendment Bill today due to serious concerns about the investment court system proposed in CETA. Will the Taoiseach confirm whether the legislation was approved today? If so, when will the draft heads of Bill be published? I also want to ask about concerns that the Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will next meet. [15144/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Relations (27 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 2. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent engagement with the US President. [13747/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Relations (27 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for the report on the engagement with the US President and, indeed, on the issue of Gaza. I note that he raise that with the US President. The Palestinian ambassador and Palestinian representatives specifically asked that Ireland would use all diplomatic means at its disposal, including our connection with the US, to raise the need for peace and for a ceasefire for the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: We must do more to stop the horror in Gaza. Yesterday, we learned of the horrific situation of Dr. Alaa Najjar, a doctor in Gaza who was working to save lives in a hospital when she learned that nine of her ten children had been killed in an Israeli bombardment, that her husband, another doctor, was critically ill, and that only one child was left alive. Thousands of children have been...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I agree with the Taoiseach that this is clearly an environmental, cultural and systemic failure. Of course, the parents and children most directly and desperately affected urgently require an independent review. However, we need to hear more from the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health – the Taoiseach is, of course, a former health Minister – about the systemic changes that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: What about the HSE?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: The controversy surrounding Children’s Health Ireland has somehow managed to escalate yet again over the recent days. Instead of focusing on the vital task of caring for our children, CHI is presiding over an increasingly chaotic string of failures, failures with devastating consequences for sick children and their families. The Taoiseach mentioned breaches of trust, which are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need for a clear annual schedule of guaranteed school grants; and her plans to bring further clarity and steadiness to enable schools to make financial forecasts with greater confidence. [26765/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I join in welcoming Cara Darmody and her father Mark to the Public Gallery. I commend them and their family on their tireless and fierce advocacy for children who so desperately require additional services and supports. We will continue to work with them. Ten years ago today, we the people of Ireland used our votes to make marriage equality a reality and to make grá the law. I had...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Tánaiste for providing a little more clarity. I appreciate it is an evolving situation. There is, however, a very specific question here about the particular flight I raised with the Tánaiste. We have seen that court order from the US. I appreciate that the Tánaiste will keep opposition parties updated as the situation evolves. We certainly require much greater...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: It is not enough.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Of course, we need a mix.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: The Government is not-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach was inviting it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: On Monday, we learned that average rents nationally have now surged beyond €2,000 per month, a new all-time high. Renters in different counties are seeing shocking rises. Limerick, for example, has seen yearly increases of more than 20% on rents. The Taoiseach said earlier that housing is all about supply and we, of course, agree. However, he has accused the Opposition of having no...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Will the Government take on our renter's rights Bill in light of this astronomical rise we are seeing in rents across the country?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: The United Nations warned this week that 14,000 babies will die in Gaza if humanitarian aid is not allowed to enter. Last night, there were more child casualties, including a week-old baby. There are no words to describe the horror that Israel is inflicting on the people of Gaza. The wickedness of using starvation as a weapon of war against children cannot be overstated. It is a weapon of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I said that. We said that.