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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: While households are struggling to buy basic goods, we are seeing companies reaping record profits. We know that food shopping costs are expected to increase by an additional €1,200 for people this year alone. While no one denies the inflationary effect of the pandemic and of the war in Ukraine, the reality is that we are seeing very serious profiteering from large corporations which...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: That is-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: That is all he ever does.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Frankly, the Taoiseach has reached a new low with his attempt-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach has reached a new low. That was a ridiculous attempt at political point scoring in the face of the brutal facts-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: It is all very well smirking and being smug and self-congratulatory, but that is not the help that families in the country need-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Public representatives from the Government and Opposition parties have nowhere to tell people to go because there are no homes available in our communities. There are no affordable homes, no homes for rent and no homes for sale. This is the failure of the Taoiseach's Government. It is a testament to the failed policies of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and of their over reliance on a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: -----when the Taoiseach's own Government colleagues, let us not forget, in Fianna Fáil, was the party which crashed the economy in the 2007-11 Government. Let us not forget that. We have had seven years of prosperity since 2016, but-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: -----the Taoiseach's party and Fianna Fáil have patently failed to deliver the infrastructure we need, particularly the houses our communities need.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach has lost the rag.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Is mór an náire líon na ndaoine sa tír seo atá gan dídean. Níl tithe á dtógáil agus tá an ghéarchéim tithíochta ag dul in olcas. In the face of a worsening housing crisis, yesterday saw more evidence of the Government's failed policies on housing. Let us remind ourselves that last year, the Minister for Housing, Local...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 31 January 2023, his views on the need to use the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice to investigate and, if necessary, prosecute reported crimes against humanity. [17023/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has plans to apply the energy credit to gas customers where the full credit amount is not used for electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16452/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has plans to retrospectively apply the energy credit to customers which use gas primarily for heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16453/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment plans to introduce a non-profit district heating scheme here; and his plans to transition existing schemes to a non-profit model. [16976/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department maintains regulations for the operation of district heating schemes; and, if not, his plans to introduce such regulations. [16977/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the programme of pilot feasibility studies in relation to the technical potential of moving communal heating schemes fuelled by natural gas to a renewable source. [16978/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of purchase orders generated by Inland Fisheries Ireland in each of the years from 2010 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [17166/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Inland Fisheries Ireland requirement that employees obtain and record quotes for the purchase of goods and services in excess of €250; the reason for this policy diverging from general procurement guidelines, which place this requirement at a threshold of €5,000; and the estimated cost...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for the exclusion of homes constructed before 1940 from the fully funded energy upgrade scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17872/23]