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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I commend the immense courage of all of those who have come forward in recent weeks to disclose abuse by the Spiritans and other religious orders following the powerful "Blackrock Boys" documentary on RTÉ radio. I thank the Taoiseach for agreeing at my request to schedule a debate on these allegations and the horrific and widespread abuse that appears to have been perpetrated. In...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We should have statements this week on the serious issue of allegations of child sexual abuse that have been made arising out of the RTÉ documentary and disclosures since then into the Spiritans, Blackrock College and other schools. It is a huge issue. My colleague, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, and many others have called for an independent inquiry and survivors have also been...

Death of Vicky Phelan: Expressions of Sympathy (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of the Labour Party, I want to express my deepest sympathies to Vicky’s family, in particular to her husband, Jim, her children, Amelia and Darragh, her parents and the extended Phelan and Kelly families. Our condolences also go to all of the 221+ group, Lorraine Walsh, Stephen Teap and to many others, to Vicky's friends and to our own colleague, Deputy Kelly, who was very...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 133. To ask the Taoiseach if a climate action unit has been established in his Department. [55387/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 134. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place to date in 2022 of the climate action delivery board; and the number scheduled for the remainder of 2022. [56201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department records the number of disabled persons in homelessness; and the number of disabled persons in homelessness here. [56734/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties on derelict and vacant site registers in each local authority area. [56735/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to make compliant non-compliant HAP tenancies; and if it is the policy of his Department to prioritise direct building, rather than relying on HAP to alleviate the rental crisis. [56736/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for Traveller-specific accommodation in Limerick. [56737/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend rent pressure zones in Waterford. [56738/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the uptake of the croí cónaithe scheme nationally and in each county. [56739/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the role of local authorities in the provision of emergency accommodation for persons presenting as homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56740/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the provision of home heating for local authority housing in cases in which a council house has been made available and the closure of its fireplace has taken place; and the position where gas is unavailable, in particular. [56741/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Will the Government commit to introducing a right to paid leave for early miscarriage and reproductive health-related reasons? In 2021, the Labour Party introduced the Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill in the Seanad. If passed, it would allow a woman who experienced an early miscarriage leave from the workplace of up to 20 days and up to ten days of paid...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I want to raise the trolley crisis in our public healthcare system. We see 572 patients in hospitals without a bed this morning, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO. Some 100,000 people have gone without a bed so far this year. The public health service is in danger of collapse if this trolley crisis is not resolved. I was in Limerick on Monday and I heard...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach. It is indeed sad and difficult news. I know of friends, neighbours and constituents who are in a situation where two partners are both working for tech companies. They have massive mortgages and enormous childcare fees. They are locked into these commitments and are facing an uncertain future in which they see prospective job losses. I absolutely accept there has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The Taoiseach is welcome back from COP27. Yesterday, I welcomed that he was attending COP27 and that the Government was represented there by him. I called for more urgent action here at home to tackle the climate catastrophe. I think it has been promised that we will have a debate on COP27 in the next week or so. I look forward to hearing more about...

Creeslough, County Donegal: Statements (8 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of the Labour Party, I extend our deepest condolences and sympathies to the people of Creeslough and the broader community in Donegal on the terrible tragedy that struck their community on what was otherwise, until then, a normal Friday afternoon, on 7 October, just a month ago. Even a month on, it is still unbelievable for all of us to recall just how suddenly and brutally ten...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: In the middle of a housing disaster, with a whole generation locked out of affordable home ownership, building is simply not taking place at the scale or speed necessary. Yesterday in Limerick, I saw a promised housing site that has lain idle for decades, despite being in public ownership. It is now in the control of the Land Development Agency which, apparently, has are no plans even to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Will the Bill be with us before Christmas?