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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: -----are simply going to use any opportunity to shout down members of the Opposition who are making serious points about housing. The Taoiseach is letting himself down.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach is letting himself down.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Instead of engaging seriously with the Opposition on our constructive proposals for housing, the Taoiseach simply engages in name calling and suggests we are misrepresenting things. I ask the Taoiseach to listen back to his housing Minister who was on the radio just now. He said that tax breaks were on the table.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: That is an absolute statement of fact.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: It is beneath the Taoiseach to say "ag insint bréag" about members of the Opposition and to accuse us of misrepresenting. The Taoiseach is in government. It is his job to fix the housing crisis.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: We in opposition offered the opportunity for a debate last week but the Taoiseach and housing Minister did not show up. Barely anyone from the Government showed up.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: We have another opportunity this week. The Opposition is providing opportunities-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: -----to debate and address the housing crisis but the Government is not engaging seriously.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: We in the Labour Party have been showing up for years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: We know that housing is the single most immediate challenge facing this Government - the civil rights issue of this generation. Last week, the Labour Party offered a motion that was the first opportunity for TDs to debate housing in this Dáil term. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage was a no-show and there was tumbleweed on the Government benches during the debate....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Is the Taoiseach saying that is ag insint bréaga?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: That is being Jesuitical.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 116. To ask the Taoiseach the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively. [5861/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5853/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5851/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 181. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5848/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5863/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 259. To ask the Minister for Finance the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5852/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 282. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5858/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 290. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5850/25]