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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The key problem is that it is not having an impact. We are hearing from those involved in forestry and nurseries, including farmers and environmentalists, that it is simply not operational. The Minister of State, Senator Hackett, told the Seanad earlier this week that the state aid application has not yet been submitted. The Minister said it himself. He plans to go to Brussels but has not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Coillte deal is not the answer. The Minister said that himself. His Government colleagues have been critical of it too.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the slow-down in the construction of social housing, and on the implications of this slowing-down for renters reliant on the housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3749/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I ask for the Minister's views on the slowdown in the construction of social housing and the implications of this slowdown for renters reliant on the housing assistance payment, HAP, the repeated failure to meet housing targets for social homes for the past three years in a row and the implications this has for recipients of HAP in particular.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: We all await those figures for quarter 4 with great interest. I agree with the Minister and I have raised many times the need to ramp up the tenant in situscheme, and I think there is cross-party agreement on that. However, listening to the figures that the Minister is giving and looking at the Housing Commission report today, it is hard to see the value of the targets being set by the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Listening again to the points about targets, the Minister acknowledged there has been under-delivery for years. The reality is that no matter what targets are set and what figures the Government gives, the experience of people who approach my office and the offices of other Members every day is that they simply cannot find homes, particularly people seeking help to find a social home. It is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (25 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 15. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work and status of the shared island unit. [3342/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: There have been a number of recent media reports about the treatment of staff at a college in south Dublin, the Spiritan-run Templeogue College. Last month, two dozen teachers raised concerns about a non-inclusive culture regarding LGBT+ issues and the taking down of a Pride flag in the student canteen. Clearly, we need to ensure staff and students from the LGBT community and minority...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [60876/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: When does the Taoiseach propose to bring in Deputy Brendan Howlin's public sector standards Bill to ensure that the necessary reforms to SIPO will be enacted? In that context, last week I raised with the Taoiseach the issue pertaining to Deputy Damien English, the Taoiseach's party colleague, who resigned from his ministerial post due to the revelations that he had submitted incorrect...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: -----in respect of a Minister of State who appears to have benefitted-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: -----from a false planning application, and who has quietly resigned as the Minister of State, with no further action?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (25 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 38. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [3344/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (25 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the eligibility criteria for the proposed construction defects redress scheme. [3748/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: On the issue of health in the context of the Cabinet committee, I raised earlier the unacceptable failures in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, CAMHS. We have continued to see unacceptable conditions in our health service over the winter season, with thousands of people marching across the country at the weekend. There were especially big crowds in Limerick and Navan, which...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 28. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [2119/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [2120/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications launched another new strategy in the past week. This one related to electric vehicles with a new charging infrastructure strategy that will see €100 million invested over three years. I have raised concerns with the Minister about this issue on a number of occasions because we are just seeing a far too slow delivery on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [60875/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The housing crisis, as we know, continues to worsen and Mike Allen warned on “News at One” of the growing shortage of accommodation. Last week, Threshold warned that the majority of tenants it had helped towards the end of 2022 were at risk of homelessness due to the landlord selling their property. When the eviction ban was being introduced, I repeatedly raised with the...

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