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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Deputy, I have asked you to conclude your comments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I call An Taoiseach. Apologies for going over time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I would ask the Taoiseach perhaps not to respond. We are now eating into the time of the committee that is in this room at 1.30 p.m. I thank the Taoiseach for his time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach on behalf of the committee for finding the time to meet with us today. We very much appreciate it, as we come to the end of our public meetings on the important work of this Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality in considering the recommendations of the citizens' assembly. I thank the Taoiseach and his officials.

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We are in the midst of an unprecedented trilemma comprising three crises. There is the housing crisis that our President has rightly described as a housing disaster and which is hitting many families and households very hard. There is a cost-of-living, energy bills and energy security crisis that is affecting millions of people across the country, exacerbated by Putin's brutal invasion of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I had asked the Taoiseach about the high level oversight board for the zero tolerance strategy but I know he is appearing before the Joint Committee on Gender Equality, that I chair, tomorrow so we can address that further then. I am grateful to the Taoiseach for his engagement with our committee and for his engagement on the implementation of the 45 recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level oversight board for the zero tolerance strategy to be jointly led by the Secretary General of his Department. [48470/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [48472/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I ask that the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change take account of three matters, first the need for more transformational transport projects, such as the Labour Party's call for a €9 per month climate ticket for unlimited public transport journeys. We certainly welcome the plan to deliver 30 Pathfinder public transport projects, such as the phasing-out of cars...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: During the debate on the IBRC commission report on Siteserv the Taoiseach indicated that the commission was due to submit a report before the end of October on the other 37 transactions. Could he update us on that? As my colleague, Deputy Nash, pointed out during Dáil statements in September, there is a broader issue here where investigations under the Commissions of Investigations...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the IBRC Commission of Investigation. [49898/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am concerned that many vulnerable renters may be excluded from the renter's tax credit announced by the Government in budget 2023. I have been approached by constituents who rent their homes by way of licence agreements rather than as tenants under leaseholds. We sought clarity from the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, who has appeared to dispel concerns by stating...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for the response and for acknowledging there is an issue here, which there clearly is. As the Taoiseach has said, a large number of people are involved, including a large number of service users, people who are relying on the vital services provided by these care workers and community workers. The service users need to know that the services which enable them to live...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: A wide range of services is involved.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I want to acknowledge, first, that the tragedy in Cresslough overshadows all other issues and matters that we are going to deal with in this House today. However, I would like to raise the plight of many thousands of people across this country, who work for independent non-State agencies in the care, community and voluntary sectors. I refer to section 39, section 10 and section 56...

Creeslough Community: Expressions of Sympathy (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to express my deepest sympathies and those of us all in the Labour Party on the terrible, tragic and shocking news from Creeslough last Friday. Our thoughts and sympathies are with the families and friends of all the ten people who lost their lives so tragically, as well as with their broader community in Donegal. We pay tribute to the bravery and courage of the emergency services...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 154. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet Committees that are in place; if he has created any new Cabinet Committees in the past year; the Cabinet Committee that deals with Energy; and the frequency with which it has met. [49901/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all the section 10 organisations funded in 2021 and 2022, respectively; the amount allocated to each; the quantum of funding that was derived from his Department and the balance from local authorities in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50321/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Voluntary Sector (11 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 543. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of all section 56 funded organisations in 2021 and 2022, respectively, in tabular form; the amount of funding awarded to each; the way that the funding allocation for each makes provision for pay, terms and conditions of the staff employed in each; and if he will make a statement on...