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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: The point is exactly that being made by the Senator. This is about whether we portray this as an adverse or neutral effect. It is interesting to hear this perspective.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We do not know if that is the reason.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am conscious of time-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We will get a follow up from the ESRI on some of the points made by Senator Higgins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We are sorry to burden her with that task. We are examining how best to recommend the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and I am conscious that Dr. Russell, particularly in her role on the expert advisory group, has already engaged in this respect. Significant work went into the production of these recommendations. We are looking at their practical implementation rather than their...

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: All of us speak on the motion this evening in the context of what the Minister has rightly described as unprecedented times. In effect, we have a three-pronged crisis - a cost-of-living crisis, an energy crisis and a chronic housing and homelessness crisis. This is framed by the overarching spectre of the climate emergency. It is indeed an unprecedented time. On this side of the House, as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Parliament (14 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit and address to the European Parliament. [34513/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Parliament (14 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I agree with the Taoiseach's words on John Hume's vision and with his reflections on the brutal war in Ukraine, from which we are seeing an enormous impact. We have to recall those who come here fleeing other wars. In recent days, I have heard real concerns around a resettlement programme for Syrian refugees fleeing war and Afghan refugees who are here and in many cases seeking family...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (14 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Citizens Information offices.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (14 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach. I will continue to engage with him.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (14 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit within his Department. [35872/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (14 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for providing the information on the parliamentary liaison unit, which, as we know, provides detailed information on matters upcoming in the Dáil and Seanad and carries out a number of other functions. I want to raise with the Taoiseach a particular issue pertaining to a service which has been providing a similar service to the public, namely, the Citizens...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (14 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for setting out the detail of the Department’s annual report. I am glad to say that we, in the Oireachtas special Joint Committee on Gender Equality, are on track to complete our work in December and to produce a report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality. I look forward to engaging with the Taoiseach on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (14 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [35871/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Earlier I asked what the Government would do to protect people from the skyrocketing cost of energy and what it intends to do to address both the cost-of-living crisis and the energy crisis, and I suggested radical and creative measures are needed. We in the Labour Party have proposed a measure that would have the dual effect of helping households struggling with bills and helping us to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach. That is important and we welcome the moves made at EU level on a windfall tax but there are things the Government could do here too that should be done. Let us look at it in the following way. We have significant levels of gas consumption coming from our own Corrib gas field on this island and we know that Vermilion's revenues last year increased by 267%. The cost...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Ivana Bacik: First, on behalf of the Labour Party I extend a welcome to the British ambassador, who is here, and I extend our condolences to the British people and to all those on this island who have been impacted by the sad loss of their Head of State. I also note the very positive contribution their queen made to relations between Britain and Ireland on her visit here, not just to Cork but also to...

Green Hydrogen Strategy Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I commend Deputy O'Rourke and his colleagues on bringing forward this important Bill on the last sitting day of the Dáil term. I support it on behalf of the Labour Party and I am glad we are having such a constructive and collaborative debate on it. The Government's proposal to adjourn the Second Reading of the Bill for six months has been accepted by the proposers. This is sensible...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of the Labour Party, I thank the Ceann Comhairle and all of the staff in Leinster House for all of their immense work over the past term and I hope that everybody enjoys a well-earned break over the recess. I raise concerns about accommodation for those who have come here to our shores seeking refuge, particularly from the brutal war in Ukraine. There are concerning reports...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2022)

Ivana Bacik: In this unprecedented cost-of-living crisis, we all know there are certain individuals and families who are living in particular fear - fear about safety in their homes and fear about the cost of remedying defects in the construction of their homes. Last month, for example, I heard from a mother who informed me that the possibility of her daughter progressing to third level education had...