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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Mr. Dunne. We can follow up with the HSE on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Chambers has returned. Before I go to final statements and then close the meeting, I will let her in to make some comments. The witnesses can then address them in their closing statements. We were talking about family carers. I am conscious that there are carers who are not family members but who are also not commercial operators. I am referring to friends and neighbours, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It is a great help and an eye-opener for us to realise just how poor and contradictory the data are. I will let Mr. Dunne and Ms Duffy back in very briefly on the universal basic income because we discussed that somewhat extensively earlier. I will then let Ms Hughes and Professor Lynch have the last word.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It is fascinating. I am conscious that it goes somewhat beyond the citizens' assembly recommendations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: That is okay because we have been exploring it and it may be the best way to get to the outcomes that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am conscious of time so I am going to ask Ms Hughes and Professor Lynch to give their closing remarks and to respond, if they can, to the issues raised by myself and by Senator Chambers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: And to plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Ms Hughes. We will give Professor Lynch the last word.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Professor Lynch for reminding the committee about that and about the voices of those who are cared for. Even the language is very different from the language of carers. There is no one word that sums up the people who are receiving care. I am conscious we have been here two and a half hours now but I thank the witnesses. I think it is because we are conscious of the vital...

Annual Transition Statement: Statements (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to debate climate action and discuss the interdepartmental negotiations on sectoral targets. We know that the deadline is drawing ever close as weeks pass coming up to the end of this term in mid-July. Our global climate and biodiversity crises are existential and fundamental to our capacity to live and to the survival of our planet, but it is not all doom and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I raise the issue of the failure to deliver progress on Ireland's climate action plan in 2021. Among the more than 100 measures on which we did not see delivery on time was the move to ensure sufficient availability of electric vehicle, EV, charging points for those who wish to switch to EVs. This is being raised with me constantly in my constituency and it is an issue for many people...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It is the level of ambition.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I was delighted to quote the President earlier. His remarks were absolutely correct.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Every week I hear, as I know we all do, from constituents in my constituency in Dublin Bay South about the immense difficulties they face in finding a home and getting support with housing. I hear from renters who are looking at unaffordable rents - rents are as high as €4,000 per month for a house in my area - and renters who are facing eviction and cannot afford find another...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister. The Labour Party certainly believes in constructive and responsible opposition but we are a party of the left. We believe in the need to ensure investment in public services for all. We do not believe in tax cuts for some at the expense of public services for all. That is our concern. Our concern is that during the pandemic we saw, rightly, the State stepping up to...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: In 2019 this House declared a climate emergency. Last year we passed legislation to keep oil and gas in the ground through the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act although it did not apply to existing exploration licences. That Act commits us to a legally binding path to net zero by 2050. Later today we will debate the annual transition statements. We are waiting on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (15 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of opening the Student Access Fund to non-domestic students. [31156/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [25828/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for his update on the work of the NESC. One of the five areas on which NESC is strategically advising the Taoiseach is aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic. We are all conscious that a lack of hospital bed capacity was one of the key reasons our lockdowns had to be so extensive in order to protect bed capacity in hospitals. We see reports that the emergency department in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [25826/22]