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Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for the update on the shared island dialogue in the wake of the Assembly election. I reiterate the point that I know is shared by so many colleagues, which is our grave concern and alarm about the unilateral action the British Government is proposing to take, or indeed threatening to take, on the protocol. Its cynical attempt to describe it as a measure to protect the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the membership of the new Cabinet subcommittee to oversee the State response to the Ukraine crisis; and when it will next meet. [21855/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for the update. On behalf of the Labour Party, I express our solidarity with the Ukrainian people and our condemnation of the brutal Russian invasion of which there is condemnation across Ireland. I am conscious of the immense national effort and the work that has been done by many in the public service, the Irish Red Cross and local authorities around the country to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for his full response. I am sure the apology will be very much welcomed by those who have been so badly failed. The Taoiseach speaks of an absence of proactivity and the need for stronger legislation. Yet clearly, there is a responsibility on the Government to take those proactive steps and to deliver the amendments to legislation that are needed. This is not just...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: What about the planning?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It has become clear, in particular in recent days that the optimal solution to the issue of the national maternity hospital for both the Opposition and the Government is that of full public ownership - freehold ownership, not the conditional ownership represented by leasehold, however long it may be. I ask the Taoiseach again to take into account the clear and overwhelming majority of those...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Earlier today, on behalf of the Labour Party, I expressed our strong disappointment to the Taoiseach at the decision that has been taken by Cabinet. As I have said and as my colleague, Deputy Duncan Smith, has said, in Labour we continue to stand firm in expressing our strong concerns about ongoing issues with the control, ownership and governance of the new national maternity hospital. We...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and policing reform division of his Department. [22902/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I will refer to the policing reform division and its work. As the Taoiseach knows, the Labour Party has for many years been a strong proponent of policing reform and we successfully argued for the introduction of the Policing Authority. I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the general scheme of the policing security and community safety Bill, which I understand was published more than a year...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [22900/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Last week another report from Daft revealed record rents and serious shortages of supply. I was in Limerick yesterday and I heard that only five properties are available to rent in the entire city. We need to ensure our stock of housing is being used more effectively along with ensuring more supply of homes coming on-stream. Is the Government taking any action to ensure an effective vacant...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Finland and Estonia. [22899/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: We have all been conscious of the volte-faceby Finland and Sweden in announcing that they would enjoy join NATO. I take this opportunity to restate Labour's support for the principle of military neutrality in Ireland. There is immense public support for neutrality in Ireland, and I do not think there is any suggestion of a similar move here. We would be very strongly opposed to it. In the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of the Labour Party, I want to say how disappointed we are by, and, indeed, how much we deplore, the Cabinet decision taken today to proceed with the new National Maternity Hospital despite the real and substantial ongoing concerns around ownership, control and governance that we and others have expressed to the Taoiseach and the Government. We have engaged with the Minister for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: By taking that off the table, we have simply left the power and the leverage in the hands of the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach would have had the Opposition united with him in delaying further to ensure better negotiation, that the land would be publicly owned, that the public National Maternity Hospital would be built on land that is in public ownership and that we do not repeat the mistakes of the past.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: These are new figures on CPOs.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: The ownership issue.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: It is a question of the impact on people.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I certainly support that call, which is very important. I seek statements over the course of the next few days in this House on delays in the processing of passport applications. I am not the only Deputy who has been inundated with calls, emails and other forms of contact from distressed constituents because of lengthy delays in the processing of passports, in many cases for urgent...