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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I too want to raise the issue of the National Maternity Hospital. I welcome the decision by Cabinet last night to delay, as I understand it, by at least two weeks, the making of any final decision. I welcome the Minister's commitment to appear before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health, as we had asked. Indeed, I welcome the ongoing publication of documents on the HSE website. I read...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (4 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 67. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [21859/22]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: My amendment No. 51 is about the right to repair, and specifically around diagnosis, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment. The amendment, which I submitted for the Labour Party, forms the basis of a Bill we were preparing to bring forward, that we say is an integral part of any sort of circular economy approach. We are hopeful that the Minister of State might agree to it in...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for his response and for acknowledging the information and power imbalance between consumers and manufacturers that the right to repair principle seeks to address. As he said, it is a critical part of any circular economy approach. We had an exchange previously in the Dáil Chamber and the Minister of State referred then to ongoing developments at EU level...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad to speak for the Labour Party in support of this important Bill and to welcome its introduction today. As others have said, it is hugely important that we see regulation in place on the principle and the practice of GALs. Indeed, this is a Bill that has had a long genesis. The Minister alluded to that. A previous iteration of it fell in 2020. It is long overdue. I should...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Why can the Government not do more to help renters? There have been serious rises in the cost of renting in Ireland. Average monthly rents stand at €1,415 and at €2,000 in Dublin. That is an unaffordable chunk of take-home pay for many renters. The issue is lack of regulation and lack of supply. We in the Labour Party previously brought forward a Bill to restrict the use of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I ask about a matter related to the serious and urgent question of how we in Ireland can best manage our collective response in offering support to those who have come here fleeing Russian brutality in Ukraine. This morning, Labour Party Deputies and Senators wrote to the Minister's colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, who is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for the response and the constructive engagement. My colleague, Deputy Duncan Smith, has raised a number of practical ways we can ensure a more co-ordinated national response because that is the issue. It is about co-ordinating the response and co-ordinating the national effort. The point the Minister made about IPAS is welcome. It is clear local authorities are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I want to begin by apologising for keeping the Minister waiting. A combination of factors meant we had difficulty achieving a quorum on time this morning. We have received apologies from a number of colleagues, including Deputies Niamh Smyth and Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Senators Fintan Warfield, Alice Mary Higgins and Regina Doherty. Before we begin, members have the option of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for that very clear opening statement. I acknowledge her immense personal commitment to addressing this issue and to moving forward with the Supporting A Victim's Journey plan. That was acknowledged by the NGOs that appeared before us on this module as well in previous weeks. I will ask members to engage in questions and answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: There is a quite a lot of stuff there. The Minister might take as long as she likes in responding to those because there is a great deal of substance and the Deputy touched on quite a number of matters that were raised with us in previous hearings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: There was a little bit of interference on the line but we got the response. I thank the Minister for her very substantive response. I have follow-up questions and will focus on specific recommendations that the Citizens' Assembly made on this topic. Again, I thank the Minister for her engagement and acknowledge her personal commitment. I also acknowledge that recommendation 37, under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I have read the Bill and that is a very important point. I welcome the Minister's commitment that the victim will have dedicated legal advice and support throughout the legal process. It is something we have requested for a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Other colleagues have engaged remotely and as I do not see indications of a wish to speak, I draw our proceedings to a close. I thank the Minister for her very thoughtful and considered engagement. I thank her for her comprehensive responses to the detailed questions posed by committee members. We very much look forward to the publication of the full national strategy on DSGBV and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for her very comprehensive response. I call Senator Pauline O'Reilly, the Vice Chair of the committee, to be followed by Deputy Clarke for a very short follow-up.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome amendments Nos. 75 and 76. They illustrate the complexity of the situation and the history that lies behind the Bill. They show why so much thought needs to be put into transferring records and the sources for records and information, given the very piecemeal history of adoption legislation and practices in Ireland. I want to refer to the Minister's comment on my use of the...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I, too, welcome this amendment. It provides for a more inclusive approach, which is very welcome. So much of the Bill is welcome, and so many of the amendments are welcome. We have welcomed all the Minister's amendments, I believe. There is just the one sticking point left, namely, the provision in section 17. It is a very significant difficulty for us. This is a Bill that my party and...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome this series of amendments. I referred to them previously, as the Minister said. They provide for important new mechanisms for a person who has reasonable grounds for suspecting they are the subject of an incorrect birth registration to initiate the conduct of inquiries by the agency or authority. They also empower the Minister to conduct a review. I acknowledge the work of the...