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Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...those losses were so we can assess what better use that money could have been put to elsewhere. Turning to the review the Minister announced today, we very much welcome that announcement. We welcome the Minister's statement that it would be a root-and-branch examination. It is going to be conducted in two strands and chaired by Professor Niamh Brennan and Dr. Margaret Cullen. We...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to grant extra time on examinations to candidates with dyslexia to complete State exams, both Junior and Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28507/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Jun 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is on target to complete action 2.10 of Housing for All to examine a system of holding rental deposits by the end of Q2 2023; and if he will make a statement on the anticipated process following its completion.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27196/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...those in my own constituency – parents who are facing eviction and desperately seeking a new home but who cannot tell their children they will very soon be losing their homes until they get through the State examinations. These families in my constituency are not alone. The latest figures, published by the Residential Tenancies Board just yesterday, record an increase in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (30 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...the timeline for the establishment of the citizens’ assembly on the future of education; if he will report on progress and developing the terms of reference for same; and if the assembly will examine the future purpose of the education system here. [25598/23]

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (17 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Department of Justice and other Departments to try to achieve a clear pathway to the necessary reforms to address DSGBV. The Joint Committee on Gender Equality, which I was proud to chair, examined the issue of gender-based violence. In particular, we examined the important recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality. I pay tribute to the citizens who decided to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 1152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on Coillte's examination of how better to work closely with farmers and to acquire land directly. [18087/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...or other specialist software under the assistive technology grant; how this figure compares with previous waiting lists in 2020, 2021 and 2022; if priority will be given to students sitting State examinations in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13099/23]

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...this. If this is a pernicious and pervasive form of discrimination, we must recognise it in our laws and address it legislatively. I very much welcome the fact that the Government has committed to examining the introduction of this new ground of discrimination based on socioeconomically disadvantaged status. All of us in opposition very much welcome the conduct of the review of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...of the eviction ban because timing is crucial. It is crucial for families. We are halfway through the school term. We are just a few short weeks away from the leaving and junior certificate examinations and third level assessments. We are also seeing a spate of job losses. Today's announcement by Google, in my constituency, is just the latest. The Government is taking its time,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (21 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...assembly on drug use, but I ask the Taoiseach about the status of the commitment to establish a citizens' assembly on the future of education. Is there a timeline for its establishment and will it examine both the future purpose of the education system and the issue of separation of Church and State within the education system? Second, building a better society is a strategic priority of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I raise the inconsistency in delays for women seeking domestic violence orders as reported by Ciara Phelan in today's Irish Examiner. She has raised serious concerns that domestic violence victims and survivors are waiting up to four months in some cases for courts to hear safety applications. It is, in effect, a postcode lottery as to how long a woman will have to wait, ranging from 16...

Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...urgency and no clarity as to when. The Government does not appear willing to press the EU on the timing of a windfall tax and is playing a game of wait and see when it comes to the Energy Charter Treaty. It will not even examine temporarily nationalising the Corrib gas field to control energy prices, as we in the Labour Party have suggested on a number of occasions. Crucially, it is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...me, the Taoiseach, I know, will have received countless emails from those who are concerned that, despite public assurances, many will be excluded from the redress scheme. To quote from today's Irish Examinerarticle by Conall Ó Fátharta and Elaine Loughlin, the proposed scheme "heaps abuse upon abuse" because "it excludes 40% of survivors", in their words, "and denies healthcare...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Ivana Bacik: .... We need to see outcomes here. The Gresham House deal will not deliver the necessary outcome. It is not just us in Opposition making these critiques. In a leaked document which the Irish Examinerreports on today, the European Commission has criticised Ireland's forestry policy in a scathing letter, highlighting particular concerns about planting on peatlands and the impact on birds....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (15 Dec 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ..., Climate Action and Environment if mechanisms exist to reimburse residential customers of district heating schemes who pay for domestic energy at a commercial rate for excess costs; and if the examination of such a policy is in the remit of the steering group due to report on district heating schemes in 2023. [62761/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...not in its power to do and it was a matter for Government to make a change in policy to require it. I raised this last week and the Taoiseach told me the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage was examining the matter of the tenant in situscheme and whether the RTB and local authorities can work together to address the issue. Will he give us an update on the issue?

Abuse at Certain Educational Institutions: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...safeguarding board. The framework should look at the existing culture of impunity, of turning a blind eye and of institutional cover-ups within specific religious orders. Crucially, a State inquiry should examine what the State could and should have done to prevent such abuse. In the context of the Spiritans in particular, as I said last week, any inquiry must address issues relating to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (22 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: 151. To ask the Taoiseach the timeline for the establishment of the Citizens' Assembly on the Future of Education; and if it is proposed to use the citizens' assembly to examine the future purpose of the education system. [58145/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...and restorative meetings between women and their consultants. This is very welcome. The Tánaiste identified some of the very positive outcomes as a result of the Scally report. More accurate ways to examine the smear tests are now in place and funding has been allocated for a new laboratory in the Coombe hospital to reduce the need for outsourcing. Many of us have been contacted...