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Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...We are not hearing anything from the Government about what it is proposing to do for those facing eviction and families and children facing homelessness this winter. That is a serious issue. We need to move into a space where examining policies around basic renters' rights protections is something the Government will take on, rather than it always being contained in Opposition motions....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers still awaiting remuneration for invigilating and marking State examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46208/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Tánaiste's replies just do not pass muster. He spoke of a need for analysis and for examination but the reality is that the Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil are in government-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...in a properly resourced health service. The Tánaiste is in government and it is simply not good enough to hear him speaking as if he were a commentator and saying there is a need for analysis and examination. He should do something about this situation, ensure the health service is properly resourced-----

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...had reduced for four consecutive months. It was a reasonable proposal but one the Taoiseach stated he, unfortunately, could not accept. Government figures have made it clear there is no intention even to examine the idea of an evidence basis for resuming the temporary no-fault ban. Some comments from members of the Government have revealed they do not understand what a no-fault eviction...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...families, friends and all those affected by the tragic deaths of Andrew O’Donnell and Max Wall in Ios last weekend. The devastating losses of these two boys who had just finished the leaving certificate examination at St. Michael's College, Ballsbridge, has impacted so many. I offer my sympathies in particular to the school community at St. Michael's College, where I attended a...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...which is an extra and additional check on the framing of the offence. There is a valid concern around the evidential requirement about the recording of the warning. The Joint Committee on Health examined this matter in detail. Section 4(3) requires that a garda, when recording the warning, must also require that the person given the warning has to state his or her name and address. The...

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...