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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome our visitors from Tipp. As I have strong Cork connections, I will just say, "May the best team win". That is safer. I will ask about an issue I have been raising with the Taoiseach for quite some time, which he has a long awareness of. It is justice for survivors of thalidomide. Activists from the Irish Thalidomide Association are wondering what the status of the thalidomide...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: That is not true.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I listened carefully to the Taoiseach's laundry list of measures. Certainly, we welcome progress where it occurs. However, the reality for families is that the cost-of-living crisis is not a once-off. It is an ongoing crisis where people are struggling to make ends meet. We have put forward constructive proposals. My colleague, Deputy Ged Nash, put forward a Bill to tackle price gouging...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: What about student fees? Is there any certainty on student fees? There is no clarity.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: One in five families have cut back on or gone without heating in the past six months. Two in five are going without essential items, including food and medical appointments. Some 40% of parents are skipping meals so their children would have enough. According to today’s Barnardos report into the cost-of-living crisis, parents across the country are facing impossible decisions....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been brought to concerns raised about a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37327/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Economic Dialogue (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 322. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the national economic dialogue. [35902/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 368. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason section 22 of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 has not been commenced. [37578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; if legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes will be laid before the Oireachtas Housing Committee for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny before the end of 2025; and when the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill will be passed and commenced. [37810/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €20,000 cap for scholarship income for the purpose of claiming disability allowance, DA, will be revised in line with IRC stipends; and if the cap of "scholarships of up to €20,000" should be read as indicating that funding in excess of €20,000 is counted as means, or if scholarships in excess of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (8 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 791. To ask the Minister for Health when section 232 of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37326/25]

Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Sorry, is it me-----

Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I thank my colleague, Deputy Ciarán Ahern, and Deputy Mairéad Farrell for their words of support. I should also have thanked Deputy Ged Nash, who co-sponsored this Bill with me, at the outset. I also thank Deputy Farrell for her kind words about my background. I should have declared my interest at the start. As a practising barrister, I represented both the State and individuals...

Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: A Cheann Comhairle, might I ask if there is a copy of the Minister of State's speech available? I am conscious there was a lot in it.

Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing time with Deputy Ciarán Ahern. I welcome the fact the Minister of State is here and I thank Deputy Ahern, who will speak alongside me. This is a Bill that we in the Labour Party introduced some time ago. It was drafted in the wake of the nursing home charges scandal. A key purpose of the Bill is to clarify and reform...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Ireland has long and historic ties with the US. Some half a million Irish residents visited last year and more than 30 million Americans claim Irish heritage. However, increasingly an authoritarian Trump government is causing real concerns, in particular for those who are undocumented Irish in America. We think about 10,000 such people are there. This is placing a strain on the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: The Government seem to be content to express disappointment and say that the measures it is taking will have an effect. The reality for people across the country facing eviction is that there is no hope and no lifeline. The Minister said that increasing supply was the key priority. Of course it should be; that is right. Instead of seeing a ramping up of construction activity, though, we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: -----a failure to act, a lethargy that leaves people in despair. People are telling us they have no hope of any prospect of owning-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: -----or even of being able to rent their own homes because there is so little out there. What is the Government offering now to people facing eviction?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: No-----