Results 41-60 of 892 for long speaker:Ivana Bacik

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I too welcome the good news about the progress overnight in Northern Ireland towards the long overdue restoration of the Stormont institutions and the executive. Is í tithíocht an cnámh spairne is mó sa Stát. Tá géarghá le níos mó tithíocht a aimsiú agus a thógáil go práinneach ach teastaíonn go leor...

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Ireland that people voted for in the 2015 marriage equality referendum. The Labour Party has been a proud and very vocal ally of the LGBTQ+ community for decades. This Bill represents another page in the long chapter on the Labour Party’s role in fighting for LGBTQ+ people. My predecessor and then Tánaiste, Eamon Gilmore, aptly described marriage equality as the civil...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: .... I know the Taoiseach appreciates that, but his Government’s policies are hurting people in hospitals, not helping them. I am talking about the current HSE recruitment freeze, overcrowding, long waiting lists, the trolley crisis, a retention crisis and a lack of community supports for those discharged from hospital. The list goes on. Every week, we all hear healthcare horror...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...now, even with the improvements listed by the Taoiseach, Conor Sheehan's family's story is not unique; it is replicated across the country. It is an indictment that we have come to accept that long waiting lists in hospitals are somehow normal. People go to hospital to get better. Hospitals should not be a place where conditions will worsen while people languish awaiting a bed. Our...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...a Private Member's Bill last Thursday to deal with that, to address that issue and to provide for reproductive health leave. We were very disappointed that the Government sought to put in a year-long stay on debate on that Bill. We will vote tomorrow night on that 12-month delaying amendment and because the House will likely not be sitting in a year's time, a year's delay amounts to...

Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...for the first time of early pregnancy loss and of IVF treatment and reproductive health issues. We worked on the Bill for some time and, in March 2021, I published this legislation as a Senator, along with other Labour Party Senators, to provide statutory leave to those suffering so-called early miscarriage, pregnancy loss early in term or needing time off for reproductive healthcare...

An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...the current sexist language within it, which refers to a woman as having a life within the home and mothers as having duties within the home. The language in Article 41.2° of the Constitution has long been regarded as outdated, anachronistic and sexist. It is based upon gender stereotypes which should have no place in a contemporary constitutional text, confining women and mothers...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...that. I recently attended the launch of the Cherish archive and was struck by the immense stigma and shame that surrounded cohabiting couples and children born outside of marriage for far too long. We have all acknowledged that and it is time our Constitution reflected a change in our society. Since we are sharing experiences, I was a happy cohabitee for many years before finally...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ..., the text in the thirty-ninth amendment Bill refers and is in some ways contingent upon the text in the fortieth amendment Bill. I am glad we have finally got to this point. It has been a long journey to get here. I, personally, have been very closely involved with this process for a long time. As Chairperson of the Oireachtas Special Committee on Gender Equality and previously as...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...in the new year. We all understand these concerns are justified. No one needs reminding, as the RTB report did today, that the private rental sector is totally overwhelmed. There are metres-long queues for house viewings for rentals, and we hear stories all the time in our constituencies about people being forced to bid on rental properties and being unable to find any rental properties...

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...for adequate data to be maintained on care. The submissions of stakeholder groups highlighted the lack of data on care, meaning that the Government is really hampered in trying to develop the long-term planning that is needed. We do not have really robust data on the projected needs for care and the number of those providing care. This is an opaque area. I listened carefully to what...

Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...how the care economy in Ireland relies heavily on the private marketplace and informal family and community networks to access care, and while the State funds a significant amount of formal child and long-term care, it is delivered mainly by private-for-profit services, and in contrast to paid work, participation and the time people spend in informal care activities is rarely measured; -...

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...and will have to keep staying in their childhood bedrooms. Equally, I meet people who are a little older. Just last week, I spoke to a constituent approaching their fiftieth birthday, who is in long-term rental, with a decent, fair rent, but who is in absolute terror that at some point, they will be served with a notice to quit and will simply not be able to afford anywhere to rent, and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Today, we saw at last welcome progress on the long-promised gender equality referendum and announcement by the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, and the Taoiseach of the wording proposed by the Government to change the Constitution. As the former Chairperson of the Committee on Gender Equality, I very much welcome that we will see progress. It is a year since our committee presented a report to...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to debate this important and long-anticipated Bill in the Chamber. We are all very conscious that the planning process has a key impact on addressing the two most major crises faced by our country today, namely the housing disaster and the climate emergency. We know we need robust and effective planning laws in order to deliver the urgently needed increased supply...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Instruction to Committee (29 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...committee to say that there should amendments made to statutory provisions requiring the publication of the addresses of candidates at elections. The purpose of the amendment is to allow for the Long Title of the Bill to be changed so that the Bill itself can be amended so as to protect the home addresses of political candidates. It is a critical issue. We see difficulties, particularly...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...commit to making that apology and to ensuring that a package of recompense could be offered to survivors. The Government should move on that, now that the Australian Government has done so. It is long past time. I know that there has been engagement with the Government and I have spoken with the Tánaiste and many others about this, but we need to see a resolution for survivors of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...visible gardaí, and not enough support for front-line gardaí, who are, it seems, forced to communicate by WhatsApp. There has been a hands-off approach to policing the far right for far too long. Government TDs have been quick to accuse others of grandstanding and distracting from the crisis facing us. Undoubtedly, there has been grandstanding from the Opposition, including...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...questions. Certainly, this issue did not start around last Thursday afternoon. We know about these issues in the Garda concerning morale, recruitment and retention that have been building for so long. There was a lack of gardaí on the ground, not just last Thursday night but also for some time before that. Gardaí had to rely on WhatsApp to call on colleagues to come into town...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...in policing, particularly policing in Dublin, that has developed under the watch of this Government. On Friday, the Commissioner Harris asserted that nobody could have anticipated the riots, but that is simply not credible. Long before last week, we saw despicable events orchestrated by the far right across the country, including anti-migrant protests, anti-LGBT protests outside...