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

Ivana Bacik: A stocking filler.

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...

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

Ivana Bacik: A good deal of the Bill, as we know, restates existing provisions in previous Acts. While I was preparing for the debate on the Bill, I was reminded of a debate on one of its predecessors in 2010 when I was a Senator, namely what became the Planning and Development Act 2010, introduced by Fianna Fáil and the Green Party in government. It was found to have serious issues. However,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I express my condolences to Victoria and the family and friends of Shane MacGowan on the sad news of his death today. We are thinking of all those who are affected. Yesterday evening, an important Labour Party Bill passed Final Stage in the Seanad. Our reproductive leave Bill will provide paid time off work for women who lose a pregnancy early in the term, and for employees who access...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I move Amendment No. 5: In page 3, after line 30, to insert the following: “Research on revision of Dáil constituencies 5.In relation to the revision of Dáil constituencies, An Coimisiún Toghcháin shall within 24 months of the passing of this Act conduct research and make such recommendations as it considers appropriate to Dáil Éireann on— ...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I move Amendment No. 5: In page 3, after line 30, to insert the following: “Research on revision of Dáil constituencies 5.In relation to the revision of Dáil constituencies, An Coimisiún Toghcháin shall within 24 months of the passing of this Act conduct research and make such recommendations as it considers appropriate to Dáil Éireann on— ...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, lines 26 and 27, to delete “the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage” and substitute “An Coimisiún Toghcháin”. I addressed the matter to which the amendment relates on Committee Stage. This is a technical amendment. We are simply seeking to replace the reference to the Minister with a reference to...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: That is a very similar response to one the Minister, Deputy O’Brien, offered on Committee Stage. I accept the points the Minister of State makes but, again, we are simply seeking to ensure the Bill is sufficiently future-proofed. The other two amendments we tabled are also designed for the same purpose.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(3) An Coimisiún Toghcháin shall conduct research and, within 18 months of the passing of this Act, make such recommendations as it considers appropriate to Dáil Éireann on— (a) an appropriate reconstitution of electoral divisions in the State in accordance with...

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

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "for such constituencies": "and to make amendments to statutory provisions requiring the publication of the addresses of candidates at elections". I put forward an amendment to the motion to instruct the committee to say that there should amendments made to statutory provisions requiring the publication of the addresses of...

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

Ivana Bacik: I am pressing the amendment.

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

Ivana Bacik: Gabhaim buíochas. Today, we saw news that Australia has offered a state apology to thalidomide survivors. There is now a pressing need for similar action to be taken by the Government here in respect of thalidomide survivors, approximately 40 of whom in Ireland have endured years of neglect and denial. The Australian apology underscores the moral imperative for us to take action now...

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

Ivana Bacik: Did the Commissioner offer to resign?

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

Ivana Bacik: We all continue to keep the victims of Thursday's awful attacks uppermost in our thoughts, particularly the child and care worker who are still in hospital. However, all of us, especially those of us in Dublin, are still waiting for a clear message from the Minister about what real action she and the rest of the Government are taking now to make the streets safe. We know the problem. There...

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

Ivana Bacik: It is outrageous grandstanding, and I want to call it out. I want to call out the waving in this House of a photograph of an identifiable individual on our streets. That is wrong.

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

Ivana Bacik: However, I also believe we have seen grandstanding by those in government, by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael members who are desperately seeking to evade accountability by churning out calls that will do anything but address the real crisis facing policing. We have heard red herring calls, such as calls for cuts to benefits and for facial recognition technology, water cannons, dogs and more...

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

Ivana Bacik: With respect, the Minister did not answer my 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...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Ivana Bacik: It was a desperate week. Due to the horror of the attack and subsequent riot in Dublin on Thursday, undoubtedly the homelessness figures were pushed down the political agenda, but I also want to raise the matter because it was a very sad milestone for our country to see over 13,000 people now recorded as homeless, nearly 4,000 of whom are children. I too ask what the Government is doing...

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

Ivana Bacik: This is the sort of language that just goes on to-----

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

Ivana Bacik: What we need to see from the Government is action. We need to see three actions in particular. First is conducting an independent and urgent review into what went wrong in order that we can see proper accountability. A Policing Authority review is not enough. We need to see the inspectorate going in. We need an independent review of what went wrong. We also need to see a real commitment...