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Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the publication of the fifteenth interim report of the IBRC Commission of Investigation. [19244/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for the update. I note the extension has been granted until 31 May. Does the Taoiseach expect that deadline will be met? He has given some indication of costs to date but not including third party legal costs. Does he have any expectation of what the final legal cost is likely to be? I also raise the proposed commission of investigation into abuse in the Defence...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I raise first the plight of those seeking international protection who have, shamefully, been left without accommodation. Several hundred persons now have no place to go, despite having arrived here seeking refuge. The Taoiseach will be aware that in my constituency, up to 40 tents are now camped in Mount Street outside the International Protection Accommodation Services, IPAS, office. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [20421/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 9. To ask the Taoiseach which Cabinet committee deals with ethics reform; and when it will next meet. [21482/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Prices relating to groceries, food and basic commodities are rising, and workers are struggling. Yet many corporations are not supporting the struggles of their staff. Several Tesco workers who work on the front line in packing and delivering food to people in communities across the country have come to me to share stories of how their wages are being cut due to roster changes. One...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I support Deputy Bríd Smith on that intervention. I welcome the news that the Government is not opposing the Opposition motion on the cost of living tabled by Sinn Féin this evening. The Taoiseach indicated that the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, will meet with the retail forum this week. Can the Taoiseach commit to giving Government time next week to debate this really...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Government could have done something.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Finding solutions of course should be the priority but the Taoiseach's Government has patently failed to find necessary solutions. Time after time we hear the Taoiseach say that family homelessness and child homelessness is a stain on our society as if he was an observer. The Taoiseach is in government and has been in government for several terms. The Taoiseach needs to ensure that action...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach will be aware of the appalling situation for Micheline Walsh and her husband facing homelessness in Dublin in their late 70s with nowhere to go after being served with an eviction notice. The local Labour councillor Peter O'Brien is now assisting this family but, unfortunately, they are not the only ones. It is unconscionable to see that 175 people over 65, pensioners,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 118. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [21483/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 119. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Services will next meet. [21484/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Funding (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide both the allocation and drawdown of Renovate Wave funding by Ireland in 2020, 2021, 2022 and the forecasted drawdown in 2023. [21580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 257. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that a company is abiding by the Workplace Relations Commission guidelines regarding redundancies, particularly given, reports of staff concerns in respect of the company's compliance with such guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 258. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that severance packages are similar to those given to other workers in the technology sector and that the company follow best practice in respect of offering a financial contribution for staff seeking independent legal advice to review such...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: In recent months, we have seen announcement after announcement of layoffs across many big technology companies, in particular, in Dublin. The impact of these redundancies has obviously been huge for those directly and indirectly impacted, not only in my own constituency of Dublin Bay South but across the country. The impact is more worrying where there are concerns regarding a lack of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: The North has been given a temporary reprieve, we understand, for a £300 million overspend but it is reported today that Stormont officials from the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council believes that £800 million needs to be found. This is a shortfall which will be devastating for public services in Northern Ireland if this is not resolved. It demonstrates the urgent need for an...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [20420/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Taoiseach’s commitment to hold the gender equality referendum in November. As the Taoiseach said, this is the referendum which was recommended by the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality and also recommended by our own special committee on gender equality which I had the honour of chairing. As the Taoiseach knows, in our report from December, Unfinished...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (3 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: First, I want to condemn the sectarian abuse of a young mother in Lurgan on Sunday, which we know about because a camera captured the footage of what happened. The report highlights how much more we have to do to achieve a lasting peace. I was unable to attend statements in the Dáil last week to mark 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement because I was in Brussels, but my colleague...