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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his clarification. To be clear, there will be a separate Bill related to CPO processes following this legislation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: This speaks to a broader issue with the Bill, and I said this earlier in front of a Minister of State here. Every stakeholder that we speak to now is very concerned about the number of amendments being made to this Bill as it is in process by the Government. There is a sense out there that the legislation was produced prematurely before the ducks were in a row. It does not make sense to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Chair. Just to finish, I wish to check that there will be a separate Bill on CPO coming through after this legislation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I am not sure that was an agreement.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Yes. I am withdrawing at this stage but reserving the right to resubmit. We will look again at what the Minister has said. I thank him for the response.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Precisely. I thank the Chair.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to raise with the Taoiseach an issue I have been raising for some time with his predecessor and, indeed, the Tánaiste, namely, justice for survivors of Thalidomide in Ireland. I know the Taoiseach is well aware of this scandal. I have worked closely for some time now with the Irish Thalidomide Association and Ms Finola Cassidy, in particular, on the need for a State apology and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Will the Taoiseach make a commitment today to engage with the Irish Thalidomide Association-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: -----to secure a resolution of this issue for the survivors and their families?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach for committing to meet Cara Darmody and her family. They will be really appreciative of that. As he said, that meeting will take place in the next few weeks. They have new information. They have been incredibly impactful - I must say that and pay tribute to them - in raising awareness about the lack of services, lack of autism services and services for neurodiverse...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: The Taoiseach's Government is failing neurodiverse children and their families. It needs to do more on autism services. One year ago, we in Labour put forward a Dáil motion on autism services for children. It included a call for action to end the lengthy delays, the backlog, in accessing assessments of need for children. Responding to our motion then, the Minister of State, Deputy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the planning guidelines in respect of childcare facilities as part of large-scale developments will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16990/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: Today is the Taoiseach's first day answering questions in this House in his new role. I wish him well personally. It is my first opportunity to do so.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: I want to raise with the Taoiseach an issue that is a real concern around the mental health of young people and children. Paul Gordon of the National Youth Council of Ireland has said today that millennials, Generation Z and Generation Alpha may be the first to have worse outcomes than their parents since the foundation of the State. A National Youth Council survey shows that a third of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: We are all very conscious that it is six years since repeal. It is one year since Marie O'Shea's report was published. It is four months since the Oireachtas health committee gave its report to the Minister for Health on the implementation of the O'Shea report recommendations. We all owe a debt of gratitude to Aoife Hegarty and the "RTÉ Investigates" team for last night's exposure of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (16 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make a statement on the Spanish Prime Minister’s statement that Spain would recognise Palestinian statehood before the summer; and if Ireland will also recognise Palestinian statehood before the summer. [16163/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Middle East (16 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the recent Ireland Strategic Investment Fund divestment from certain investments in occupied territories. [16164/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (16 Apr 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for publishing the updated report on the funding landscape for housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16628/24]