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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-----

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

Ivana Bacik: When?

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

Ivana Bacik: We talked about them.

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

Ivana Bacik: I join others in expressing condolences on the death of Brother Kevin Crowley of the Capuchin Day Centre. I had the pleasure of meeting Brother Kevin, witnessing the immense work that he and his colleagues were doing and experiencing his great sense of humour. He will be sadly missed. When the idea of a housing tsar was announced some months ago, the question on everyone's lips was the...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I thank all those who spoke in support of our Labour motion on nursing homes and care. I thank in particular my colleagues Deputies Marie Sherlock and Mark Wall for leading on this motion. We in the Labour Party have put this forward with one key purpose, namely, to ensure dignity for those of our citizens who are ageing. Everyone in Ireland should be supported to age with dignity. We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: I listened carefully to what the Minister said but, with respect, it is a somewhat Alice in Wonderland approach for parents and students listening in because what I think he said was that people may think that this is an increase but really it is an reduction. That is not the reality. What people will feel in their pockets this year is that they will be paying an extra €1,000. That...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: It seems this week we are seeing yet another screeching U-turn from the Government. After its recent U-turns on rent pressure zones and tax and spending priorities for this budget, this time the change of tack relates to the announcement by the Minister, James Lawless, on college fees. On Sunday, the Minister took to the national airwaves to say there would be what will amount to a massive...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 655. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 24 June 2025, her plans to amend core funding to restrict the keeping of deposits where a child does not avail of a place, either at all, or within a prescribed period; and her plans to review the rates of maximum deposits that can be charged. [35979/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Each year thousands of young Irish people work in the US on J-1 visas. I have done it myself, a happy summer in Boston many years ago. Generally, it is a very positive experience. However, things have changed drastically under US President Trump with the recent authoritarian announcement that students will have to hand over social media accounts. We are watching a major incursion on...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: It is hugely concerning.