Results 61-80 of 11,652 for speaker:Ivana Bacik

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: We cannot. We are not in the Government.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: Anybody watching will be wondering when the Government is going to take political responsibility for the housing crisis. He is the Taoiseach and is in government. His party and Fine Gael have effectively governed together for the best part of a decade and yet, he is resorting to throwing critiques at the Opposition for not building homes. We are in opposition. The Labour Party, as the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: After the general election, all the briefing from the Government was that it was ready to take what it called "difficult decisions" to fix this housing disaster. In recent weeks, it has certainly been difficult to watch his Government's chaotic decision-making - its U-turns, drip-feeds and hasty rewrites of flawed press releases. Undoubtedly, the Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy Browne,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: He made it sound like it was a "gotcha" moment for him.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: It is hardly gotcha. Of course, we welcome decisions that are taken by the Government that we believe will fix the housing crisis. We support the extension of RPZs across the country, but not a hollowed out version of RPZs that offer no real protections for renters. This was not a gotcha moment for landlords because last week he gave them a generous nine months' notice of his mooted plans....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 136. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the President of the European Commission. [32275/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Judicial Reviews (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 143. To ask the Taoiseach the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years. [32850/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Judicial Reviews (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Judicial Reviews (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 185. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to publish an infrastructure plan for active travel and roads. [32701/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Judicial Reviews (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Veterinary Services (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason vets charge VAT when medical services provided by a recognised medical professional qualify for VAT exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32064/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Judicial Reviews (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 308. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32841/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Postal Services (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has had any engagement with An Post in relation to section 8.22 of the Code of Practice in respect of any material acquisition or disposal of land, buildings or other material assets; and, if so, the nature of that engagement. [32802/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Postal Services (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the position regarding sale of State-owned buildings housing public services; his plans to ensure that buildings currently in public use remain in public use; his plans to ensure retention of state assets in public ownership and community use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32805/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Judicial Reviews (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 345. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Judicial Reviews (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 371. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a speech and language therapist will be appointed at a school (details supplied) for the duration of a period of leave. [32702/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Judicial Reviews (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of judicial review cases her Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Judicial Reviews (17 Jun 2025)

Ivana Bacik: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases defended by her Department in each of the past ten years in which the statutory and constitutional right to an education was invoked; of those cases, the number in which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that...