Results 21-24 of 24 for 5 million speaker:Ivana Bacik
- Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)
Ivana Bacik: ...hazardous environment. Senator Wall has given me the estimate that across 31 local authorities in the State, the cost of clearing up litter and illegally dumped materials may be as much as €90 million per year which is enormous. This is without considering the enormous voluntary effort put in by community clean-up groups which operate nationwide. I go out with my own group, the...
- Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)
Ivana Bacik: ...and rather than increase over recent years, respite provision has fallen and does not address the latent unmet need which the Disability Capacity Review to 2032 suggests requires an investment of €16 to €20 million annually; - the Disability Capacity Review to 2032 also estimates up to 3,900 extra residential places are needed by 2032 costing €550 million annually,...
- Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)
Ivana Bacik: .... A constituent wrote to me today saying they are growing more and more annoyed about the communications about the €100 rebate and pointing out that this initiative will cost the Government over €200 million, which could be spent in a significantly better way. My constituent describes it as a populist reactive gesture which does not help those who are in genuine poverty or...
- Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)
Ivana Bacik: ...has rightly described as a housing disaster and which is hitting many families and households very hard. There is a cost-of-living, energy bills and energy security crisis that is affecting millions of people across the country, exacerbated by Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine and his escalation of the war in that country. Of course, there is also the climate crisis, the existential...