• Labour TD for Dublin Bay South
• Former Labour Senator (University of Dublin)
• Entered the Dáil on 9 July 2021 — Byelection
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 9 July 2021 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Housing Provision, State Properties, Housing Policy, Housing Schemes, Departmental Data

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Child Protection: Statements (15 Oct 2024)

“In any discussion of child protection, we must think first of survivors and victims of childhood abuse. Their needs and rights must be front and centre. Child protection procedures are in place to protect children. That may sound self-evident but it can sometimes be lost in translation. In my previous life as a practising lawyer, I had the experience of representing survivors of abuse in...”

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)

“It is some weeks since the budget but those locked out of securing housing are realising how little it does for them because house prices and rents are still going up and availability is not keeping pace with demand for homes. I know the Taoiseach will agree on this because we are all so aware of the chronic housing shortage and the impact it is having on so many people and communities. The...”

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)

“The Labour Party has drafted legislation, as the Taoiseach may know, to make unincorporated associations accountable for paying redress for abuse that has been committed by members or those under the power of those organisations. The need for this Bill was brought to the fore by the recent scoping inquiry on sexual abuse in schools but, of course, it would apply not just to religious orders...”

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• Has spoken in 170 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 119 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 599 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 5 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 5 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 40 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Ivana Bacik speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 505 times in debates — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1853 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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