Results 121-140 of 920 for long speaker:Ivana Bacik

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ..., but we need to see that sort of really effective commitment being made and being honoured by Government. We owe that to Cara and Mark Darmody, and to all of those who have been so active for so long, seeking adequate and effective interventions and services for their children. I raise another issue relating to provision for children, namely, the Barnardo's report published today,...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...year-old Cara Darmody used to describe her frustration at the lack of supports for autistic people and children in Ireland. She used them when addressing the Joint Committee on Autism in November alongside her dad Mark, when they spoke about their experiences seeking services for her brothers. I welcome Cara, Mark and so many other parents and activists on autism to the Public Gallery. ...

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (17 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ..., we have a particularly dark history as regards the treatment of women and the downplaying, and even dismissal, of sexual violence against women and children. That situation persisted for far too long. We are all thinking of the various carceral institutions in which women and children were confined for many decades, for example, the Magdalen institutions, the mother and baby homes and...

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...law and abuses of human rights by the State of Israel. There is a strong tradition of that in all parties in Ireland. We in Labour are happy to support this Bill. It is in keeping with our long track record on Palestinian rights. Our former leader, Eamon Gilmore, when Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade very strongly advocated for the rights of the Palestinian...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...the chronic shortage of homes. Time and time again the struggles of older people and their situation are ignored by society and the State. Our entire housing and pension system has for far too long relied on the assumption people aged over 65 years will have paid off their mortgages, own their own homes and will not be renting. As Minister for Finance, the Minister will be aware the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...to the rate of inflation. On insecurity of housing for persons renting into older age, what the Government can do is stabilise the rental sector and make it a viable option for people to live in long term. Across Europe, older people live in the rental sector long term in peace, in full security and without the prospect of eviction. That is the difference here. Not only are people...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Radio Spectrum Management (10 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the decision by RTÉ to cease the broadcast of long-wave radio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21894/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 May 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...Bill. Others have raised this issue. It is supported on a cross-party basis. It was initiated by Senator Frances Black in the Seanad. I had the honour of supporting her, as others did. It is long past time to take a lead on that. I ask for a update on Bernard Phelan, the French-Irish citizen who has been sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment in Iran and on whose behalf...

Final Report of the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important debate. I want to begin, as other have, by welcoming our visitors in the Gallery and all of those who have worked for so long to see a properly regulatory framework in place. This includes organisations like Irish Families Through Surrogacy, Equality for Children, LGBT Ireland and Irish Gay Dads. I also want to thank all the individuals...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...attended a party with Gerard Hutch on the evening of the day that the latter was acquitted by the Special Criminal Court following the prosecution arising from the Regency Hotel murder, which casts such a long shadow on those communities so badly impacted by organised crime and by the Hutch-Kinahan feud in particular. This is a really disturbing revelation about GSOC. The Garda has...

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...of 166,000, which is a vacancy rate of nearly 8% - a high vacancy rate compared to other European countries. That excludes holiday homes. While the CSO figures are noted in the Government's own vacant homes plan alongside the other two sets of figures, I note the Minister has only given us the Revenue figure of 57,000, which is the lowest projection and is based on self-reporting. As...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Insurance Coverage (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 942. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce a State life insurance for persons who are excluded from such cover due to chronic illness and other life-long conditions (details supplied). [17916/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...out of school because they simply cannot find another place to live in their own community. In my constituency, I hear from parents in this position. I hear from renters who will now face hours-long commutes because they cannot afford a home in a community near their workplace. It is not too late, even now at the eleventh hour, to reverse the Government's decision and to extend the...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...more than 4,700 reports were made to gardaí last year for breaches of protection orders and safety orders. We still lack the necessary refuge spaces for women. Women have been discriminated against in Irish society for far too long, including by means of incarceration in Magdalen institutions and mother and baby homes. Importantly, other speakers indicated that this is an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...leanaí i gceantair áirithe agus tá an iomarca airgid á íoc ag tuismitheoirí atá ag streachailt cheana féin. Today, on International Women's Day, I welcome the announcement that a referendum on gender equality will be held in November. It is something I have worked on for a long time. As Chairperson of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...energy policy, failures in planning and the circumstances that have led us to a point at which we need to pass such emergency legislation again this year to secure energy supply not even for the long term but for the immediate future, the winter just ahead in 2023-2024. It also raises questions about how we can achieve the necessary steps to ensure we make the transition to renewable...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...campaigned for years for the registration and regulation of psychologists and of bogus crisis pregnancy agencies that seek to exploit vulnerable women. Unfortunately, this has been going on far too long. I would like to know what the Government proposes to do about it in light of the new revelations in last night's "RTÉ Investigates" programme.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Mar 2023)

Ivana Bacik: -----is not being guaranteed the long-term and ongoing funding that it needs to make a difference for children in the area.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (28 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Taoiseach to commit to holding that referendum as soon as possible, preferably this year. The committee previously sought for it to be held in 2023. We need the gender equality referendum. It is long overdue and given that we have now come up with a wording that received cross-party support, we ask that the Taoiseach give it particular priority for this year.