Bills & Legislation
Government has created housing affordability crisis for first time buyers
Building costs soar since Fianna Fáil took over housing Single people locked out of housing market Labour leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik said this Government is abjectly failing people desperately trying to get a foot on the …
Tail wags dog with developer-led planning bill
Where is the 'use it or lose it' clause to stop developers from sitting on land? Speaking on the Planning and Development Bill 2023 in the Dáil this evening, Labour Leader and Housing Spokesperson Ivana Bacik TD has criticised the …
Labour to table amendments to make it an offence to demand payoffs for withdrawing planning appeals
Labour Party leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik will table amendments to the Planning and Development Bill to address any potential for abuse of the judicial review system by professional litigants. Deputy Bacik said: “In …
Candidates should not have to disclose home addresses
Government votes against enabling key protection for election candidates Labour leader Ivana Bacik has said it is a retrograde step for Government to vote down Labour amendments which sought to introduce protections for election …
Thalidomide Survivors in Ireland deserve a State Apology
Labour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has called on the Irish government to act following the recent state apology extended to Thalidomide survivors in Australia. Deputy Bacik said: “There is a pressing need for a similar act of contrition …
Statement from Labour leader Ivana Bacik
Across the country, we are all lost for words this evening. Nothing can convey in strong enough terms how much we all - across communities - are sending strength and hope for a full recovery to those who have been attacked, to their …
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