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Time for an SUV tax and climate ticket to tackle transport emissions
Reliance on gas must be reduced Labour leader and climate spokesperson Ivana Bacik today urged Tánaiste Mícheál Martin to progress radical change in transport and energy policy to tackle Ireland’s climate failures. Deputy Bacik said: …
Irish renters must be vindicated – Govt must legislate now
Commenting about renters’ rights, following the move by the British Government to publish the Renters’ (Reform) Bill, Labour leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik urged Government to progress Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill to …
Rental crisis a ticking time bomb for old and young
Raising the Alone and Threshold report published today (Double Deficit: Older and Ageing Persons in the Irish Private Rental Sector), which shows that 40% of elderly people renting in the private market now expect to rent for the rest of …
Homeless Families Bill crucial to protect children
Labour leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik has demanded Government action on child homelessness. Questioning the Taoiseach in the Dáil today, Deputy Bacik said: “In 2017, Jan O’Sullivan published a bill to ensure that families …
Government must move towards collective bargaining for better health and safety for workers
Marking Workers’ Memorial Day 2023, Labour leader Ivana Bacik said Government must move to provide collective bargaining rights to all workers to ensure greater safety in the workplace. Deputy Bacik said recent incidents in Stryker, Co. …
Government made a catastrophic error in lifting eviction ban
Record breaking homeless figures will be the legacy of the coalition of convenience Labour leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik has condemned Government’s failure to protect people from entering homelessness. “A 2.1% increase in …
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