Bills & Legislation
Fianna Fáil must prioritise affordable housing
Labour leader and housing spokesperson Ivana Bacik has criticised Government’s lacklustre response to tackling affordability in the housing market. Following the REA report showing that the average price of a three-bed semi-detached …
Two years on Housing For All is failing fast
Delays across all action points Evictions up 20.6% in Q1 and Q2 2023 Homelessness up 51.5% since launch of Housing for All House prices rise by 17.6% Renters continue to be squeezed with 21.3% increase Labour leader and housing …
Labour launches Niamh Bhreathnach Mentoring Programme to support Labour women running for election
Ivana Bacik TD, Labour Party Leader, has today launched the Niamh Bhreathnach Mentoring Programme, a new initiative developed by Labour Women, the women’s section within Labour, to support new women candidates running for election. The …
Leader speech at the annual Labour Party Think In - September 2023 - Maynooth
Comrades and Friends. My thanks to Councillor Angela Feeney for her warm welcome to Maynooth this afternoon. It is always a pleasure to attend events like this, to catch up with colleagues and comrades, old and new; With people who have …
Deputy Bacik supports calls for Irish Government to take legal action on controversial bill
The Northern Ireland Legacy Bill, which was passed by the UK Parliament today, will replace current methods of criminal and civil investigations and inquests with inquiries carried out by a new investigative body, which has the power to …
Bacik endorses call for the urgent publication of referendum wording and timeline
Ivana Bacik TD, Labour Party Leader and Chairperson of the Special Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality (which concluded in December 2022), endorses the call of the Equality Coalition, brought together today by the National Women’s …
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