Results 161-180 of 289 for going forward speaker:Ivana Bacik

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ...discussing the amendments given that the House discussed this group, amendments Nos. 3 to 6, inclusive, in the previous debate. I wish to address amendment No. 6, which is in my name. Without going back over our previous discussion, the purpose of the amendment is to provide for a list of criteria or factors which the court would be required to consider in the decision as to whether to...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ...16(b), I think, if I am reading it right, for a further emergency barring order to be made within one month of the expiry of the eight days. That does give some room for manoeuvre. It does go some way to addressing the concerns we have all expressed in putting forward this group of amendments. I happy to withdraw my own amendment No. 23 at this stage and to look again at whether that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Criminal Prosecutions Data (23 Nov 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for the information he has provided and for the tables of data which I will go through with great interest. I also thank him for his kind comments. I note, as the Minister of State said, this is an ongoing issue and I thank him in particular for speaking in a little more detail about the requirement in the 2017 Act for a report after a three year period on the...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Second Stage (22 Nov 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House, and I welcome this important and long-overdue Bill. Like others, I express my support and that of the Labour Party group for the Bill. I look forward to teasing out the proposals in it on Second Stage, and also on Committee and Report Stages. As we know, the Bill will introduce for the first time a formalised system for the public to make complaints...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ...and what it seems, from Department of Justice and Equality documents, that she did know. I understand the Tánaiste is answering questions and making a statement in the Dáil tonight. We were, therefore, not going to call for her to come to this House today. The Labour group intends to propose an amendment to the Order of Business tomorrow if we cannot get the Minister into the...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I was glad to see some positive signs of something which was often, rightly, disparaged, namely, new politics. Gender equality in the workplace goes beyond equal pay. In recent weeks there has been momentum on issues to do with sexual harassment in the workplace. I commend Grace Dyas, a brave young woman, for coming forward to highlight issues to do with sexual harassment in Irish theatre,...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ...rather than simply facilitative. I am not against them but I ask the Senator not to press them to a vote today because we anticipate there will be Government amendments on Report Stage. I look forward to working with the Minister of State and colleagues from all parties on how best to shape the Bill to ensure we have an effective mechanism for tackling the gender pay gap. Let me give a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ...criticisms of UN bureaucracy but I refer to Mr. MacSorley's point about reforming from within and Coalition 2030. There is an enhanced role, as I understand it, for NGOs at UN level and that seems to be a better way forward rather than saying we must rebalance our aid programmes and being so critical of multilateral organisations. I hope I have not got that wrong. I just want to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ...there. I also wish to express support for a debate on sport in this House. I have some involvement with the FAI, in particular, girls' soccer. That is a real growth area where we are seeing the FAI going into schools and recruiting girls for a growing Dublin metropolitan girls' league.That is very positive and we need to support it however we can. I welcome that we will see the Sectoral...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 May 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ..., the Bill, which I understand he will not be opposing. I am very glad to hear that. I also thank the many organisations and individuals who have given support to the Bill and I hope we can look forward to support from colleagues on both sides of the House. I thank the trade unions, which have been hugely supportive, and have been campaigning in support, of the Bill. I mention IMPACT,...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ..., because some were as old as three, who was found, there was not only a mother but also a father and, indeed, siblings, and we have to think of all that. We have to think about what is still going on today where we are exporting thousands of women to England every year because we cannot face up to the reality of crisis pregnancy and of women's reproductive health needs. That remains...

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Feb 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ...good to see this Bill come before the House on this agreed basis. I echo Senator Ruane's comments that it is a sign of the Seanad at its best when we work together in a consensual manner to bring forward important legislation such as this on which a great deal of work has been done. Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell put it succinctly, stating this Bill would set out a clear pathway for the...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Feb 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Tánaiste to the House and echo Senator Conway's welcome of the passage through the Dáil of the sex offences Bill, which I look forward to being before the Seanad next week. I hope that the Bill's reform of prostitution law will be brought into effect swiftly, as per the justice committee's recommendation. I commend the Tánaiste in that regard. On behalf of the...

Seanad: Public Bodies Review Agency Bill 2016: Second Stage (7 Dec 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House and welcome the opportunity to have this debate. I commend Senator Ó Céidigh on bringing forward this Bill and on enabling us to discuss the important issue of governance and accountability of public bodies. I was particularly interested to hear of Senator Kelleher's experience in the UK and her comments that reviews there tend to be undertaken...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and congratulate him on his appointment. I commend Senator McDowell for bringing forward this important legislation. Indeed, I thank the Leader and the Government party for giving Government time to this legislation. This is an indication of the new politics we saw in evidence in this House last week when we had Committee Stage of our Private...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...Stanton. I am glad to see him in the Chamber. Let me explain the context of the amendment. It arises from a concern I expressed on Second Stage about the extension of powers of seizure and detention of goods to officers of the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, and the Chief Bureau Officer. I said we needed to scrutinise these provisions very carefully to ensure adequate safeguards were...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...to ring-fence the proceeds raised from this sort of civil forfeiture legislation would also be a way of tackling disadvantage. We all accept that this is the type of issue that might best go forward to the wider review of the legislation that the Tánaiste mentioned on Second Stage. The issue that I raised in my amendment regarding the extension of CAB's powers could be included in...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...was not opposed on Second Stage by the then Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton. We have now brought the Bill back on Committee Stage and it is unusual in the sense that it is a Private Members' Bill going through Committee Stage but we anticipate we will have cross-party support on it. I thank my colleagues on both sides of the House for expressing support for this Bill. I also welcome the...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...to further debate in October. In response to Senators Craughwell and Gallagher on the question of delay, clearly we want to see the Bill pressed as soon as possible. We want to see this move forward. We want to see a robust Bill and we want to ensure its provisions will work effectively, and the unions share this view absolutely. We are not averse to amendments. I would say to the...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (5 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ..., a key aim of the Bill is to act to seek to tackle those involved in criminal organisations at low and middle level. I recognise that tackling organised crime at all levels is a priority for the Government and all of us acknowledge that. There is no doubt that the escalation of crime, particularly in inner city Dublin in recent months, requires a proactive approach. I and my party...