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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Ivana Bacik: Yes, it is better in the Seanad.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Clinton's candidacy has been a real inspiration for women in the United States and here, just as Senator Obama's candidacy is an inspiration for African-Americans. Senator Clinton also speaks for an under-represented and disadvantaged group.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I ask permission to share time with Senator Norris.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome this Bill and congratulate the Minister on introducing this long overdue legislation. It at last means Ireland will comply with international obligations. Back in September, shortly after my own election, I put a motion to this House, which remains on the Order Paper, calling on the Government to bring forward legislation without delay criminalising the practice of trafficking in...

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome this opportunity to second the important motion proposed by my colleague, Senator Norris, with his customary eloquence. I pay tribute to the work he has done in bringing about much of the legal change to which the Government amendment refers. Before addressing the substance of the motion, I declare a professional interest in the matter. In my capacity as a practising barrister I...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I thank my colleagues for inviting me to be the first to speak. With regard to Senator Fitzgerald's remarks about what happened at the weekend, we are all deeply concerned about the terrible incidents we have seen and the clear abuse of alcohol that has been going on. It requires us to question our relationship with alcohol and it also requires a good deal of political leadership. In that...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I apologise, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I do not intend to name the drinks company so it will not show on the transcript.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I understand there is some levity about this, but it is a serious matter. It was raised by a constituent of mine who became deeply concerned about the issue while trying to buy a replica kit for his young son, as he found that his son would be walking around bearing the logo of a drinks company. This should be raised with the Minister for Health and Children. My constituent attempted to do...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)

Ivana Bacik: Certain other issues were raised in the newspapers today and yesterday. One is the lack of funding for third level institutions. The heads of the two big universities in Dublin, University College Dublin and Trinity College, have raised major concerns about the lack of funding with the Minister for Education and Science. We must consider this for the third level sector. I wish to mention...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I am delighted Senator Glynn is supporting Senator Feeney on the issue of eating disorders and it is no longer only female Members who are supporting this call.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Ivana Bacik: At the risk of making another gendered call, I support Senator Corrigan's call for a debate on MMR because I share her concern about the low level of take-up of the vaccination. That is an important issue as we face into the disturbing prospect of a measles epidemic. I also support Senator Norris's amendment to the Order of Business in order that we can briefly debate No. 19, motion 36....

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Ivana Bacik: Those of us who have been calling for a debate on the Olympic Games have been calling for a debate on whether there should be a political boycott of the opening ceremony, not a boycott of the games or a boycott by athletes. I renew my request to the Leader to ask the Minister for the Health and Children to come to the House for a debate on alcohol advertising, the issue of the football...

Seanad: Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion (10 Apr 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Senator Norris for sharing time. I also welcome the motion and I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am delighted to have played a role in bringing about the unanimous motion that was passed in December calling for the release of Ingrid Betancourt and the other hostages being held in equally appalling and cruel conditions by FARC in Colombia. When I raised this matter in...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Ivana Bacik: When will that be?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I support Senator Alex White's call for a debate with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the issue of Internet and e-mail data retention which is being reported on in today's edition of The Irish Times. I am delighted that Senator de Búrca also has called for this and I ask her to use her influence within Government to ensure this statutory instrument does not see the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Deputy Leader for a debate on maternity services. Speakers have called for debates on other aspects of the health services but it is important for us to focus on the state of maternity services in our hospitals. I met last week with an organisation called the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services — Ireland, a group formed last year by mothers dissatisfied with...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader for a debate on imprisonment, specifically the imprisonment of women. In a week when Thornton Hall is in the news, it is time for us to take a critical review of the need for imprisonment and, in particular, the need for this super prison initially proposed by the former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Michael McDowell.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Ivana Bacik: This prison seems to be forging ahead without anyone questioning whether we need these places. I was going to use the "L" word but I hesitate to use it, other Members of the House having fallen into problems, so I will say that misinformation rather than lies have been told about the need for more prison places in this country. The reality elsewhere shows us that if one builds bigger...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 May 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I would be happy to meet them to discuss the issues at another time. The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice will also host a seminar on Thursday evening on the future of women's imprisonment. This is an issue which we could very usefully debate in this House and could lead the way in calling for a critical review of women's imprisonment, as Baroness Corston has done in Great Britain.