Results 101-120 of 289 for going forward speaker:Ivana Bacik

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion (31 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...the numbers of infections and transmission were rising. We also saw the transmission of new variants. None of us at that time, back in March, were fully informed as to how effective the vaccines were going to be against variants. We were at a much earlier stage in the vaccination programme and very much recognised the importance of this as one of a panoply or package of measures to be...

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...this important Bill. I really appreciate it, and I speak on behalf of Senator Sherlock and all the Labour Party Senators when I say how much we welcome that cross-party support. I understand the Government has indicated it will not oppose the passage of the Bill on Second Stage. We are very appreciative of that and many people watching the debate, who may have been affected by the...

Seanad: Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...for women and couples experiencing difficulties with reproductive health. It does not place any onus on any employee to speak publicly or within their workplace. Currently many conversations are going on within workplaces. Many people may not wish to have that conversation, even if the Bill is introduced. The point is it would provide choice. It is an equality measure, specifically to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I am delighted to have been selected last night as the Labour Party candidate in the Dublin Bay South by-election. I thank all of those who supported me. I look forward to the campaign, although I am conscious that we will be very mindful of public health guidelines as we come through this awful pandemic, which has caused so much heartbreak for so many. I know that issues relating to...

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...much complementary to the motion itself, add to and enhance many of the aspects of it, and I will speak to those. This is a very timely motion. Throughout the last year and more, as we have been going through the Covid-19 period with people suffering so much in this country and internationally, we have come to greatly value the role of carers. This period has thrown the often very...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...vaccinations and I will be the same. The issues are bound up. All of us are, of course, having this debate in eager anticipation of tomorrow's Government announcement as to where we are going with the plan for future months. After three months of such a tough lockdown, it is absolutely understandable that all of us are very much hoping to see some easing of restrictions, although we are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...to provide a small amount of paid leave for that. I commend the work of the INTO and, in particular, Councillor Alison Gilliland, with whom I have worked over a couple of years to bring this Bill forward. I thank the Leader for giving Government time for the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018, which passed Second Stage in this House and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2021)

Ivana Bacik: Guím beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ar na Seanadóirí go léir. Gabhaim buíochas as an nGaeilge agus as na seamróga. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all. I also wish colleagues a happy International Women's Week, given the week that is in it. I thank the Leader for hosting Monday's debate on International Women's Day. On that day I spoke about women's...

Seanad: Family Leave Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 Mar 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Bill has cross-party support, which is very welcome. As Senators said, and the Minister has acknowledged, the legislation is eagerly awaited and anticipated, in particular by parents who look forward to parental leave being extended from two to five weeks paid leave and, of course, to the expansion of the category of children who are covered from the first year to the first two years...

Seanad: Mental Health and Covid-19: Statements (12 Feb 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...of isolation, loneliness, distress and stress. Others have eloquently spoken about the true impact upon mental health. It is not particularly helpful to blame the media for reporting in a straightforward and a fair way on what is going on. I commend in particular some of the really striking and moving reports we have seen in the past week alone from RTÉ "Prime Time". One last week...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (8 Feb 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I should have welcomed the Minister of State to the House in my earlier contribution. I support the spirit behind the amendment tabled by Senator McDowell and I thank him for putting it forward. On Second Stage, I agreed with him and, indeed, with other colleagues who also raised this concern about what I might describe as an overreach of provisions relating to politically exposed persons....

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Statements (8 Feb 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...very much welcome the announcement that special schools will reopen from this Thursday at 50% capacity. As others have done, I acknowledge on behalf of the Labour group the hard work that has gone into ensuring that reopening and I commend the hard work of all those involved: parents, parents' representatives, unions, staff and education partners. I welcome the fact that children in...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (1 Feb 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...xe1;il. It is an extremely important area of focus. It is a complex area and the Bill is largely technical in nature. I join other colleagues in expressing concern at the delay in bringing this Bill forward. It was introduced on Second Stage in the Dáil on 22 September last and took three months to proceed through the Dáil. It is a concern that there have been such delays,...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (19 Jan 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...by the experience many survivors had in the homes. I pay tribute on behalf of the Labour Party and colleagues to the courage and tenacity of the many survivors who engaged with the report, came forward and spoke to the commission, and who have spoken in recent days about their experiences and given us much more of an insight into those experiences. Clearly, trust was broken as a result...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2020)

Ivana Bacik: .... Undoubtedly, it has been a very tough year. At this time, we also remember the many who have been bereaved or whose health and livelihoods have been so badly affected by the Covid pandemic. We look forward to a better year for us all in 2021. Today is International Migrants Day. I look forward in the new year to making rapid progress on our citizenship law, being brought forward by...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...and respect for free speech, of course, and that the legislation would be effective in a way that the Prohibition of Incitement To Hatred Act 1989 has not been. Indeed, any new legislation must go beyond that Act in providing that hate motivation in assaults be considered an aggravating factor. I look forward to that debate and ask the Leader to provide time for it early in the new year.

Seanad: Deportation Moratorium (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...before me who had fought for an Oireachtas crèche and for recognition of the need to accommodate women and men with small children in the Oireachtas. I thank Senators Higgins and Ruane for putting forward this Bill, and on behalf of the Labour Party, I am delighted to support it very strongly. They have taken a very positive initiative, and it compliments the Irish Nationality and...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (8 Dec 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...the importance of those supports to business. I think all Members should acknowledge the tremendous efforts made by people across Ireland to keep transmission levels down and to keep our society going. There have been unprecedented levels of support for social cohesion and community solidarity which have been so important, much more important than any criminal justice measures could be,...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...way to approach Private Members' legislation. I thank colleagues across the House for their support for the Bill. I will speak briefly about the history of the Bill and the reason we brought it forward. The principal Act we are seeking to amend, as section 1 sets out, is the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, so it is helpful at the outset of Committee Stage to refer back to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018, Committee Stage of which will be taken next Wednesday. I know that the Deputy Leader responded previously when I spoke it, but we are very anxious that the Government supports its further passage. Amendments will be tabled, including one on the issue of the citizenship fee that Senator Moynihan mentioned. The crucial thing about this Bill is that if...