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

Ivana Bacik: I also thank the Minister of State for his very constructive response, both in respect of Senator McDowell's amendment, which we all support, and as regards my question about the Magnitsky legislation. I am grateful and delighted to hear that plans are under way to introduce an Irish version of the Magnitsky Act. It is long overdue and my Labour Party colleagues and Deputy Howlin will be...

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

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State and thank her for outlining the position on special education provision. I think all colleagues across the House 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...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I will begin by wishing everyone a happy St. Brigid's Day and first day of spring. I know the Cathaoirleach has already mentioned that it is an auspicious day and I hope there are better times ahead for everyone as we enter the month of February. I wish to express my serious concern regarding the events in Myanmar, or Burma, that have unfolded over the past 24 hours with a military coup. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2021)

Ivana Bacik: Things have changed very rapidly and all of us are now very conscious that the vaccination-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I did not interrupt any Government Members nor do I. I am courteous in this House and ask for similar respect from others.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2021)

Ivana Bacik: As I was saying, we are all conscious that there will be a more delayed vaccine roll-out this year than we had anticipated. We see new and dangerous variants coming in and as we have seen extraordinary and deeply devastating levels of Covid transmission over the past month, the case has become stronger for an aggressive suppression strategy. The concern most people have is about the absence...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2021)

Ivana Bacik: The Leader did not respond to my comments on Myanmar and zero Covid.

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

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I welcome this Bill on behalf of the Labour Party as my colleague, Deputy Howlin, did in the Dáil. 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...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (26 Jan 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for coming in himself to take this important matter. I have raised this matter to seek clarity as to the status of early years services.As the Minister knows, early years services and childcare providers are concerned about the lack of clarity and certainty around their position. In recent days and weeks, I have been engaging extensively...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (26 Jan 2021)

Ivana Bacik: While the Minister did not address the broader issue, I thank him for the comprehensive response on the specific issues I raised with regard to childcare. I am advised that some services are still having difficulty in meeting operational costs and there was concern that they would be unable to recoup funding where they were unable to open due to staffing issues. I am glad the Minister has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I join with others in wishing a happy new year to all our colleagues. I also second the amendment on the period products (free provision) Bill proposed by my colleague, Senator Rebecca Moynihan. I commend Senator Moynihan on leading the way in advocating for period justice. I will be bringing forward my own Bill, the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2021, which we launched earlier...

Seanad: Period Products (Free Provision) Bill 2021: First Stage (19 Jan 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I second the proposal.

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

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister. I also welcome this debate and the publication last week of the report into mother and baby homes. Its publication and the subsequent apology by the Taoiseach have marked a painful but cathartic week for the survivors of the homes, their families and, indeed, all of us. It has exposed again the dark history of confinement and incarceration of women and children that...

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

Ivana Bacik: I join others on behalf of the Labour Party group in wishing all colleagues across the House well for the Christmas break and the new year. In particular, I wish you well, a Chathaoirligh, and Martin, Bridget, Grace and all in the Cathaoirleach’s office, the Leader and all in her office, Orla Murray and others, who make the Seanad run so smoothly. I thank them all for their hard work...

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

Ivana Bacik: Senator Buttimer is a divil.

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I thank my Independent Group colleagues, particularly Senator Craughwell, for swapping their time with the Labour Party Senators. In light of the unusual origins of the Bill, it is appropriate that the Labour Party would have the opportunity to lead for the Opposition on the Bill and I am delighted to do so. I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I ask him to pass on our words of...

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)

Ivana Bacik: It is now.

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Dec 2020)

Ivana Bacik: It was probably carrier pigeons.

Seanad: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I do not propose to speak at length on any amendments but just want to make a point on this group. To follow on from what the Minister of State said at the end of Second Stage, he was right to emphasise that the Bill is not flawed and does not require amendment. That is the view of the Labour Party which initiated this Bill and in the view of my colleague, Deputy Brendan Howlin, who steered...