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Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 Nov 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I am very grateful to you, a Chathaoirligh, and to my colleagues. I hasten to add that the party will mostly take place on Zoom and entirely in keeping with regulations. I welcome the Minister of State. I commend Senators Byrne, Cassells and their colleagues on proposing this Bill and highlighting Seanad reform so early in the term of this new Seanad. Reform is clearly long overdue as the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I echo what Senator McDowell said about the work of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. I am glad we had a productive meeting this morning. I thank the Cathaoirleach, his staff and colleagues. We have all been working constructively to try to reach the position where we can use our Chamber and engage in voting in the normal democratic way thereby fulfilling our constitutional...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (6 Nov 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion to extend the legislation which we debated in the House barely two months ago. I checked and we debated all Stages on 10 September. It was unfortunate at that point that we were debating all Stages in one day. There have been several different occasions on which we have had that experience....

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (5 Nov 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister, Deputy McEntee, to the House and congratulate her on her appointment. It is my first opportunity to do so.To echo the words of previous speakers who spoke of the Bill as "technical", and I believe the Minister used that word himself, the Bill is primarily technical in nature. We have, however, seen some Bills purporting to be technical in nature rather rushed through...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, and the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte. I congratulate them on their appointments and wish them well. I thank them for giving us a comprehensive overview of the work they are doing. There are some positive proposals and developments and it is helpful to have time lines. My first question is about the transition to the new Department. The...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for those comments. However, it still begs the central question of why the legislation had to be rushed through at such speed. Reflecting on it since our last debate in the Seanad and watching the Dáil debates this week, it has increasingly come home to me that if the commission, as it indeed did, came to the Minister on the basis of...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, the Senator is making some very serious allegations about the conduct of certain people. He is not naming anyone or saying whether they are in this House or outside it but he needs to be careful where he is going in making allegations about people "wilfully misleading" or "deliberately" seeking to mislead. That is a very dangerous sort of allegation to make, especially...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, people are entitled to campaign-----

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I will do so very briefly. This House is a democratically elected institution and we are public representatives. People are perfectly entitled to organise emailing campaigns. This is not the first such campaign and I am sure it will not be the last. People are perfectly entitled and, indeed, justified in so doing if they feel strongly about an issue. It is up to us as public...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his very considered response to comments made by many of us in respect of the first group of amendments. In particular, I thank him for his response to my comment about the need for supports for those who will be affected by the publication of the report and the organisations supporting them, and for his commitment to ensuring that enhanced supports will be made...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: This group of amendments relates to the application of data protection regulations but, as others have said, it is of genuine concern that there are reports that the Data Protection Commissioner has expressed serious reservations about the effect of the 2004 Act and stated that, as a result of its application, we will see effective sealing for 30 years. I am conscious that the word "sealing"...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I support the amendments put forward by Senator Higgins that refer to the rights of access to personal data. It is the very issue that relates to the data protection commissioner's comments as reported. I welcome that the Minister has said he will engage with the Attorney General on those comments but I take issue with the comment that this is not directly related to the Bill. I certainly...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: The points have been made respectfully so far but those points were unfortunate.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. It was good to have him as a colleague in the Seanad previously.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: Indeed. I speak for the Labour Party, but our health spokesperson, Senator Hoey, has already very eloquently expressed our serious concerns with the rushed process by which this Bill is being railroaded through this House. There will be much less than one hour for Committee and Remaining Stages, which is really inadequate time to give these serious and draconian provisions adequate and due...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: The Labour Senators support these amendments, which seem sensible to us to ensure a level of parliamentary scrutiny that is sadly lacking due to the rushed nature of this debate, as we have seen with the somewhat farcical proceedings we witnessed, as Government Senators point out flaws in this Bill. It would be amusing if it were not so serious given the powers prescribed in the legislation...

Seanad: Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 and Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motions (22 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 and Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motions (22 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. On behalf of the Labour Party, I wish to express my enormous sympathy to all of those affected by Covid-19. This includes the families and loved ones of the more than 1,800 people who have sadly died, and to the many who continue to suffer, who have had Covid and are still suffering with the after effects of what is being referred to as long...

Seanad: Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 and Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motions (22 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of information, I thank the Minister of State for her kind comments, but it was my colleague, Senator Moynihan, who was eloquent about the need for a social bubble. I am delighted to see it included in the paired household rule under regulation No. 7 in the new regulations.