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Seanad: Statutory Right to Sick Leave Pay: Motion (7 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: It gives me great pleasure to second this motion on behalf of the Labour Party. It also gives me great pleasure to speak following my colleague, Senator Sherlock, who has spoken so eloquently to propose the motion. She has done an enormous amount of work on pushing for the introduction of the right to paid sick leave. As we state in our motion, it is extraordinary that Ireland is one of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Nursing Home Accommodation (1 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is a beautiful Chamber, as the Minister of State has said, and it is lovely to be here. The matter I have raised is the need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the situation regarding St. Mary's Centre Telford, Dublin 4, and the care of persons currently depending on the centre's services, along with his Department's plans to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Nursing Home Accommodation (1 Oct 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for her very strong reply. I have raised this matter in the Seanad a number of times but I am grateful to the Minister of State for responding so directly on it. Clearly, there is an issue with regard to the provision of care to vulnerable persons beyond the specific issues affecting St. Mary's. In the context of St. Mary's, I am grateful to the Minister of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I would like to second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed my colleague, Senator Ó Donnghaile. I agree with the sentiments he expressed about the unfortunate news of the Bus Éireann decision. I also wish to express my serious disappointment at the demolition in the very early hours of yesterday morning of 40 Herbert Park, the home of The O'Rahilly, for the reasons...

Seanad: National Screening Advisory Committee Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House and I commend Senator Norris on proposing this important Bill, which I am delighted to speak in support of on behalf of the Labour Party. I commend and pay tribute to Senator Norris for his immense commitment to persisting on this issue. In the previous Oireachtas term, I spoke in support of the motion the Senator tabled on this same issue on 10 July 2019...

Seanad: National Screening Advisory Committee Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: -----given that we passed the motion unanimously last year. There was such strong goodwill towards the motion and the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, spoke strongly in support of it, as Senator Norris will recall. I agree with the Senator that six months would be better and I share his impatience.

Seanad: National Screening Advisory Committee Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: It is important that we move forward in a united fashion to ensure the important provisions in the Bill are implemented. In that regard and as others have done, I pay special tribute to Les Martin, his partner, Lynda, and their children, Holly, Cathal and Ciaran, who have been tireless in campaigning for the expansion of the newborn screening programme. Others have referred to their...

Seanad: Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House. It is a pleasure to have a Minister of State appointed from the Seanad. I have listened with great interest to the debate. I do not wish to prolong matters this late in the evening, and my colleague, Senator Hoey, has admirably put forward the Labour position on the Bill. Looking at this very substantive group of amendments, and in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (23 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to the House and congratulate her on her appointment. I wish her the very best in this important post. I am glad to be speaking in my capacity as Labour Party spokesperson on children, disability, equality and integration and, in that regard, to ask the Minister for Health or the Minister of State to make a statement to the House on the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (23 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I greatly appreciate her efforts on behalf of the child in the case I have raised with her and I look forward to engaging with her further on that individual case. I stress that the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, has clearly told me it is not within her brief, and that it is a matter for the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, or the...

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

Ivana Bacik: Today is the first United Nations international equal pay day and I ask the Leader for a debate on legislation to close the gender pay gap. This House passed legislation that I and the Labour Party group initiated previously but unfortunately it seems to have run into the ground. I would like a debate on it. I echo the words of Senator Sherlock in welcoming the decision by the Minister and...

Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (18 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate her on her new role. This is the first time Member of this House have had the pleasure of addressing her since her appointment. I have no issue with these technical amendments. Indeed, the Bill is largely technical in nature. I appreciate that the Minister of State has accepted an amendment I tabled on Committee Stage in late 2019, which...

Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (18 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: My colleague's amendment No. 7 will create a new section 29.

Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (18 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for her generous and kind words. It is always lovely to see someone with a Waterford connection in this Chamber, as I have one myself. I am grateful to her for passing that message on to the Minister. Committee Stage of this Bill was held on 18 December 2019, which is when we debated and agreed the amendment. I will not take up the time of the House any...

Seanad: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (18 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to join others in thanking the Minister of State for getting this Bill through at such a difficult time for all of us, particularly for those in the Department of Health and front-line healthcare workers. Although it is largely technical it is good to see this Bill passed. I am particularly pleased for pharmaceutical assistants to have the recognition that section 53 will provide.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I would like to speak about the Order of Business. I suggest, with the greatest of respect, that the Cathaoirleach might stop digging and stop dominating the Order of Business. He has spoken, with respect, more than anyone else this morning on the Order of Business.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I did not interrupt anyone. I have not made any points of order. I simply want to set out my position and that of the Labour Party - I believe it is a fair and reasonable one - on the Order of Business. First, it is disingenuous to suggest that either Opposition Senators or any other Senators have some sort of obligation to recall the House. As someone who did seek to recall the House,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Cathaoileach for the clarification. I propose an amendment to remove Committee and Remaining Stages.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, I am happy with that proposal from Senator Higgins.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Ivana Bacik: To be helpful, in order that we avoid having two divisions, I am happy to amend my original amendment so that there is only one amendment before the House, that is, to adjourn Report and Final Stages of the Bill from today.