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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I join others in congratulating our colleague, Senator Grace O'Sullivan, on her election to the European Parliament. I commend our colleagues, Senator Gavan and Nash, who hosted a briefing earlier in the audiovisual, AV, room on the National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017. Senator Gavan will be bringing the Bill before the House tomorrow for Report Stage. This is a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I do not know if I can follow that contribution from Senator Norris. On a serious note, I would like join Senator Ardagh in sending condolences to the families of the gardaí who died. I had the pleasure of meeting with local gardaí in Kevin Street in Dublin 8 yesterday and working with them on street parties and community policing in the area. I commend the significant work that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Ivana Bacik: That is the model that makes it easier to register to vote. It does not place unnecessary obstacles in the way of those who wish to register to vote but who, in many cases, simply have not got around to doing it by the necessary deadline. We need to make it easier and look at ways by which we can do so. I refer to the Irish Family Planning Association which next week will celebrate 50...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I hope other colleagues will join in and attend the celebrations next Tuesday.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I commend the Minister on accepting those amendments, in the spirit of making constructive changes to this Bill, with which many of us who have been opposing it have so many difficulties. I commend the Minister on his constructive approach in accepting these two minor but important and significant amendments from Senator McDowell.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Gavan has beaten me to it as I was about to second Senator Ó Ríordáin's amendment. I support the Senator's practical proposal to amend the Order of Business by adjourning Committee Stage of the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 at 6 p.m. to enable more colleagues to participate in the debate on our very important Private Members' Bill. I also commend Senator Ó...

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Ivana Bacik: This is a very important Bill, and I very much hope it will be brought into law very swiftly. I acknowledge the fact that this Bill is an initiative of Deputies Shortall and Catherine Murphy.The Bill was passed by the Dáil nearly a year ago, on 13 June 2018, and came to the Seanad in November but Second Stage was only taken in the Seanad when Fianna Fáil gave its Private Members'...

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I do not intend to speak again.

Seanad: Free Education (Prohibition of Fees and Charges) Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 May 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I thank him for stepping in for the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy McHugh. It gives me great pleasure to second the Bill proposed by Senator Ó Ríordáin on behalf of my Labour Party colleagues. I commend Senator Ó Ríordáin on bringing this Bill forward. All of us here are aware of his long commitment...

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I am sharing time. I will take four minutes, my colleague, Senators Norris, will take two minutes and Senator Humphreys will take one minute.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I am hoping it will add up to seven minutes. I welcome the Taoiseach to the House on behalf of my colleagues in the Technical Group and my Labour Party colleagues. As he said, this is an auspicious date marking 70 years since we became a Republic. I am delighted that I will be sharing a platform with the Taoiseach later at the Royal Irish Academy. We might consider, as he has hinted...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome this long-overdue Bill on behalf of the Labour Party Senators. I welcome into the Public Gallery Paula Fagan and her colleagues from LGBT Ireland. I commend them for the work they have done to ensure that this Bill remains a political priority. It is great to see it here. It is most unfortunate and regrettable that so many couples have been waiting for four years, since the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Situation in Yemen: Oxfam (18 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I thank both delegates for their really compelling presentation. I apologise because I was a late to it. As others have stated, hearing about the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe made for grim listening. The delegates have given us a really clear picture of it. The focus on the gender aspect and the devastating impact on women and children, in particular, really brings it home. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Situation in Yemen: Oxfam (18 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I commend the great work being done by Oxfam and the other agencies involved.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Like others, I express my strong opposition at the use of the guillotine by the Government today on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill. It is very disappointing to see this procedural device being used by a Government that swore it would not do it. It committed itself to new politics. Its members in Fine Gael have not only been unsupportive of the Bill, they have also expressed...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Given that we know that it is the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: -----who is driving the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I think they are heckling in support.