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- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: The Minister is always welcome on the left.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I think Senator McDowell indicated first.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I endorse the remarks of Senator McDowell. The Minister, Deputy Flanagan, referred to amendment No. 24 as a "general saver". It is more of a general embarrassment. It is a U-turn, a concession and an admission that the points Senators have been making regarding the constitutional frailties of the legislation are valid. I am aware that the Minister is not on the left, as he made clear from...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: The Death Star and all of Darth Vader's plans can be overridden by pressing a general override button. Amendment No. 24 is the general override button, the general saver that undermines and drives a coach and four through all of the principles we spent 99 hours debating on Committee Stage according to Government officials. After all of the time wasting, we have an amendment that,...
- Seanad: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: We are doing all Stages.
- Seanad: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I will also be very brief. As my colleague, Deputy Penrose, said in the Dáil, the Labour Party supports the Bill. Most of the proposed reforms are not controversial and are based on a report from the Law Reform Commission, LRC. Deputy Pearse Doherty is present and, along with Sinn Féin, was the instigator of the Bill. Deputy Penrose raised an issue he was concerned about in the...
- Seanad: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I refer to a matter I raised on Second Stage, and which Deputy Penrose also raised in the Dáil. I noted the Minister of State's comments. Deputy Penrose told me he spoke to the Minister of State following the debate on the Bill in the Dáil and that the Minister of State said he would seek specialist legal advice on the matter. I am glad to hear he has received that advice....
- Seanad: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I clarify that I do not seek to amend this section, though we did draft an amendment. We simply oppose the section.It is just not clear. I thank Senator Conway-Walsh and look forward to hearing the Minister of State's response.
- Seanad: Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: Briefly in response, I am grateful to Senator Conway-Walsh for reading out what I understand is the substance of the specialist legal opinion received by the Government. This is a Private Member's Bill that is being supported by the Government. I confirm that my party also supports it but we are concerned about this aspect of the Bill. We cannot say any more that this would be an...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: That is my amendment.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: No. I propose to separate the amendments in the group. Specifically, I would like amendment No. 13 to be dealt with separately. We have had this discussion in respect of a number of other amendments that were grouped. Amendment No. 13 is particularly important because it relates to the definitions of "practising barrister" and "practising solicitor". It is an amendment that I do not...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: Precisely.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I will reserve my position in respect of the other amendments, which we will not reach until later.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: Agreed.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: The House can decide the matter. It can agree to divide. I am calling a vote on it.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: No. There has always been a practice here in this regard but I do not have the Standing Orders of the House in front of me.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I have been here for some time.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I am trying to facilitate debate.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I thank the Acting Chair