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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: The critiques that have been made during the course of this debate in respect of the wording of section 46 illustrate a point I made earlier in the debate about the unwieldy nature of the processes and procedures provided for under what should be a reforming Bill. Given the Bill purports to reform and streamline processes for judicial appointment, it is unfortunate that instead of providing...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: It does. I must say it also lacks the comma and the word “to”, which is what I think Senator Norris was going to say. Again, it is illustrative of the difficulties generally with the Bill that it is not, in fact, clarifying or more transparent. Instead, it is creating this unwieldy set of processes that are hard to follow. It is hard to follow the consistency or coherence of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Colombia: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (4 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Mr. Gilmore is very welcome. I thank him for the worthwhile and valuable presentation. It is good to hear the update and presented in such a concise manner. I congratulate him also on his recent appointment, which I was delighted to see, and on the most important work he has done within Colombia on the peace process on behalf of the EU. We are all conscious that this is a highly complex...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Colombia: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (4 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Is the answer then to move towards a different policy in the market countries such as the US, in Europe and Ireland, where there is a market for cocaine? I accept it is probably beyond Mr. Gilmore’s brief, but does the answer lie in a change in policy, as we have seen in other countries on cannabis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Colombia: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (4 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: The Committee on Justice and Equality, of which I was a member, looked at it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I am pleased to see the Judicial Council Bill back before this House on Committee Stage today. I note that it is more than 16 months since we took the Bill on Second Stage on 22 November 2017. It is unfortunate that we have seen such a long delay at a time when there has been such unseemly haste to rush the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill through. I am also disappointed that we saw...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Norris is right, it was two votes. No one can say it would not have made a difference. No one can say that if people had been there to represent voices from Northern Ireland that are not being heard at Westminster at present, it might not have made all the difference to those in the Labour Party, my own sister party, who are shamefully failing to achieve a compromise to stop a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: This is too serious for cheap shots.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Too few.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I am delighted to hear that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I did not disagree. I said there were not enough of them.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I also welcome the Minister to the House and I welcome the opportunity to debate this important Bill on Committee Stage. I know it has been over 16 months since the Bill was before us on Second Stage and on that occasion I welcomed it as a long overdue Bill and a very welcome Bill. In the context of this first group of amendments, I would also like to welcome the principle which they are...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I do not wish to prolong the debate given that we are all in agreement on the merits of the amendments. As I should have stated when I was speaking about the sentencing guidelines, we have an unfortunate history in sentencing practice of overuse of short sentences and of committing far too many people to prison for far too short a time. I hope we will see a change to that through the...

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I have been in it many times.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I did not mean to or attempt to romanticise Mountjoy. I have been in the prison many times and I agree with Senator McDowell about its unsuitability and the lack of purpose for rehabilitation, notwithstanding the fact that conditions have improved in recent years. When Thornton Hall was proposed there was a very advanced plan, as the Senator knows, to demolish and reconstruct on the site....

Seanad: Period Poverty: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I move:That Seanad Éireann: notes that:— the average woman, or anyone who experiences periods, will have 507 periods from age 12 to 51, for roughly 39 years of her life; — in Ireland, sanitary products can cost from €2 to €6 per pack, with the average pack containing 10 to 15 pads or tampons, and that a 12 pack of pain relief tablets costs between €6...

Seanad: Period Poverty: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for that very strong commitment at the end of her contribution. We will hold her to it. I am honoured to have proposed this motion and to respond on behalf of the women's caucus. It is an all-party motion, and I thank all speakers for their contributions to this important, productive and worthwhile debate. I commend again Deputy Catherine Martin, who has led...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister and commend my colleague, Senator Nash, on bringing forward this initiative and for all his work on the Bill, which has already passed Second Stage in this House. I echo his words and those of Senator Gavan as to how vital this Bill is in addressing the issues of the growing "precariat", in other words, the increasing number of people in very precarious employment...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Listening to the Minister's response to section 6, it is unfortunate that we cannot work together constructively to find a way to deal with the issues the Minister has with this provision and the other provisions in the Bill as we do with previous Bills. I reiterate that we are all in agreement with the general purpose of the Bill and its positive purpose. It is unfortunate that we cannot...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I agree with Senator Gavan that it is disgraceful, particularly as we know and as referred to by the Minister, Deputy O'Dea has introduced his own Bill on bogus self-employment in the other House. There is no issue about who takes ownership of this. We all have an interest and a desire to see the issue of bogus self-employment tackled and vulnerable people protected in the workplace. That...