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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I am.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I might wait for the Minister.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: It has been discussed but I have already indicated my intention to withdraw this amendment, look again at this grouping of amendments and reintroduce them on Report Stage.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I will be withdrawing the amendment. I just want the Minister to hear that.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I have already committed to withdrawing this amendment.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 91:In page 30, line 15, after “subsection (1)” to insert “, at least one of whom must be of each gender”.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Those amendments are in a separate grouping.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to comment on the unique nature of this occasion where we have the Minister agreeing with Senator McDowell. Senator McDowell has been raising some very significant points about the constitutionality of the legislation. It has been a very useful exercise to listen in to a great deal of the most recent debate. I also extend a welcome to the Minister from Malta and apologise to him for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Bilateral Relations between Ireland and Malta: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister is very welcome, in particular as he is a Labour Party Minister. I am a representative of his sister Labour Party in Ireland and we are also a member of the PES in Europe. I thank him for his comments on the backstop and echo what colleagues have said about the most pressing nature of the backstop and the issues around Brexit as we count down the days until Britain is due to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Bilateral Relations between Ireland and Malta: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I apologise but I have to leave now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I commend Senator Ruane on her Bill dealing with the rehabilitation of offenders and to expand the framework for spent convictions which was passed last night on Second Stage without opposition from the Government. I hope it will progress to Committee Stage. In the coming weeks Seanad group leaders will speak about the subject of making progress on Bills that hav been passed on Second Stage...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Up to 60% of the abuse within relationships starts under the age of 25 years. It is important, therefore, that young women be made aware of it. I might look for a debate on it in due course. The 2017 Act only came into effect on 1 January and needs time to bed in, but we could have a debate on it later this year, or maybe in January 2020, to examine how the offence of coercive control is...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I draw the attention of colleagues to a great protest by primary students from a number of Educate Together schools which will take place outside Leinster House today. While this is entirely their own initiative, they are inspired by a Swedish schoolgirl, Greta Thunberg. They are being supported by their teachers and by members of the INTO as they call for action on climate change under the...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion (13 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister, Mrs. Lucia O'Farrell and her family. I offer again my condolences on the tragic death of their son and brother, Shane, on 2 August 2011. Shane and the family have a long connection with the law school in Trinity College. As a Trinity Senator, I pay tribute to my colleague, Senator Norris, who has campaigned so hard and doggedly to ensure justice for them as a family...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion (13 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Those are very welcome words and I commend the Minister on accepting the motion, as I understand he will. We all await his comments. We need clarification about the timeframe for the implementation of the motion and precisely how it is proposed to go about the establishment of the public inquiry called for. The details of the case are well known. We had a debate on the issue eight months...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to speak in support Senator Norris seeking a debate on the death of Shane O'Farrell. We debated this issue on 14 June 2018 on the same day that the Dáil voted by a clear majority on the basis that the matter did warrant a public inquiry. I and others have been in correspondence with the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, since then. He said in the Seanad on 14 June last year that he...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I am sure Senator Norris was being as proactive as usual on the issue. Nearly one year after the vote, we still have not received a response, or at least I have not.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I have not received a response to my correspondence with the Minister, in which I asked him what he would do about the motion and so on. Will the Leader accede to Senator Norris's request for a debate on the issue in order that matters can be progressed? It is important for the family and to ensure public confidence in the policing system, particularly in dealing with road accidents. I ask...