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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: That is a partial response. Unlike other Senators in this House I have never been an Attorney General or indeed in Cabinet, so I do not know whether that means that this has never happened or that it could happen. Perhaps it is something we will come back to. There are still points concerning section 27 that deserve fuller consideration.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: That is true.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: If I may, since I was named by the Minister-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I agree that the Minister riled me earlier.I stand over the statement that I certainly believe I was being interrupted far more frequently than other speakers and that it was unfair, given that I had not spoken on the section before, nor had I spoken very much on the two immediate sections, although I have been following the debate throughout. It is an important section and was an important...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Let me follow up with one brief point about what the Chair has said. I certainly did not impugn the chairing of a previous debate-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: -----but it did appear to me and others that I was being interrupted much more frequently than other speakers. I intervened to point that out.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Norris is leading for our group today. I will contribute afterwards.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I second Senator Craughwell's proposed amendment to the Order of Business to the effect that the House discuss the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill until 5 p.m. and then adjourn. That was the time originally circulated to all Senators last week. On a serious note, many of us made arrangements - in my case, childcare arrangements - on foot of that 5 p.m. finish. I do not believe it is...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ----- particularly when the Bill in question is not a matter of urgency. Those of us involved in politics - in my case, for what seems like a very long time - have no difficulty with sitting for long hours and sitting late-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Senator. We have no issue with sitting late to deal with matters of an emergency nature or in respect of something that is urgent. This is not either and I am one of the very few Members who, like Senators Norris and McDowell, has sat through many hours of Judicial Appointments Commission Bill debate and I still have quite a number of points to make on that legislation. Indeed,...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: All of us have to; it is not only me.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Deirdre Hargey, Lord Mayor of Belfast (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Ardmhéara. It is a great pleasure to welcome the Lord Mayor of Belfast to the House today. I apologise for not being here earlier due to various other issues around the ordering of the Seanad business. It is great to see the Seanad welcoming in a Lord Mayor from a different city. I hope we will continue to do so. I note this is the start of a...

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I believe we are still on amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, and 5. Is that right?

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: There was a grouping. Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, and 5 were being debated together.

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Yes, we have discussed them.

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I just wish to reiterate what Senator Norris has said and thank the Minister of State for setting up an engagement with his officials. It was useful for us all to meet. Senator Norris met with the officials separately but Senator Warfield and myself have certainly met with them since the previous day on which Committee Stage was taken in this House. It was certainly very helpful to discuss...

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Norris has eloquently put the case for amendments Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive. I will follow up briefly because we had also proposed these amendments. I thank Professor Eoin O'Dell in Trinity College for his input.

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: For writing them and for his immense help in explaining them to us. I thank the officials for meeting us to go through the substance of these amendments. Both Senator Warfield and I were very impressed by their expertise and depth of knowledge in what is, as Senator Norris and others have said, such a technical area. Amendments Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive, essentially deal with the substantial...

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to respond on behalf of my colleagues. We would be delighted to have a further meeting because the earlier meetings we had were very constructive. We are seeking to be constructive as the Minister of State knows. We seek to improve the legislation and the scheme therein. We are agreed that we will withdraw the amendments at this point and reserve the right to reintroduce them on...