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Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House, in particular given his former role as Chairman of the Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. Senator Conway and I had the pleasure of serving on that committee with Deputy Stanton as Chairman. During that time, we prepared a report on domestic violence which made some key recommendations, and I am glad to see the Minister of State has it...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: As Senators Norris and Kelleher have already indicated, amendments Nos. 3 to 6, inclusive, are very important, practical amendments which seek to insert into this welcome legislation provisions for statutory guidance for judges in the making of orders under the relevant sections. There has been serious concern about inconsistency among different judges, particularly in the District Court, in...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: Yes. They are very similar.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: Yes. We all seek to do the same thing with our amendments. We would all be grateful if the Minister of State indicated a willingness to accept, in principle, the spirit of these amendments so that we can move on.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to make three brief points. I am concerned to hear the Minister extolling the virtues of broadness in this context because that is the precise difficulty. Judicial discretion at present is so unstructured and we have a real problem with inconsistency and divergence of practice. This is a problem identified, as the Minister of State has heard, not only by NGOs such as Safe Ireland,...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for his constructive comments and for indicating that he has an open mind on this. This is very much a constructive engagement. All of us here, on Second Stage and since, have expressed a warm welcome for this much-needed and progressive legislation. It brings to mind the debates we had in this House on the Gender Recognition Bill 2014, which was also a...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: Yes. We hear from applicants who are deeply traumatised by the length of time it takes to go through court processes, the multiple times they may appear before the courts and the lengthy delays between court hearings in hearing applications for orders. There is real concern about a lack of consistency and exercise of discretion by judges which is too unstructured. Judges have spoken about...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: It is all about the elegant ordering in my amendment.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, I did not say my amendment was the best. I said-----

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: SAFE Ireland kindly said it preferred the wording, which Senator Kelleher kindly acknowledged. I am simply acknowledging those facts.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Conway-Walsh has brought the matter back to the serious issues we are discussing. None of us wishes to delay the Bill. We are all very cognisant of the urgency of bringing reforming legislation forward and the need for it. I understand this is the first time the Minister of State has come to the House to deal with the Bill. The Tánaiste and former Minister for Justice and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Ukraine: Mrs. Olena Shaloput (22 Jun 2017)

Ivana Bacik: Ms Shaloput is very welcome. I thank her for the very clear presentation. I agree entirely with what the Chairman and Deputy O'Brien have said. We are very concerned about the situation in Ukraine and fully support on the committee the national sovereignty of Ms Shaloput's country and its territorial integrity. Individually and as a committee, we have questioned the Russian ambassador...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Ukraine: Mrs. Olena Shaloput (22 Jun 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I want to intervene because I have been listening to Deputy Seán Crowe's question our guest, Mrs. Shaloput, and it seems he is interrogating her somewhat, particularly on matters that are not really related to what we are discussing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Ukraine: Mrs. Olena Shaloput (22 Jun 2017)

Ivana Bacik: With respect-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Ukraine: Mrs. Olena Shaloput (22 Jun 2017)

Ivana Bacik: We invited her to talk about the situation in Ukraine. She is talking to us about the clearly established human rights violations committed by Russia against her country. I do not believe it is appropriate to go into other matters such as what is happening in South Sudan and so on.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Ivana Bacik: There is no list of amendments. There is a grouping list but we do not have a list of amendments.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Ivana Bacik: There are none out there on the desk.

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I think my colleagues will confirm there are no amendment lists left out there.