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

Ivana Bacik: I do not think it is just two Senators, with respect. We have a grouping list and we have the Bill itself, but we do not have the numbered list of amendments.

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

Ivana Bacik: Senator Norris appears to have it.

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

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I welcome our visitors to the Gallery. Like Senator Norris I am delighted we have a sign language interpreter with us today. It was also very good to meet yesterday with so many representatives from the Irish Deaf Society and the deaf community and to hear the concerns so many of them have about the potential watering down of the Bill through...

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

Ivana Bacik: I am concerned-----

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

Ivana Bacik: We received them-----

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

Ivana Bacik: They were-----

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

Ivana Bacik: Senators were circulated at 11 a.m. yesterday morning by the Leader's office, and we are grateful to the Leader's office for doing this, with a list of Government amendments that had been prepared and were dated the day before. There is a confusion and it is a matter of concern to hear that the Government proposed to introduce these on Report Stage when we will have less time procedurally to...

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

Ivana Bacik: I would like to directly ask the Minister of State about what the position of the amendments. It is a very important point. It is not just a procedural or technical matter; it is quite a substantive matter. I shall now turn to the amendments and say that I support Senator Daly's three amendments. Amendment No. 1 is especially important. Senator Norris has already spoken eloquently about...

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

Ivana Bacik: I assure Senator Mark Daly that Labour will also support the Bill in the Dáil. Our understanding now is that amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive and 13 were also proposed by the Government. I wish to raise a technical point that goes to the heart of this. As Senator Mark Daly is well aware, it is common practice to have a Government amendment that is also supported by individuals from...

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

Ivana Bacik: I shall be brief as other Senators have spoken very eloquently. Section 8 was one of the sections that many of us engaged with the Irish Deaf Society and other representatives on, most particularly because immense concern was expressed that the section would not be watered down or diluted unduly. Certainly, the proposed ministerial amendment that we saw, or the draft amendment, appeared to...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I join Senator Conway-Walsh in expressing sympathy to all of those who were caught up in the appalling tragedy of the awful fire at the Grenfell Tower in London. We are still seeing reports of increasing numbers of people having been killed. I send sincere sympathies to all of those who are bereaved by the tragedy. I agree that it would be useful to have a debate on the state of housing...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff Training (13 Jun 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I also welcome the Minister of State, particularly on a day when his attention is, presumably, directed elsewhere, as is the case for many others. I am grateful to him for coming to take this urgent Commencement matter, one that has been raised quite a number of times for the attention of successive Ministers for Health. I raise it again in order to keep the pressure on as it is hugely...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff Training (13 Jun 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I join him in wishing the Taoiseach well on his retirement. I offer best wishes to him, his wife, Fionnuala, and his family. However, I am disappointed with the substance of the Minister's reply, which does not bring matters forward in any way. Indeed, it simply re-states a decision that had previously been made by the former Minister,...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I would like to wish the Taoiseach well on the day he is resigning and I also wish the incoming Taoiseach well. I agree with all that Senator Ruane said. I think the first priority for the incoming Taoiseach must be to set a date for the holding of a referendum on the repeal of the eighth amendment. I am delighted that the committee is being established. It is important that the committee...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I support Senator Black's comments and welcome the Supreme Court decision yesterday on the right to work. It is a hugely important decision for asylum seekers in Ireland and I very much welcome it. I call on the Leader to amend the Order of Business. I do not often do this but it is a matter of some urgency. I am seeking an amendment to the Order of Business to take a Labour Party motion...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I am asking the Leader to amend the Order of Business that we might have a debate on the text of the motion. It has been circulated. I know it is not on the Order Paper but I am conscious that the decision-----

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I think I can circumvent it.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Ivana Bacik: Given that the decision was made by Cabinet yesterday, flying in the face of the Dáil vote in support of the Labour Party motion on 18 May to delay the sale of AIB shares, and given that we will not sit for another two weeks, I will not have an opportunity to put this motion again. I am asking that the Leader take account of this. I know we have a busy day today but I am conscious that...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Ivana Bacik: Yes, I am proposing that although we would be happy to have the debate in the Minister's absence if his availability is a difficulty.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Ivana Bacik: We wish to have a debate on the motion and a vote on the motion today.