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Seanad: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (19 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: That is perhaps the most important part.

Seanad: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (19 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: On a more serious note, I am happy on behalf of the Labour group to support this motion on accepting the CEPOL measure. The Minister of State outlined its import. Sadly, almost daily terrorist attacks are beginning to define the world. The atrocity in Nice was mentioned on the Order of Business. I condemn the perpetrator of those awful killings and express my sympathy to the victims who...

Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and, like all of us, join him in expressing my revulsion at the horrific attacks in Nice last night. On behalf of the Labour group, I wish to speak against this motion to establish a citizens' assembly. We will be opposing it in the Seanad as we did in the Dáil. Our primary reason is that, as a pro-choice party, we are against the...

Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to echo the words of Senator Buttimer and my colleagues in Sinn Féin who were positive about the Constitutional Convention. As someone who not only participated in it, but led the Labour delegation, I viewed it as a positive process. Its recommendation on marriage equality paved the way for the holding of the relevant referendum in 2015, among other changes. The model proposal...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. Clearly, this debate is linked with the earlier one on the motion that was passed. The Labour Party opposes this legislation for the same reasons that it opposed the motion to establish the citizens' assembly. We are concerned that the mechanism of the assembly will be used to delay the holding of a referendum to repeal the eighth...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

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

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Mullen has not heard it yet. On a point of order-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, there is a rule in the House about not denigrating people who are not present. There is a denigration of the citizen members of the convention, who were-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: -----highly engaged and involved.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: They do not exist.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Act 1994: Motion (14 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McGrath, to the House. It is my first opportunity to welcome him to the Chamber, and I congratulate him on his appointment. I support the motion, which, as the Minister said, is to enable the reduction of the sum prescribed in section 38 of the 1994 Act, under which cash suspected of being proceeds of crime may be seized by gardaí or Revenue...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and congratulate him on his appointment. I commend Senator McDowell for bringing forward this important legislation. Indeed, I thank the Leader and the Government party for giving Government time to this legislation. This is an indication of the new politics we saw in evidence in this House last week when we had Committee Stage of our Private...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I also call on the Leader to facilitate a debate with the Minister for Education and Skills in the House on the Cassells report. Like other speakers, I believe it is a very urgent and important issue, and one which we should debate in the House, in particular because six Senators represent university constituencies. Unlike Senator O'Donnell, I think the report was helpful. It was not very...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 3:In page 4, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following:“(8) Where property is seized and detained under subsection (1) or (2), an application to the Court for an interim order or an interlocutory order in respect of the property shall be made by the bureau officer concerned as soon as he or she has enough evidence to make such an application.”. I...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I am grateful to his officials for engaging with me on this issue and indicating they would engage with the CAB on this amendment. The Minister of State said they had done so. We support the Bill absolutely. On Second Stage we all expressed our strong condemnation of the dreadful events of recent weeks and months, the shootings and the extent...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: It is property on premises that is in question.

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: To put the record straight, we simply want to make the legislation as robust as possible. We are approaching this in a constructive manner so, of course, I put the amendment down in good faith. Undoubtedly, there are already people who, under existing legislation, are caught up in the sort of applications we are talking about. Clearly, there is at present a right of recourse to the court,...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: A number of us spoke on Second Stage in favour of the principle of the amendments that have been ruled out of order, that being, the funds raised should be ring-fenced for the disadvantaged communities that have suffered the most from the sorts of organised crime that we are discussing. This is in keeping with the broader issue, namely, that criminal justice measures are not enough on their...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 11:In page 6, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“Certain payments not to be proceeds of crime 7.The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 15:“Certain payments not to be proceeds of crime 15A.(1) Subsection (2) applies if by any enactment to be passed it is provided that a person who pays or gives...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State. In the circumstances, I will withdraw the amendment. I am conscious that this issue has been raised previously. It is certainly one we want to keep under review, pending the consideration by the Dáil of the reform in the sexual offences Bill.