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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Copyright Legislation Review (29 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Leader for organising statements today on the result of the UK referendum on EU membership. The result not only is deeply disappointing but represents a seismic shock in terms of its political and economic fallout, which is being felt on this island, in the UK and across the European Union. I look forward to participating this afternoon. I thank the Leader for ensuring the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: She is a tireless activist in this area and a very eminent academic who had the courage to take the case which prompted this report and which has highlighted public awareness of gender discrimination in universities.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: Yes, in the tradition of her grandfather. I ask the Leader for a debate on criminal justice policy and penal reform. I had the pleasure of attending a conference at NUI Maynooth last week on criminology and, today, a round-table discussion hosted by the Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development on criminal justice, in conjunction with the Department of Justice and Equality...

Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I am sharing time with Senator Humphreys. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan. It is clear from the debate today that many of us feel a profound sense of bleakness and sadness at the result in the referendum last week. It appears that Britain has turned its back on Europe and already we have seen immense fragmentation as a result of the vote. It also appears to mark a victory...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I join other Senators in congratulating the Irish football team on a wonderful and deserved win against Italy last night. It was a superb match and the team played great. Like many others, I and my small daughters who play soccer were glued to the television. We all wish the team the best of luck on Sunday when we play France. I agree with Senator Norris that the sight of the President...

Seanad: EU-UK Relations: Statements (22 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, back to the House and I congratulate him on his reappointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. I look forward to working with him, as I am now Labour Party spokesperson on foreign affairs. I commend the Government on the work that has been going on as detailed in the Minister's speech. This has included interventions such as the Taoiseach's...

Seanad: Death of Jo Cox, MP: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to share time with my colleague, Senator Ó Ríordáin, with the slot divided in three minutes and two minutes. I stand to pay tribute to Jo Cox, MP, and join the tributes being paid by others as leader of the Labour Party group in the House, as a woman Labour Party public representative and as a mother of two young children, as Jo Cox was. The shocking and horrific...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I join other colleagues in expressing the sympathies of the Labour Party group in the Seanad to all the victims and families of victims caught up in the horrific attack in Orlando, which was a homophobic hate crime, a crime of terror and a crime that has highlighted not only homophobia and terrorism but issues around gun control, particularly how somebody who had been under investigation by...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That Senator Denis Landy be elected Leas-Chathaoirleach." I speak as a former Deputy Leader of this House and quite a number of women have held the positions of Leader and Deputy Leader over recent years. In fact, the Seanad has a much better record than the Dáil - it just needs to be stated - in terms of women's representation. That is an important point. We have hit the...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of the Labour Party group, I add my voice to those who are congratulating Senator Coghlan on his election as Leas-Chathaoirleach. He will do a superb job. It has been a pleasure to work with him over the past five years and I look forward to working with him in the future. I have had the pleasure that not many colleagues may have had of seeing him in his natural habitat of...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (15 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, to the House. It is my first opportunity to do so and I think it is his first opportunity to be here with us. I welcome him and congratulate him on his appointment, having working with him on the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, which he so ably chaired for the past five years. I know he will do a great job and I wish him...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I will speak briefly on behalf of the Labour Party group. I congratulate Senator Norris on his status as father of the House. It has been my pleasure to serve with him as a Dublin University Senator for the past two terms and I look forward to serving with him this term. I echo Senator Norris's words about our former colleague, Dr. Sean Barrett, and I welcome Senator Lynn Ruane, our new...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of the Labour Party group, I welcome Senator Denis O'Donovan's election as Cathaoirleach and wish him well and comhghairdeas. He will make an excellent Cathaoirleach. I welcome the appointment of Senator Jerry Buttimer as Leader of the Seanad, and leader of the Fine Gael group. I saw how well the Senator chaired the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children during the...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of the Labour Party group I wish everyone well and thank the Cathaoirleach and Leas-Chathaoirleach and all the staff in the Seanad Office, especially Deirdre Lane, the Clerk of the Seanad, for all the work and help they have given us over the years, and I wish them the very best for the future. I thank the Leader, Senator Cummins, with whom it has been a pleasure to work. I thank...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2016)

Ivana Bacik: Far from it.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (3 Feb 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for reading that explanation in the House. It was important to do so because group 6, in particular, dealt with some substantive changes to the Bill that were debated in the Dáil. I know there was some concern, particularly from the Irish Penal Reform Trust, regarding the fact that only one conviction can be spent. However, I accept that as the Minister said,...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (3 Feb 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome this Bill as an important piece of progressive penal reform. I compliment the Minister on all the work she has done and echo the comments made by Senators Conway and Wilson.She is an able and reforming Minister and she has always been so courteous and easy to deal with. I thank her for allowing so many Bills to start in the Seanad, which is important. She has steered through many...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Feb 2016)

Ivana Bacik: We just need to know.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome today's very good news that the unemployment rate has fallen again. There has been a remarkable month-on-month fall from 10.1% this time last year to the current rate of 8.6%. Some 5,125 new jobs were created in January alone. It is really impressive that, on average, more than 1,000 jobs are being created each week. I want to note this significant achievement. I am sure all my...