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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I join in welcoming the French ambassador. As Deputy Leader, I acknowledge the show of unity being displayed by everybody today in absolutely condemning the horrific attacks on Paris last week. They were appallingly brutal attacks on people enjoying sports and cultural life in a great city that is so well known to all of us. It really represents an attack on all of us on our doorstep in...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I will now turn to the issues raised by colleagues. Senator Darragh O'Brien welcomed Senator Cahill and sought a debate on the Paris attacks. I would be happy to facilitate such a debate with the Minister for Justice and Equality, which he and other Senators sought. Senator Jim D'Arcy raised the same issues and spoke of how the universal becomes local. That is very true. I think all of...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Norris also raised the issue of media reportage of allegations about a former Minister last week, on which a number of Senators spoke. I absolutely agree with Senator Norris and share his concern about the way in which this story came into the public domain at such an early stage of a Garda investigation and apparently before an investigation is properly commenced. I share Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: If I may be allowed to make that point, clearly, we all await the Bill with great interest. I thank the Senator for informing me about it. Senator Landy welcomed Senator Cahill and mentioned the Paris attacks. He also noted the school programme announced just today and commended the Minister, Deputy Jan O' Sullivan, on her commitment to ending the practice of housing schoolchildren in...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Daly is engaging in the collective amnesia which we have seen very regularly from Fianna Fáil. It is trying to disown all responsibility for NAMA and, indeed, for the economic crash that necessitated its establishment by Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I know the Senator is just trying to be helpful.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: It would be most helpful if the Senator would just let me speak. I let him speak even though I did not agree with what he said. However, I join Senator Daly in calling for a debate on policing. We would do well to examine constructive ideas on improving the quality of policing. Yesterday, the justice committee had a two and a half hour meeting with the Garda Commissioner, Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Thank you Chairman. I welcome the Garda Commissioner and her team. I also echo Deputy Finian McGrath's condolences to the family and colleagues of Garda Tony Golden on his appalling murder. In terms of victims and support for victims, I really welcome what the Commissioner has said about the victims of crime being placed at the heart of the work of An Garda Síochána. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: My second question is on one of the many reports to which the Commissioner referred from the Garda Inspectorate - the report on the overall operation of An Garda Síochána - at which we looked at this committee. We also discussed the Sean Guerin report. In both cases issues arose around inadequate supervision of trainees and probationary gardaí being given unwarranted levels...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: No, that is very helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Last week we launched a report on drugs in which we recommended a move away from the criminal justice model towards a health and welfare approach to deal with the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use. Will the Commissioner comment on that recommendation? I do not know if she can answer the question. At the launch issues were raised about what the Garda might think of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I have a brief question, prompted by what Deputy Finian McGrath said. As a committed cyclist, I would like to put in a word for ensuring that road safety laws are implemented to ensure safety for all road users, particularly vulnerable road users such as cyclists. The Garda cyclist unit is very successful. Are there any plans to increase the number of gardaí on bicycles, particularly...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, I asked for a debate on the new package of measures for the protection of tenants and on stabilising rents and boosting supply. It has received a general, albeit cautious, welcome from those working in the sector but there can be no panacea for the crisis we have in housing and rent. It is, none the less, very welcome to see these very practical measures put forward and I take...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: As a committed cyclist, it is important that measures are in place to support and encourage cycling. I have called for the introduction of a bike-to-school scheme to encourage greater numbers of schoolchildren to engage in cycling. Currently it is very dangerous for cyclists, particularly on Dublin roads but also on urban roads generally. We need to ensure that as part of the College Green...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: It is welcome that we are taking Second Stage of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 today. It is long-awaited legislation and I know that it will receive a broad welcome from everyone in the House, as it did in the Dáil. I know that we will have a full debate on it. I also welcome today's announcement of the new package of housing measures to give some rent certainty to...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

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

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I was raising a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I am raising a point of order because I believe the practice is that we do not identify people-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: -----and even without naming a person, he or she may be identifiable.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

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