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Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: As always, the Minister is very welcome to the House. Others have spoken about his reform record. I wish to pay tribute to him on that, particularly his work on pluralism in the primary sector regarding the patronage of schools. I have been directly involved with the Minister on the latter subject. He has really made considerable progress on what parents want to see, namely, greater...

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Order for Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Order for Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, "That No. 4 be taken now on conclusion of this item and adjourned after two hours, if not previously concluded, and that No. 5 be taken on conclusion of No. 4 and adjourned after two hours, if not previously concluded." My proposal is to avoid a gap in the schedule and Ministers are available now. I propose that the housing Bill starts now...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: It is in response to something Senator O'Donovan had asked.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Once the Minister has concluded, I wish to amend the Order of Business.

Seanad: Draft Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations 2014: Referral to Joint Committee (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations 2014,a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 9th June, 2014, be referred to the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in accordance with...

Seanad: Regulation (EU) No. 603/2013 on the Establishment of Eurodac: Referral to Joint Committee (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to accept the following measure:Regulation (EU) No....

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Sheahan suggested that Senator Leyden might put his own name forward.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I have every confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, in making the appointment to this important position in a transparent manner. Senator Naughton and others referred to the free travel scheme. I wish to clarify the Government's position on this matter. There has been a huge amount of scaremongering about the review of the scheme. However, the Government...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister, who is going to examine the report of the working group-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: -----has made clear her commitment to the scheme, as has the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: That should pre-empt the scaremongering in which people have been engaging in respect of this matter. Senator O'Donnell referred to the death of Dermot Healy, arts and education and sentencing. Like her, I was hugely impressed by the dignity shown and inspirational words spoken by the parents of a young German student who was murdered in Ireland and whose killer was recently sentenced. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Daly raised a number of issues and called for a general debate on openness and transparency in a number of areas. If the Senator wishes to clarify tomorrow which Ministers he wishes to invite to the House to discuss which aspects of openness and transparency, we can arrange that. He raised, in particular, the issue of appointments to State boards. As Senator Coghlan pointed out,...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Departments will continue on their websites to invite expressions of interest in vacancies on the boards of bodies under their aegis. This process has increased the pool of available talent. A number of Departments have already made progress in this area. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, for example, has made a number of appointments to transport boards that came in via the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Let me clarify the position for the Senator. The draft regulations are to be referred to the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. That is all that is proposed in the motion.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the draft Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations 2014, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, motion regarding the proposed opt-in to Regulation (EU) No. 603/2013 on the establishment of Eurodac, to be taken without debate at the...