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Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: -----and I use that word-----

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: If it has caused offence, I am happy to withdraw it.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I am happy to withdraw it.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: CPP issued a statement following its meeting yesterday that the inquiry which has been established on foot of the motion of 14 May is not a Part 2 inquiry and has no jurisdiction to deal with issues concerning allegations of conflicts of interest in respect of any member. It was helpful to all of us to establish legal certainty on this.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader for a debate on the ongoing situation in Iraq which is of such huge concern. We see insurgents beating-----

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Even for Senator Daly, that is a somewhat ridiculous comment. We see very worrying insurgency spreading throughout Iraq, coming within 80 km of Baghdad and taking over Mosul and other cities. It would be good to hear from the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what it is proposed to do at EU level to join the international community in expressing outrage and seeking to...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I commend the Minister and her officials on having this landmark legislation passed in the House. Other speakers, including the Minister, noted the long gestation of the Bill. While there is no doubt the legislation is overdue, it has been greatly improved since the original version was published in 2010. This has been acknowledged by all speakers. Given that the Bill has secured strong...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Leader for arranging a debate for later this evening on the mother and baby homes, given the general welcome all Members gave to yesterday’s announcement by the Government on the establishment of a commission of investigation into the matter, following the interdepartmental scoping exercise carried out. No doubt, this will be just the first of several debates on this,...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State. As the largest substantive Bill in the history of the State, this is welcome legislation. Even carrying it to the Chamber took a little more work than the Bills we usually deal with. I also thank the Minister of State's officials for the helpful briefing they provided on 14 May and to which a number of Senators referred. I thank, in particular, Ms Elaine...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, back to the House as Minister for Justice and Equality. I think that I have already welcomed her in that capacity, but she is welcome, too, on this important legislation. I commend Senator Zappone on bringing forward this legislation and I am delighted and honoured that she asked me to second it. The legislation recognises a lacuna and flaw in our...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Like Senator Byrne, I welcome the announcement by the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, and the Government decision on the need for an investigation into the mother and baby homes, the incidence of abuses within them of the women and children, and the manner of death and the high mortality rates in those homes. Given that many of those children who ended up in industrial schools had been...

Seanad: Visit of Romanian Delegation (5 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: It sounds like there is a story to be told. I join the Cathaoirleach in welcoming our colleagues from Romania.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I congratulate former Senator Deirdre Clune on her election to the European Parliament. I am glad that we have the motion in that regard before us today to formally mark her election. I welcome the announcement made by the Government that it is taking up the issue of the burial of almost 800 babies from the mother and baby home in Tuam between 1925 and 1961. This is an issue that was raised...

Seanad: Racism in Ireland: Motion (4 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, to the House. She is always welcome and is a regular attendee here. I commend Senators Mac Conghail, Zappone and their colleagues, the Independent Taoiseach nominees' group, for putting forward a motion on this important issue. I also commend them on their highly articulate speeches. It is nice to speak...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Can I just say-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I did not raise it. Senator O’Brien also referred to what I suspect is no more than a rumour that the District Courts in Dublin are to be closed. I certainly have not heard that. There was a positive move under the previous Government to move the very antiquated Criminal Court sittings in the Bridewell to the Criminal Court of Justice and a new setting. All criminal justice...