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Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. David Begg (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome David Begg to the House, it is a pleasure to have the General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions here. It is important to mark the 1913 Lock-out centenary in this way and that we speak also about its relevance to modern Ireland. I had to propose to a previous meeting of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges that Mr. Begg would address us, and it is great that he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Mr. O'Connell. Looking at this area is a huge task. Will he also provide a list of the international obligations, including treaties we have signed or ratified? As I say that, I wonder if it is even feasible. It can be difficult to find specific information on such international treaties.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It would be really useful to have that list of the gaps in terms of our ratification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: That would be greatly welcome because it is an immense problem for lay people, lawyers and legislators. As with so much else, work has already been done on this. Just today the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform announced a review of the Statute Book in terms of overhauling. The criminal law codification project took place in UCD for a number of years and it did quite a bit of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It had a good deal of funding and I know the project ran for a number of years. However, I am not sure what happened with it ultimately.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I think it might have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I sent one on cyberbullying. It was not specifically about the issue Deputy Ferris raises. It was a more general one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Cyberbullying is such a huge area. I put in something short about cybercrime generally. Will the programme focus not only on the substantive offences and sanctions but on mechanisms for enforcement? The focus of the British Government on cybercrime is whether action can be taken. It is a hybrid of civil and criminal law against the Internet service providers. Some of this must be done at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It was really helpful of Mr. O'Malley to set that out. As he says, looking at this from a more theoretical perspective is long overdue in addition to the practical problems that have arisen with section 99. Last year, this committee produced a report on penal reform, looked at some aspects of sentencing and suggested law reforms through statute. Again, the Minister has the working group on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Particularly when we looked at Finland and the Finnish experience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: There is a review of the sex offences legislation going on in the Department of Justice and Equality. The legislative programme also contains proposals for a Bill with a general review of sex offences to be published in 2014. I know the Minister has been promising that for some time, so it may slip again. Has the Law Reform Commission a specific mechanism for ensuring the work it does gets...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It would seem a shame that there would be duplication. The Minister has said on several occasions that he hopes the review will lead to legislation next year. He has told this committee that he hopes it will be a comprehensive codifying sex offence statute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Mr. Justice Quirke and Mr. O'Malley for their presentations. On foot of a recent Seanad debate on this issue, the Minister for Justice and Equality indicated to myself and Senator Jillian van Turnhout that the Department is undertaking an active review of this area. It is conscious of the need for reform and the rape crisis centres have also been pressing for this. There is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Fourth Programme of Law Reform: Discussion with Law Reform Commission (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the announcement today that the early years sector will be greatly strengthened. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, announced that she will strengthen the registration, regulation and enforcement powers relating to regulation of preschool services. We had a good deal of debate earlier this year on the issue, particularly after the shocking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Proposed UK Block Opt-Out of JHA Measures: Discussion (25 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Dr. Barrett for a really comprehensive overview which is very helpful to the committee. Following from Deputy Mac Lochlainn's question, I am interested in the consequence for Ireland of the UK position, which whatever the motivation, clearly is the necessity to have ready a plan B in the shape of bilateral agreements with the UK if that country does not decide to opt back in to...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I will start with a measure of good news, certainly for Dublin Senators. It was a wonderful result in the all-Ireland final on Sunday. I was among the thousands of people on Merrion Square last night to watch the team come home with the Sam Maguire cup. On a more serious note, it was the culmination of a particularly good weekend in terms of organising communal events that brought large...

Seanad: Directive of European Parliament on Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children: Statements (19 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Donohoe, to the House. Like others, I spent time labouring on the opposite benches with him in a previous incarnation. I am delighted to see him in his current role.

Seanad: Directive of European Parliament on Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children: Statements (19 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the debate on this directive. It is a weighty, important and distressing subject. Having listened to Senator van Turnhout's elegant contribution, every Senator would be moved by her comments and her correct portrayal of the issue of child pornography and child abuse material on the Internet. Sometimes, this aspect of child abuse is muddied by the language of freedom of...

Seanad: Directive of European Parliament on Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children: Statements (19 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Younger.