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Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Motion for Earlier Signature (30 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to her.".

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Motion for Earlier Signature (30 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday next.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I wish the Senator good luck.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, to the House. We have seen much of him already and I expect we will see more, even in this session, as he continues to introduce justice legislation. Support is forthcoming from both sides of the House for this Bill and I am pleased to offer my support on behalf of the Labour Party. As Senator Jillian van Turnhout said,...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Nor maternity leave.

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Not possible.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I join in congratulating Senator Cullinane on the happy arrival of his son. In respect of the timing for the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, all of us are agreed that it is not ideal for any Bill to pass through the House in one day. I said as much when I was on the other side of the Chamber.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I accept that.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: As I just said-----

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: It is far from ideal.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: There are already 30 amendments to the Bill and we are all agreed that the legislation is very important. The fact that its measures are not yet in force means there has been a hold-up not only in the economic reform process that the new Department, headed by the Minister, Deputy Howlin, will be tasked with, but also with the political reform. As we know from experience, that was almost as...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I am grateful to the Cathaoirleach for the clarification. All of us have found that in practice the Bills Office can be more flexible than might be initially suggested, which is welcome. This is an opportune day to call for a further debate on methods of bottom-up job creation. On the day the Government is launching the national internship scheme, with places for 5,000 jobs in training, we...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Senator Barrett for his kind words in regard to myself and Senator Byrne, both of whom are graduates of Trinity College law school.

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: So did I.

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: That is correct. I am interested in the point raised by Senator Barrett. I do not think the Comptroller and Auditor General is equivalent to a judge. I thought the amendment was directed at a different issue, namely, that the Senator believed the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General should not be subject to the same provisions because the Comptroller and Auditor General has a function...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Byrne referred to people being taken to the cleaners. Unfortunately, this Department is being established because the country has been taken to the cleaners. The amendment proposed by Senator Barrett envisages the sort of scrutiny of public appointments that was put forward as a suggestion for Seanad reform in the O'Rourke report, which we have already debated in the House. It is a...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator is obsessed with the Tories.

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: It is in another section.

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, section 10 refers to the functions transferred by sections 7 and 8, which are set out.