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Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, it is outrageous that the business of the House is being disrupted yet again by Senator Callely and his posturing.

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: All of us are here to do the business of the House.

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Sit down, Senator Callely.

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: You are disrupting the House, Senator Callely.

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House. I am delighted with her appointment as she will be an excellent Minister with responsibility for children and it is a well-deserved appointment. I am sorry there are not more women in the Cabinet, but Deputies Burton and Fitzgerald will be really excellent in their respective briefs and I am delighted they are Ministers. I am sure the children's rights...

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I do not believe any Member of the House should be allowed to disrupt its proceedings in the way it was done this morning.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Bill and I am very glad it has been given extra time today. I pay tribute to Senator Boyle and former Senator Déirdre de Búrca who were both responsible for promoting the Bill. I also pay tribute to the campaigners who have highlighted the abuse of human rights as a result of the existing wording of section 59 of the 2001 Act. We are all on the same side and I am delighted...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, before section 3, to insert the following new section: 3.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 2011. (2) This Act shall be included in the citation "the Mental Health Acts 2001 to 2011", and this Act and those Acts shall be read together as one.". I understand Senator Boyle accepts this procedural amendment to the Short Title of...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: We are opposed to section 3. I apologise, but the wording is not correct. The amendment is uncontroversial as it refers to the Title of the Bill.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: It should have been stated it would replace section 3 with a new section providing for a different Title. The explanation that should be offered to the House is that the words "involuntary procedures" in the current Title of the Bill do not actually appear in the Bill, so it is more correct that it simply be referred to as the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill, as part of the series of mental...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: It makes no difference whatsoever to the substance of the Bill. It simply refers to it as being part of the series of mental health legislation and it is a more correct Title.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the passage of this Bill which is important legislation. I commend Senator Boyle and former Senator Déirdre de Búrca for promoting it. Like Senator Boyle I have two Private Members' Bills before the House, one on FGM and the other on climate chance. I very much hope that versions of those Bills will be passed by the Government. It is a strength of the Seanad that we have the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: It was a surprise to find myself in a different seat.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad to hear the Senator describe his party as such. I have always thought of myself as a green red or a red green.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I join my colleagues in congratulating Senator Cummins on his new role as Leader of the House. I wish the best of luck both to those who are contesting the election as well as to those who are going on to other careers. I am told there is a life after politics. Given that the economy is uppermost in our minds, I hope the renegotiation of the IMF-EU deal will bear fruit. I am sure all of us...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (23 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the programme for Government. I compliment Senator O'Toole on initiating the motion by which we are convened today to debate it. We are debating it in the context of a new political atmosphere and in the presence of a new Minister, Deputy Shatter, whom I welcome to the House. While the election of 25 February was a matter of personal disappointment for...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (8 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: My colleague, Senator Prendergast, has already spoken and I should like to be associated with the remarks made by her and other colleagues here today. They build a picture of a very fine man. I did not know him personally, nor serve with him, but what has been said has really painted a lovely picture of him. I join others in offering condolences to Senator Farrell's family, who are here today.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Report and Final Stages (29 Jan 2011)

Ivana Bacik: This recommendation is important and it has merit. In answer to Senator Mullen, I would say it makes an explicit link between the date of the bank guarantee and the date of the passing of the Bill in respect of the information that is required on bankers' bonuses. It will have a chilling effect on the payment of such bonuses in the future. It is also information the public deserves to know...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed). (29 Jan 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I reiterate what Senators Norris and Coffey stated, that all of us in this House fully support the necessary powers for the Revenue Commissioners to deal with tax evasion and tax defaulters. Clearly, no one seeks to make excuses or any case for tax evasion or tax default. In the Labour Party, we are very much in favour of rigorous methods being used in accordance with law to deal with tax...