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Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader for a debate on a serious matter, namely, the operation of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004. That may sound technical but it is the Act under which the commission of investigation into the archdiocese of Dublin and allegations of child sexual abuse in that diocese had been established. The commission is chaired by Judge Yvonne Murphy and was established in 2006....

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am very concerned that the mechanics of the section may operate so as to compromise reports. We should all be very wary about this.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: An urgent debate on the operation of section 38 and how it could be improved upon to give a voice to the commission and to victims is essential at this time.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am very grateful to the Deputy Leader for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: As regards getting in tomorrow, those of us who did not get a chance to contribute today were detained on committee business elsewhere.

Seanad: Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2009: Second Stage. (28 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am grateful to Senator Alex White for sharing time. I, too, commend the university Senators, particularly Senator Ross, on introducing this excellent Bill. Others have commented on its genesis and the fact that it is so closely reflective of the Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007 introduced by Senator Boyle and his colleagues in the Green Party, who were in opposition at the time....

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: When?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: It is because the Leader did not give me a date for the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I join others in welcoming the news of the release of Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki. Good news is very welcome at such a bleak time and congratulations are due to all involved, and I pay particular tribute to the strength of character displayed by Sharon Commins since her release after 107 days in captivity. In response to some of what has been said in the debate on the status of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: The schedule of business for the House this week confirms that. We did not sit yesterday for a reason unexplained by the Leader and which many of us opposed on Thursday. Today's business does not include the relevant and topical subjects we should debate. To have statements on postal codes and a marine mapping programme calls into question the relevance of the Seanad and I would also like...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Again, on a point of order-----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of information, in that case.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am repeating the exact words----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Regan made a direct criticism of something I said.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I want to respond and to be given the opportunity to do so.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Senator White takes the same position as I do.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader, as I have done on many times, for a debate on prisons in light of the disturbing news that the Irish prison population has exceeded 4,000 for the first time ever. According to the Irish Penal Reform Trust, this exceeds safe custody limits. Indeed, one need not be told that by the trust. I urge any Senator who has not already do so to go into Mountjoy Prison, as I have...

Seanad: School Capitation Grants (8 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Senator Norris who, as always, puts his case with great eloquence. I echo his words and share his disquiet about speaking on behalf of this sector in the first place because I have a fundamental disagreement with the basis of our education system and the sectarian basis on which it is divided. I have criticised very strongly and will continue to do so the fact that children may be...

Seanad: School Capitation Grants (8 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am proud to say it was also Senator Norris's mother's school. As Senator Norris said, in many Protestant schools there is a wider diversity of class backgrounds than in their Catholic fee paying counterparts. For that reason too, there is a case to be made for treating them differently from Catholic schools.