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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, I am not clear to what the Senator is referring and I am not sure if it is appropriate to take up the issue on the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I have no knowledge of what the Senator is speaking about.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, this is a matter for Senator Byrne to take up directly with Senator Harte. It is not an appropriate matter to be raised on the Order of Business. I am asking you, a Chathaoirligh, for a ruling on the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: We are not anti-welfare. That is nonsense.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Senator Leyden for that acknowledgment.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: It is very nice to hear Senator Leyden being so constructive for a change.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: It was implied in what Senator Leyden said.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: The Order of Business is Nos. 1 and 2. No. 1 is an address to Seanad Éireann by Dr. Maurice Manning, president of the Irish Human Rights Commission and chair of the European Group of the National Human Rights Institution, with Dr. Manning's address to commence at 11.45 a.m., followed by contributions by spokespersons not to exceed five minutes and one question from all other Senators who...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Mr. Mitchell is not my candidate.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Senators for their contributions. A number of common themes emerged. I will depart slightly from tradition before responding individually to them. A number of colleagues called for two debates and it is my intention to ask the Leader to arrange them as soon as possible. One is a debate on domestic violence, which Senators O'Donovan, Keane, MacSharry and Leyden called for....

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Senator; it is always nice to hear he is delighted.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: We are not debating the Senator's Bill, but No. 12, motion No. 7. I will ask the Leader about having those debates on housing and NAMA with the Minister of State, Deputy Penrose, and on domestic violence with the Minister, Deputy Shatter. However, regretfully I cannot accept the amendment to the Order of Business today, given the business before the House today.

Seanad: Address by President of the Irish Human Rights Commission (28 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome Dr. Manning back to the Seanad in his capacity as president of the Irish Human Rights Commission. I enjoyed his address, as I am sure did all Members, as shown by the response he received. It is an auspicious time for him to come to the Seanad to speak to us on human rights, given that in a week's time, next Thursday, 6 October, we will see the periodic review of Ireland's human...

Seanad: Address by President of the Irish Human Rights Commission (28 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: We hope so.

Seanad: Company Closures: Motion (28 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Bruton, to the House and thank him for attending personally to deal with this important motion on the part of the Labour Party Senators. I am grateful to my colleague, Senator Landy, for proposing the motion, particularly given the area from which he comes and his local knowledge. I also acknowledge the presence in the Visitors' Gallery of Deputy Ann Phelan,...

Seanad: Company Closures: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: The bank guarantee was supported by Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Company Closures: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Sinn Féin supported it.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Leyden is being excitable again.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: In response to Senator MacSharry, if Fianna Fail were a business, the electorate would have put it out of business.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: The electorate did put it out of business in February. It was Senator MacSharry's Government that set up the HSE, that set up this arm's length procedure of which he is now so critical. It is very difficult to take his anger-----