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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Darragh O'Brien, I am responding to-----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: As Deputy Leader of the House, I ask for respect. I am responding to an issue raised by a colleague.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: The record of the House will show that the longest response I have given and will give is the response on the agriculture issue, the fodder crisis in farming, which was raised by the majority of people who spoke. I gave a full response directly from the Minister. That is the way in which I am seeking to respond to every colleague in the House in a courteous and fulsome way, to deal fully...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I will be raising the issue with the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. I will also be raising issues about personal attacks because there have been many from the other side of the House----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Not just on me. Political attacks are one thing but to make attacks on people is another issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I have quite a bit more, as many other colleagues raised issues that deserve a response. I will deal with the issues unless colleagues want me not to respond. The role of the Deputy Leader is to respond to queries raised. Senator O'Keeffe raised the issue of the need for an independent inquiry into the death of Savita Halappanavar and there are issues raised on the evidence presented at...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It is a matter then for the convention to make a response.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Norris asked me to contact the convention and I will do as he has asked. Senator Comiskey raised the issue of the fodder crisis. The Labour Party is always happy to hear Senator Leyden's pearls of wisdom on the internal affairs of the Labour Party. It was a lot of hot air.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Quinn raised the issue of lung fibrosis. While it is not an issue of which I am aware I would be grateful if he could pass on the details to me which I, in turn, will pass on to the Minister for Health as it would appear to be a serious matter. While as the Senator stated only a small number of people in the country will be affected, it is nonetheless an important issue. As in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: We can invite the Minister, Deputy Howlin, to the House when that period has ended. Senator Walsh can ask that the Minister, Deputy Howlin, come to the House for a debate on the issues he raised. Senator Wilson seconded Senator Barrett's amendment, which I have already accepted. He also called for a debate with the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, on the Garda...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Suffice to say that all of us in this House have immense respect for the Garda Síochána. To suggest that anyone in this House or the Dáil has contempt for the Garda Síochána is utter nonsense.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I have worked on the front line in criminal law for many years. I have enormous respect and admiration for the dangerous work done by gardaí.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It is outrageous to suggest that anyone in this House, in particular those with knowledge of the law, would have contempt for the Garda Síochána. It is utterly outrageous to suggest that. Senator White raised the issue of the fodder crisis, to which I have already responded adequately.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Recruitment (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, and thank him for taking this matter. Like Senator Jillian van Turnhout's, my question is also directed to the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, and I am disappointed he cannot be present. I would like to know if consideration has been given to the circumstances where a change may be effected to the upper age limit of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Recruitment (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I am right. There is no age bar for the Garda Reserve. It sometimes carries out front-line Garda work but it does not have full Garda powers. I simply ask, in light of a direct request from a constituent, whether there have been updates since July 2011. Has the Minister given consideration to changing the upper age limit for entry? If the age limit was raised in 2004 by a significant...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Recruitment (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for his response but some of it reflects what was said in the Dáil in 2011. The updated part of his response refers to the report of the review on training and development in the Garda Síochána. I am not sure when the report was published. I am glad to hear that a working group was established, following publication, to examine the entry...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Recruitment (18 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Thank you.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I congratulate those involved in making the student transition year challenge such a success. It was a remarkable experience for those of us in the Chamber during the session earlier today with 40 transition year students from secondary schools throughout the country. In particular I congratulate Senator Susan O'Keeffe, whose idea it was. I also congratulate the Cathaoirleach and the...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (23 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister. It was important to clear up that inconsistency in the original draft of the Bill and I am glad that has been clarified. It could have created problems down the line. The Minister also accepted another amendment of ours on Committee Stage. He was to come back on the "shall" or "may" issue but he did not. Perhaps that might be kept under review by the Minister to...

Seanad: Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (23 Apr 2013)

Ivana Bacik: A parent is defined in the 1998 Act and the definition of "parent" in section 2, the interpretation section, of this Bill is taken from that Act.