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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: There are ways-----

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: The sort of self-indulgence we-----

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader and the Chair to ensure Committee Stage debate is a reasoned, proper and rational discussion. We all accept and agree that there are principled issues to be discussed but let us not have Senators speak in a self-indulgent manner for the sake of it. Having had eight hours of discussion on Committee Stage yesterday, we will resume the debate at 2 p.m. Let us have a debate of...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: What statement?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I have put my question. I ask the Cathaoirleach to ensure today's debate is rational and reasoned and Senators are asked by the Chair, in the normal manner, to confine their remarks to Committee Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Let us have the reasoned and rational debate the House deserves and treat it with the dignity it deserves.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: What we saw yesterday were antics and play-acting.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I commend Senator Mary White on using the House yesterday in the way it should be used, namely, to introduce a Bill. I ask the Leader to ensure Committee Stage of the Bill on parental leave is taken when the Government's amendments become available. All of us appreciate the intention behind the legislation and very much approve of it in principle. It was welcome that the Government did not...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I was not directing them at Senator Mooney.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Absolutely.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Not any more.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: That is optimism.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, this is an amusing historical anecdote, but we have had eight hours of debate on section 1 on Committee Stage. I wonder about it. Can we try to keep the debate a little focused and be respectful of the dignity of the House and the quality of debate we normally have?

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: He has given us lengthy passages from reports that we have already had quoted.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: First, I welcome the passage in the Dáil early this morning of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill. It is welcome that after 21 years of legislative inaction, legislation finally is being put in place. I am pleased the Seanad will have the Bill before it next week. I asked the Leader previously to arrange a debate in the autumn, after the Bill has been passed, to discuss...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I express regret at the serious outbreak of rioting in Northern Ireland over the weekend in the context of the decision by the Parades Commission. It is most unfortunate that the parties involved could not see fit to abide by the Parades Commission ruling. It is rather sad to see 12 July erupting again in violence and I imagine everyone would join me in extending sympathy to all those...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I am sure the Senator will.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, to the House and I greatly welcome the introduction of this Bill. The debate on this Bill in this and the other House is truly historic because it represents the first time that we as legislators have faced up to our responsibility to women in crisis pregnancies by directly addressing the issue of abortion, instead of leaving it to the courts...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Following on from Senator MacSharry's point, the Minister, Deputy Bruton, is the director of elections for Fine Gael in this campaign, not for the Government. That is an important point.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It is an important distinction.