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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: A total of 39% voted.

Seanad: Issues Facing Small and Medium Enterprises in Rural Towns: Motion (8 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, to the House and thank her for debating this motion on behalf of the Government. It involves a number of different areas of responsibility and, as the Minister said, local authorities bear some of the responsibility for some of the measures being proposed. I commend my colleagues, Senators Landy and Whelan, on proposing this motion and...

Seanad: Issues Facing Small and Medium Enterprises in Rural Towns: Motion (8 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad that the Senator has reminded me..

Seanad: Political Reform: Statements (8 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to speak on political reform in the wake of the very welcome result in the Seanad referendum, announced on Saturday. Other Members and I have already welcomed it on the Order Of Business. With respect to the Leader, I believe that while it is good to have the opportunity in the immediate aftermath of the referendum to discuss this matter, it is rather early. For...

Seanad: Political Reform: Statements (8 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: There are some very bossy people in both Houses; we can all agree on that. There are three stages of reform in which we need to be engaging. They are parallel and do not follow from each other. Each should be started immediately. The first concerns internal procedures, about which others have spoken. Senator O'Brien spoke in detail about the Order of Business. I agree with him and...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Like Senator Marc MacSharry, I welcome the very positive report of the ESRI today on growth predictions and GNP. The institute points out that the latter is an underlying strength of the economy. I agree, however, that there are mixed messages on the adjustment it is suggesting should be made. It is somewhat surprising to see it suggest we should proceed with the adjustment of €3.1...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Data Protection Package: Discussion with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (9 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Mr. Hawkes for his thorough overview of the directives. What is the likely timeline for the adoption of the package and, then, its implementation into Irish law? In the context of the surveillance carried out by the United States and EU member states, I am concerned by two aspects of the right to privacy. The first is the right to be forgotten, the right to demand the deletion of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Data Protection Package: Discussion with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (9 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It seems as if we are having budget statements before the budget has even been announced, which I do not think is appropriate. I thank the Leader for giving time this afternoon for statements on the budget. I think that is appropriate and it is good to see we will be able to do that. I renew my call on the Leader for a debate on universal health care and on the steps and progress that have...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I take this opportunity to clarify that the provision of free GP care will include all children aged five and under, not just those aged under five. There was some confusion in that regard. I asked the Leader yesterday to arrange a debate on universal health insurance provision and the move towards the abolition of the two-tier health system. The budget announcement is a very welcome step...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: They will not listen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion with Department of Justice and Equality (16 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the officials for their work in this area. Like Deputy Mac Lochlainn I have a view, having read the material. I think we should put forward a reasoned opinion on the breach of the principle of subsidiary involved in the setting up of the EPPO. I am very taken with the British House of Commons report. I have a specific question. Looking at the report of the House of Commons and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion with Department of Justice and Equality (16 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Deputy Collin's question raised the very practical issue as to how this would work. One of the main reasons there has been concerns about breaches of subsidiarity, not just from the only other common law jurisdiction, Britain, but also from countries such as The Netherlands, is because the EPPO and the EPPO deputies would have powers of investigation as well as prosecution. Is it not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion with Department of Justice and Equality (16 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Would it have an impact not only at the court stage but at pre-trial and investigation stages?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion with Department of Justice and Equality (16 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Mr. Munro for that information. It is very helpful to try to tease out the practical implications.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion with Department of Justice and Equality (16 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Mr. Fennell for his contribution, which highlights again one of the problems with Europe, namely, the marked divergence between the common law system in place in Britain and Ireland on the one hand and the civil law jurisdictions on the other. It is clear we cannot opt in to the regulation given the substance of Article 8.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion with Department of Justice and Equality (16 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: From our point of view, co-operation at Europol level would be much more significant because that is practical between police forces. On the point made by the Chairman in regard to motivation, while, as stated, the information provided by the Commission in this regard is not clear, it does appear to envisage this as a parallel measure to the creation of the European Public Prosecutor's...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It is important to clarify that none of us on this side of the House ever referred to this budget as a soft one. I take issue with that comment.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: That is a most unfair characterisation.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: With respect, none of us writes the editorials in The Irish Times.