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Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House. I pay tribute to the work she has done in defending her Department's budget and defending basic social welfare rates. For all the bluster from the other side, it is fair to say that the anticipated cuts to social protection measures were far greater than the spending reductions ultimately made. As she stated in her speech, the Department was initially...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Acting Chairman. Others have raised the issue of maternity benefit and adoptive benefit. Many of us do not like to see a reduction in the maximum rate, but there is a bigger issue, namely, getting employers to top up to pay full salary to employees. As a result of work we did on gender discrimination, the Law Society now advises solicitors' firms to pay full salary to...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator should come into the real world.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I add my own good wishes to Tom McGrath on his retirement as Head Usher. I thank him for the great support and help he has given over the years. He has been extremely facilitatory to all Members and we appreciate that. I welcome the Government announcement yesterday that a referendum on marriage equality will be held during the lifetime of the Government, probably in the first half of 2015....

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Recycling.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House. Much has been said about the changes in sections 9 and 10. We addressed them yesterday during the debate on Second Stage. I echo the words of Senator van Turnhout and welcome the Minister's assurance that she will return to the House to debate the detail of the youth employment initiatives which will be set out in the plan for the implementation of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I apologise for being late. I thank the Minister for his comprehensive briefing and for the briefing we received in advance about the two motions. I wanted to ask specifically about the idea of the court common to a number of member states that is envisaged in the UPC agreement. The Minister referred to the Benelux court of justice as such a court. Is there any other such court currently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to turn to the second proposal the Minister has addressed. I echo Senator Zappone's words about our being ready to help. The second proposal, which I gather is the first one on our agenda, is the motion relating to COM (2013) 452, which has a rather obscure title. I am keen to explore the matter a little further. As the Minister has said, the Commission has proposed that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his full reply. It sounded to me from reading and listening to the Minister's words that this could amount to something of a power grab by the Commission, to use a phrase that has been bandied around a good deal. I take the Minister's point that this is a more technical matter and that it may simply be more efficient. I also take the Minister's point that Ireland...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I would also like to ask for a debate on the siting of the children's hospital, although it is unrealistic to expect that debate to take place today. It is unnecessary. I would much prefer us to have a proper debate on that issue when we have had a chance to prepare for it and get briefings in advance. I was involved in the Coombe hospital bid, as a supporter of that bid, as a local...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 (Amendment of Schedule) (Annex 19 to Chicago Convention) Order 2013: Referral to Joint Committee (7 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I object. A debate was called for yesterday on the two motions.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I oppose the amendment. I acknowledge where it is coming from but we had a full debate on this issue on Second and Committee Stages when we dealt with sections 9 and 10. The Minister was present throughout the debate and I take issue with Senator Norris's suggestion that the debate is futile or pointless. She has listened carefully to all that we have to say and to the issues raised by the...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Some 14,000 will be.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: This is not Second Stage.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Look at what Fianna Fáil did to get us into this mess.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: We did not make Second Stage speeches. Senator Moloney did not make a Second Stage speech.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Fianna Fáil brought the country into economic ruin, yes.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (7 Nov 2013)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator does not.