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Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister. Like other Senators, I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I note the very speedy way it has been brought before us in light of yesterday's Court of Appeal judgment. As the Minister said, the possibility of the outcome of the judgement had been anticipated and the Department had planned for in by preparing the Bill. This is commendable and, as Senator...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Now.

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Motion for Earlier Signature (11 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to her.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Conveyancing Survey Results January 2015: Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (11 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I apologise for my late arrival. I welcome our guests and thank them for their most interesting presentation. Other members touched on the issue of e-conveyancing. This is a matter of concern for the committee. Representatives of the Law Society of Ireland came before us to discuss it and, like our guests, we are all very supportive of the move towards e-conveyancing. I am interested...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Conveyancing Survey Results January 2015: Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (11 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Yes. Like the Chairman, I wonder what is causing the delay. We tried to assist in speeding up the process by inviting representatives of the Irish Banking Federation to come before us to discuss matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Conveyancing Survey Results January 2015: Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (11 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Point taken. I thank Mr. Davitt for his reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Conveyancing Survey Results January 2015: Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (11 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: We should certainly consider how we might exert some influence on the Property Registration Authority.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I am sure all colleagues will want to join with me in expressing our condolences on the plane crash that occurred just this morning, with some 150 people reported to have been killed in a crash over the French Alps on a flight from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. It is very sad news indeed. I ask the Leader for a debate at some point on the issue of undocumented migrants. It was very good to see...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I am happy for Senator Norris to speak first.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House. I strongly welcome this Bill, which is a very progressive reform of family law. It is long overdue and is child- and family-centred reform, which for the first time properly recognises the diverse forms of family life in Ireland. Others have commented on the figures which show that the use of the term "atypical" is no longer appropriate, something the...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Chair.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Next Thursday.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: It will be hard to follow that. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, to the House and I congratulate her on bringing forward this Bill and on her fine and powerful speech in support of it. The applause spoke for itself, as indeed did the applause for my colleague, Senator Zappone, following her passionate and moving speech, delivered, as always, with her customary eloquence. I...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: As we know, an important change was made. Until the passage of the divorce referendum in 1995 our understanding of marriage was that it was not possible legally to end a civil marriage. In the United States, interracial marriage was banned until 1967, which saw the landmark case of Loving v. Virginia. Our understandings of marriage have changed significantly and substantially over the...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, I take issue with Senator Mullen's personalising of the referendum as the Minister's referendum. To be quite accurate, a referendum is a matter for the people to vote on and no one should attribute it and personalise it in this particular way.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: On Friday, 27 March.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Tomorrow morning at 10.30.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: The Order of Business is No. 1, Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015 - Committee Stage, to be taken at 1.15 p.m. and adjourn not later than 7.30 p.m., if not previously concluded.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Mooney raised the issue of Leader funding. I agree entirely with him about the success of the Leader programme. He asked for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, to come to the House for a debate on the future of the Leader programme and I will certainly ask for that debate. To be fair, both the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and the Minister of State,...