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Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I raised the issue of statelessness previously and stressed that we must ensure adequate procedures are in place for the identification of stateless applicants as well as some means to clarify their status. It is a major issue on which many of the NGOs working in this area have been active. I know Migrants Rights Centre Ireland has done some work on the matter. I agree in principle with...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2015: Second Stage (7 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, to the House and echo the words of others about her incredible working record. I also welcome her hard-working officials, as we are conscious of the volume of legislation coming through from the Department of Justice and Equality. This is historic legislation, as others have said, which I very much welcome. I was moved when reading the language of...

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2015: Second Stage (7 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2015: Second Stage (7 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Next Friday.

Seanad: Courts Bill 2015: Order for Second Stage (7 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Seanad: Courts Bill 2015: Second Stage (7 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister and her officials back to the House. I thank her for introducing this Bill in the Seanad. It is good to see a justice Bill being introduced in this House. This is one of the shortest justice Bill with which we have had to deal. As the Minister said, it is simple and straightforward legislation to allow for an expansion in the number of judges to be appointed at High...

Seanad: Courts Bill 2015: Second Stage (7 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Next Friday.

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State. I also welcome this opportunity to resume our debate on the Bill and to discuss Committee Stage amendments. I hope it will be possible to consider including more references in the text to the best interests of the child as a primary consideration. I am conscious that this is provided for in a number of sections. It is clearly set out in section 24 dealing...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, which amendments is Senator Ó Clochartaigh speaking to? We have all spoken about the larger issues.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I am sure the Leader will respond on the flooding issue.However, I welcome the allocation of €5 million announced by the Government this week to assist small businesses that have suffered damage as a result of the flooding. I also welcome the clarification from the Department of Social Protection of the scope of the humanitarian assistance scheme. I note that the Government has not...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: We never said that.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, Senator O'Brien made much more serious allegations against me. They were so ludicrous I did not even bother responding.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, I ask the Senator to withdraw that comment about the Irish Family Planning Association.

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Joint Sub-Committee on Human Rights relative to Justice and Equality Matters: UN Convention on the Rights of Older People: Discussion (9 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. Following on from some of the responses to other colleagues, I am interested to note that the impact of the convention would be more likely to be long term and would have symbolic and declaratory effect. I am interested in the substance of it. Mr. Moran said there is no draft text but I assume that work has been done at international level on the...

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Joint Sub-Committee on Human Rights relative to Justice and Equality Matters: UN Convention on the Rights of Older People: Discussion (9 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Ms Sleap. That is very helpful. What is the most relevant regional or other text from which an international convention would draw if we wanted to look at a resource to understand that?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Given that this week the climate change talks at the Conference of Parties, COP 21, in Paris, colleagues will join me in hoping for a successful outcome from those talks. We are getting optimistic reports that new targets for global emissions reduction will be set there. It has been really good to see so much input from civil society. Many Irish activists went to Paris. There has been a...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I want to confirm what Senator Norris has said. This language is not appropriate.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Again, can we use appropriate language in the Chamber?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: A Chathaoirligh, can we have a respectful debate?