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Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State. In the circumstances, I will withdraw the amendment. I am conscious that this issue has been raised previously. It is certainly one we want to keep under review, pending the consideration by the Dáil of the reform in the sexual offences Bill.

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State, the Tánaiste and the officials for engaging with us, particularly with those of us who expressed issues we had with the Bill on Second Stage and who tabled amendments. I appreciate that engagement and look forward to working with everyone on the wider review. I express again the condemnation I think we have all expressed in this House of the consequences...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I also call on the Leader to facilitate a debate with the Minister for Education and Skills in the House on the Cassells report. Like other speakers, I believe it is a very urgent and important issue, and one which we should debate in the House, in particular because six Senators represent university constituencies. Unlike Senator O'Donnell, I think the report was helpful. It was not very...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and congratulate him on his appointment. I commend Senator McDowell for bringing forward this important legislation. Indeed, I thank the Leader and the Government party for giving Government time to this legislation. This is an indication of the new politics we saw in evidence in this House last week when we had Committee Stage of our Private...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Act 1994: Motion (14 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McGrath, to the House. It is my first opportunity to welcome him to the Chamber, and I congratulate him on his appointment. I support the motion, which, as the Minister said, is to enable the reduction of the sum prescribed in section 38 of the 1994 Act, under which cash suspected of being proceeds of crime may be seized by gardaí or Revenue...

Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and, like all of us, join him in expressing my revulsion at the horrific attacks in Nice last night. On behalf of the Labour group, I wish to speak against this motion to establish a citizens' assembly. We will be opposing it in the Seanad as we did in the Dáil. Our primary reason is that, as a pro-choice party, we are against the...

Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to echo the words of Senator Buttimer and my colleagues in Sinn Féin who were positive about the Constitutional Convention. As someone who not only participated in it, but led the Labour delegation, I viewed it as a positive process. Its recommendation on marriage equality paved the way for the holding of the relevant referendum in 2015, among other changes. The model proposal...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. Clearly, this debate is linked with the earlier one on the motion that was passed. The Labour Party opposes this legislation for the same reasons that it opposed the motion to establish the citizens' assembly. We are concerned that the mechanism of the assembly will be used to delay the holding of a referendum to repeal the eighth...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Mullen has not heard it yet. On a point of order-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, there is a rule in the House about not denigrating people who are not present. There is a denigration of the citizen members of the convention, who were-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: -----highly engaged and involved.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: They do not exist.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Sports Organisations (19 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I join in welcoming the Minister of State and congratulate him on his appointment. I thank him for coming to answer my question and the Cathaoirleach for selecting my Commencement matter which ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the safeguards and mechanisms in place to ensure good governance policies and procedures are adopted within national sports organisations...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Sports Organisations (19 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for his very comprehensive response, particularly for his last few words when he invited me to make contact with him about any specific issue. I agree with him about the selection of competitors. It is about fair procedures. Clearly, the Department cannot and should not be involved in it. When is the national sports policy likely to be completed? The...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I call on the Leader to arrange a debate when we return in September on the issue of foreign policy concerns in light of the recent atrocity in Nice and the attempted coup in Turkey, details of which are only now emerging.Everyone will agree it is a matter of deep concern to see not only that a coup attempt got so far, but also to see the repercussions and that President Erdoan has now...

Seanad: Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. On behalf of the Labour Party group, I welcome the passage of this historic Bill. It was an initiative of the previous Government and was first proposed by the then Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton.We have all been united in our support. It is long overdue, but it is good to see its speedy passage though the...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State. We had the pleasure of his company for the debate on the Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill as well. On behalf of the Labour Party, I support the Bill and I wish the Cregan commission every success on its fact-finding mission into the details of the potential losses at IBRC. The Bill helps the commission to investigate losses incurred by IBRC and, accordingly,...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (19 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State and this important motion to approve the establishment of the legal services regulatory authority. I should declare my interest as someone who was for many years a practising barrister and still an external examiner for the King's Inns. Also, of course, I know many of the nominees to the authority personally and I have worked with several of them. As the...

Seanad: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (19 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House on this issue. He pointed out that he had been in the Chamber for an extensive time today. Those of us who have been Senators for some years will know that there is typically a flurry of justice legislation in the House every July and December. Justice spokespersons tend to spend long periods in the Chamber. It may be the new politics, but...