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Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (24 Oct 2018)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of Labour Party Senators, I pay tribute to the late Dr. Maurice Hayes and join others in welcoming his wife, Joan; children, grandchildren and extended family. It is a pleasure to have them with us. I express my sympathy and that of my colleagues to them on their loss. I also express gratitude for the great, full and productive life that he led and the extraordinary contribution...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Ivana Bacik: It is related.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I will not speak for long and I have been listening to the debate with great interest. I echo Senator Norris's words and it is of concern if Senator McDowell is expressing his doubts about the constitutionality of these provisions. The more one reads into the sections we are discussing and the related sections, we can see there are criminal offences created around failures to observe the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Ivana Bacik: It is helpful to have it outlined.

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I believe we are still on amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, and 5. Is that right?

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: There was a grouping. Amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, and 5 were being debated together.

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Yes, we have discussed them.

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I just wish to reiterate what Senator Norris has said and thank the Minister of State for setting up an engagement with his officials. It was useful for us all to meet. Senator Norris met with the officials separately but Senator Warfield and myself have certainly met with them since the previous day on which Committee Stage was taken in this House. It was certainly very helpful to discuss...

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Norris has eloquently put the case for amendments Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive. I will follow up briefly because we had also proposed these amendments. I thank Professor Eoin O'Dell in Trinity College for his input.

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: For writing them and for his immense help in explaining them to us. I thank the officials for meeting us to go through the substance of these amendments. Both Senator Warfield and I were very impressed by their expertise and depth of knowledge in what is, as Senator Norris and others have said, such a technical area. Amendments Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive, essentially deal with the substantial...

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to respond on behalf of my colleagues. We would be delighted to have a further meeting because the earlier meetings we had were very constructive. We are seeking to be constructive as the Minister of State knows. We seek to improve the legislation and the scheme therein. We are agreed that we will withdraw the amendments at this point and reserve the right to reintroduce them on...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Norris is leading for our group today. I will contribute afterwards.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I second Senator Craughwell's proposed amendment to the Order of Business to the effect that the House discuss the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill until 5 p.m. and then adjourn. That was the time originally circulated to all Senators last week. On a serious note, many of us made arrangements - in my case, childcare arrangements - on foot of that 5 p.m. finish. I do not believe it is...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ----- particularly when the Bill in question is not a matter of urgency. Those of us involved in politics - in my case, for what seems like a very long time - have no difficulty with sitting for long hours and sitting late-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Senator. We have no issue with sitting late to deal with matters of an emergency nature or in respect of something that is urgent. This is not either and I am one of the very few Members who, like Senators Norris and McDowell, has sat through many hours of Judicial Appointments Commission Bill debate and I still have quite a number of points to make on that legislation. Indeed,...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: All of us have to; it is not only me.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Deirdre Hargey, Lord Mayor of Belfast (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Ardmhéara. It is a great pleasure to welcome the Lord Mayor of Belfast to the House today. I apologise for not being here earlier due to various other issues around the ordering of the Seanad business. It is great to see the Seanad welcoming in a Lord Mayor from a different city. I hope we will continue to do so. I note this is the start of a...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: This section is headed "Confidential Information". I think I am right in saying that most but not all the amendments to the section were Government amendments. I will wait for quiet in the Chamber. We have not yet had an opportunity to debate the section itself and I wish to take up a few points that were raised on the previous dates on 6 and 8 November by Senator McDowell and if I may,...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I was referring to the point raised by Senator McDowell on a previous occasion in regard to section 27, his point being that the provision would put the Attorney General in an invidious position, as he suggested the Attorney General would effectively be restricted on expressing his or her view frankly as to the merits of candidates before the Cabinet. The question was whether the Attorney...