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Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (17 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I was aware of that.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Does Archbishop Martin have a hang up?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am grateful to Senator Mary White for giving us the sad news about Mrs. Sadie Walsh. I am sure we would all like to express our condolences to Mr. Jimmy Walsh on his sad loss. I support Senator O'Toole's call, and the calls we have made in recent days, for an urgent debate on the ownership of our so-called national schools. The State cannot afford not to take national schools into...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: The poll is conducted by Red C.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: We can quote selectively from polls but it is important to have the full details of the poll in front of us.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I understand it is the Fianna Fáil way to quote selectively. If we look at the full figures in the poll, we see clearly what parental choice and preference is in regard to schooling but they are not getting it. Some 95% of our national schools are run by the Catholic church.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: That offers parents no choice, especially in rural areas where there is only one local school.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I would like to finish by saying-----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: With respect, I was heckled and prevented from speaking for a large part of my time.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Educate Together is the only education body that is currently offering parents the choice they clearly wish to have for their children.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: That is exactly what I said.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Is this a U-turn?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I support Senator Fitzgerald and others who have called for a debate on Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin. It is obscene that parents with young children are being forced to take to the public airwaves and raise money from other sources to get necessary operations for their children. I have met some mothers of chronically ill children and have heard their concerns. We all welcome the...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am calling on the Leader for a debate on the pension levy and on taxation. Clearly, the pension levy is a tax in all but name. If it had been described as a tax there would have been no requirement for judges to go through these hoops of having to make voluntary payments. It would have been a far more honest approach. I am also seeking a debate on Iran. All of us in the House will be...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: That is some spin.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I support Senator Mary White's call for a debate on prisons, which is long overdue. The work of the Irish Penal Reform Trust to which she referred has been important in generating debate on prisons and on the need to ensure alternatives to custody. It must be stressed that there are other ways-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Prison is not the appropriate method. St. Patrick's Institution, which Senator Mary White mentioned, has been recommended for closure for more than 20 years. It is recognised internationally as being an inhumane institution in which there is almost no prospect of rehabilitation for its inmates, who tend to go on from there to the adult Mountjoy Prison. While on this subject, I have visited...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I refer in particular to the dreadfully distressing pictures that are widespread on the Internet, of a young woman, Neda Soltani, who apparently was shot point-blank by government forces as she simply stood on the sidelines of a demonstration. The Iranian ambassador should be called in and the Minister for Foreign Affairs should express his concern.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the House in order that Members can ask him to so do.

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (24 Jun 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I second the amendment.