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Seanad: Living with Covid-19: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. I also welcome the opportunity to have a debate on living with Covid-19. I am conscious we had an earlier debate on vaccinations but it is inevitable the two issues overlap. I do not think anyone who has spoken so far in this debate has done so without mentioning vaccinations and I will be the same. The issues are bound up. All of us...

Seanad: Children Amendment Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (19 Apr 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House. I welcome the news that this Bill is due to pass today and will be brought into effect, as the Minister said, for 3 May. That will be a major relief for the many who have been so distressed by the anomalies and unintended consequences, as we have heard, brought about by the interpretation of the Children Act. I commend Senator McDowell and his...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Second Stage (19 Apr 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister back to the House and apologise for being late to the session. I was actually speaking to Alicia O'Sullivan and Jennifer O'Connell about the issue I raised in the House earlier today about Coco's Law. I wish first to speak on Second Stage of the Criminal Procedure Bill before us but also, briefly, if I may, to refer again to some comments on Coco's Law and other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Apr 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I join with others in thanking all of the witnesses for giving their time this morning. The debate has been really interesting and instructive for all of us to listen to their comments and hear about their experiences and views. I appreciate that along with all of my colleagues. It is very nice to see Mr. John Dolan back here, as he is a former Seanad colleague. I am conscious that a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2021)

Ivana Bacik: Like others, I welcome the news we will be seeing some careful reopening today not only of golf courses, although there has been a focus on golf, but also the restart of other outdoor sports, including tennis, and, in particularly welcome news, we will see the return of outdoor training for underage kids in pods of 15 or fewer. That is welcome because its absence has been a loss for many...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I know colleagues on all sides of the House who cycle in daily will, like myself, be anxious to know why we are not seeing better provision for cyclists and cycling, especially during a pandemic and as we face a climate crisis.It is long overdue. I cannot understand why it has taken the commission and the OPW so long to move on this. I urge those at the meeting today to let us have decent...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2021)

Ivana Bacik: We are green with envy.

Seanad: EU Regulations (Europol): Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am speaking for the Labour Party. We are not opposing this motion. Like other speakers, we recognise the great importance of transnational mechanisms to tackle the scourge of transnational and cross-border crime. The Minister of State spoke about the sort of crime that is so much at issue here, that is carried out on a cross-border basis and...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Given that we are speaking on section 1, and that I understand the timeframe within which the Bill is to be brought into effect, which is hugely important, I want to reiterate my support and that of my party for the principle of preliminary trial hearings. This mechanism will be very important in the interests justice and in the interests of...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I did not agree with Senator Ward's previous amendment so I am glad he withdrew it. I do, however, think there is some merit in these two amendments, particularly as section 6(4) refers to the interests of the victim as one of the criteria that a trial court shall look at in determining whether a preliminary trial hearing should be held. It is interesting that particular consideration is...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I am not disagreeing, I was merely asking a question.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I am delighted to hear the response from Senator Ward. I should stress it is a great idea for Senators from Government parties — I apologise as I should have used that more accurate description — to table amendments. It is very good and emphasises the strength of the Seanad as a legislature, and it emphasises the role each of us plays as a legislator. I speak as someone whose...

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is always a pleasure to see him back here with us. I commend Senators Seery Kearney, Conway and their colleagues on putting down this important motion and I am delighted to lead the Labour Party response to it. In advance, I wish to second the amendments being proposed by Senator Black. She is due to speak on and will be proposing these....

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: If Senator Black is agreeable, I will move the amendment and she can second it with the agreement of the House.

Seanad: Carer's Allowance: Motion (10 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 1: In the second paragraph under "calls on the Government to:" after "Department of Social Protection;" to insert "similarly, to demonstrate legislative progress on delivery of the programme for Government commitment to a statutory home care scheme;".

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, to the House to take this important issue on the provision of a timeline for the opening of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units and ASD outreach classes in schools in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 6W. In these areas in Dublin Bay South, there is a serious shortage of places in autism units and ASD outreach classes for children. This is a matter of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (11 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for her response and I welcome her comments about being committed to better planning. I also welcome that, from September, there will be 1,200 additional places. However, I did not hear from her any commitment as regards places in Dublin 2, 4, 6 or 6W. These are the areas where there is a pressing need for local places. Children are being bussed out of their...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to take strong issue with the comments of Senator Mullen just now as to the reporting of RTÉ. Senator Mullen needs to remind himself that in 2018 the people voted by a two-thirds majority to repeal the eighth amendment having had sight of the legislation proposed to bring in legal abortion in Ireland. That legislation was sorely needed for the reproductive health needs of all...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, data are kept and there are specific provisions in the 2019 legislation to ensure data are kept on terminations of pregnancy.

Seanad: Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (17 May 2021)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for coming in today to take this important debate. It is one which I and many other colleagues called for last week but, very sadly, the conflict has escalated since then and, appallingly, we have seen even more killings of civilians, particularly of children, in the intervening period. It is even more important, therefore, that we speak...