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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Yes. Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand," put and declared carried.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 19: In page 25, subsection (1), lines 25 and 26, to delete paragraph (a). This refers to the detention powers in the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996, which we have already discussed. This amendment is to retain the requirement that a chief superintendent be involved in the detention rather than reducing the requirement, as the Minister's provision does, to...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 22: In page 26, lines 17 to 19, to delete all words from and including ", including" in line 17 down to and including "applicant)" in line 19. Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand", put and declared carried.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 23: In page 26, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: "(III) the person to whom the application relates and any legal representative (whether of that person or the applicant).".

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 24: In page 27, to delete lines 44 to 48. Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand", put and declared carried.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 28: In page 30, lines 26 to 28, to delete all words from and including ", including" in line 26 down to and including "applicant)" in line 28. Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand", put and declared carried.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 29: In page 30, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(III) the person to whom the application relates and any legal representative (whether of that person or the applicant).".

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 30: In page 32, to delete lines 1 to 5. Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand", put and declared carried.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I will be brief because I have already referred to my opposition to this provision, which will change the way in which the search warrant procedure is dealt with in court. It is a sweeping provision which states, "An application under any enactment to a court, or a judge of a court, for a search warrant shall be heard otherwise than in public.", and which we should not pass lightly. Section...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: While I am willing to accept that this might be a real concern in respect of cases involving organised crime, section 26 goes beyond the range of organised crime offences and applies to every search warrant applied for under any enactment. In my opinion, the provision is too broad.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I also support this. Many Members have made the point that this Bill was guillotined on Second Stage, leaving many who wished to contribute on that Stage unable to so do. However, given that Second Stage and Committee Stage took place on the same day, at the very least Members should wait until tomorrow before taking Report Stage.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I echo the words of Senator White in thanking the Minister for his engagement with us throughout the debate today. I thank also his officials who worked so hard on the Bill and staff in the Attorney General's office who I understand also advised on different aspects of the Bill. Although I agree this was a good and measured debate and that we engaged on many of the points about which we had...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I support Senator Fitzgerald's amendment to the Order of Business on the basis that the Seanad should be sitting longer. Recent days have shown the need for more sitting time. Yesterday, the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill was railroaded though the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Second Stage was guillotined and speakers who wanted to contribute could not do so. We were unable to give any thought to amendments on Report Stage, which is a pity. Senator Mullen already referred to the House of Lords.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am asking the Leader why he cannot give more time, given that the House of Lords was able to block the 42-day detention powers in England.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: It is interesting that we could not put any amendments through in the Seanad last night. I also want to ask the Leader why we are not having time to debate the report of an bord snip nua. The Seanad should be sitting for that next week. We are all under the impression that the report will be published at some stage next week. There has already been widespread selective leaking of some of...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I hope the Senator is not referring to me again.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Senators Alex White and O'Toole for their kind words. Although I have made a small physical move forward and to the right, of course, I stay politically exactly where I was before, which is firmly on the left. I have the privilege of having been elected by the graduates of Dublin University to represent them in the Seanad and I will continue to work hard to do so. I ask the Leader...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I will.

Seanad: Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: Committee Stage (6 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I support this amendment because I believe it is essential to the principle of the licensing scheme envisaged in the Bill, namely, that standards would be applied to the provision of such services. Given the current economic context, it is very important that we stipulate that certain standards should be maintained in respect of labour conditions and health and safety matters. The Minister...