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Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today".

Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010: Second Stage (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Áine Brady, and I thank her for her interest in this issue. I am delighted to introduce this important Bill on behalf of the Labour Party. My colleague, Senator Prendergast, will refer to the health implications and definition of female genital mutilation or FGM. FGM is a practice carried out in certain...

Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010: Second Stage (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010: Second Stage (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I believe it should say published by the summer recess.

Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010: Second Stage (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I thank all speakers who contributed to what has been a strong and impassioned debate. I thank my Labour colleagues, Senator Prendergast who seconded the motion and spoke from her extensive experience as a mid-wife and Senator Hannigan who spoke of the experience in developing countries in the fight against FGM and the importance of that fight within aid programmes. This legislation has been...

Seanad: Fines Bill 2009: Second Stage. (22 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Fines Bill 2009: Second Stage. (22 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I welcome the Bill on behalf of the Labour Party. We believe it to be an important reform in the system of criminal justice and it is something we have sought for a long time. Essentially, its most important purpose as I would see it is that it will reduce the numbers of people being sent to prison because they have not paid fines. That is...

Seanad: Fines Bill 2009: Second Stage. (22 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the debate scheduled for this afternoon on women's participation in politics and thank the Leader for at last acceding to the request from me and many other Members for such a debate. I am delighted the debate will take place today and look forward to debating, in particular, the recommendations of our sub-committee's report on women's participation. I am aware the former...

Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: It is 22%.

Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: It is 13% in the Dáil and 22% in the Seanad.

Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Mary White, and welcome, in particular, her personal interest in this matter. I also welcome to the Gallery representatives of very many groups that have had a long-standing interest in this area, in particular, the National Women's Council, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, the Irishwomen Lawyers Association, women from Trinity College gender studies...

Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: This legislation must be introduced as a matter of urgency. Experience elsewhere shows that, unless some quota is introduced, we will not change. The status quo has been stuck at 13%-14% of women's representation in the Dáil for a long time. The Seanad is better at 22%, 13 women out of 60, but the ranking on which we are being measured is done on the basis of the lower or single house of...

Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Getting on the ground is the problem.

Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: We did.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: First, I thank the Leader and other colleagues in the House for such an excellent debate yesterday on women's participation in politics. It was historic and was the first time this matter had ever been debated formally in either House of the Oireachtas since the foundation of the State and I am delighted it took place. I also am delighted there was so much interest that it will be...

Seanad: Fines Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (28 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Before coming to amendment No. 1, I wish to have a matter clarified. The schedule we were given refers to "Committee and Remaining Stages". I believe we are only taking Committee Stage today.

Seanad: Fines Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (28 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I was present for the Order of Business but do not recall that happening.

Seanad: Fines Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (28 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, subsection (2), line 29, after "provisions" to insert the following: ", provided that Part 2 shall come into operation in its entirety on a specified day". There is something of a contradiction in giving the Minister power in section 1(2) to commence the Bill in an open-ended fashion and to commence different sections at different times. However, the...

Seanad: Fines Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (28 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: " "maximum fine", in respect of a specified amount or within a specified range, includes a fixed fine of that amount or within that range.". As the expression "maximum fine" is used in other places, for example, in section 8, an ambiguity arises as to whether this means a particular maximum or whether it also...