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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: He does.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I support Senator O'Toole's call for a debate on regular opinion polls and their potential to have a distorting effect on the political process. Senator Norris described them as the political equivalent of pole dancing. I found the antics of the Green Party akin to political lap dancing, given that it is a lap-dog of Fianna Fáil in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I will leave that to the Senator to decide. I ask for a debate on extending the protection of the domestic violence legislation to cover a broader range of victims of domestic violence. This morning, with other Senators, I attended the launch of the Women's Aid annual statistics for 2009. Some of the issues the organisation highlights are the increased incidence of the use of technology in...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010: Second Stage (23 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010 with the Minister. The Bill is a response to increasing public concern about the proliferation of so-called head shops. I struggle to come up with a different expression to "head shop" which, like joyriding, has become commonplace in our language. It is a pity we cannot use a more precise or less...

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister. It gives me great pleasure to second the motion. As Senator Hannigan stated, it addresses a number of environmental protection issues on which the Government has failed to deliver. This is a source of grave disappointment, particularly as the Green Party is in government. I note Senator Boyle is making a rueful face.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I have always considered myself to be close to the Green Party. I am a red-green in the great tradition of many of the Green Party members in Germany, for example. The idea of a socialist-green alliance is a good one which makes sense on an ideological basis. It is very disappointing that the Green Party in government has failed to deliver in many areas of environmental protection. It is...

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: We cannot be blamed for the actions of the Labour Party in Australia. It is pushing it to blame me for leaflets I have not seen.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Neither Senator Hannigan nor I were responsible for that.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: It was 13 years ago.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is correct, the Minister is inviting interruptions.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, I was the first person to refer to the committee during this debate and I pointed out that it had made a unanimous recommendation on the need for climate change legislation.

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: A consensus did emerge among members of the committee.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: My apologies for being late.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: It was my intention to withdraw this amendment, but I have just heard what the Minister said.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: My apologies. I was looking at the wrong amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 4: In page 17, subsection (1), line 44, to delete "€3,000" and substitute €5,000".

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 5: In page 17, subsection (1), line 45, to delete "6 months" and substitute "12 months".

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 7: In page 19, subsection (1), line 8, after "section)" to insert the following: ",9, 10 (other than under subsection (8) of that section) or 11". This is the amendment I proposed to withdraw.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I take the Minister's point. It is not a good idea generally to increase sentences. In this Bill perhaps there is some argument for doing so because it is in line with the public order legislation. However, in general the Minister is right about this, that we should not send that signal. I would argue for legislation along the lines of that recommended elsewhere, perhaps by the Irish...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to add my voice to those who have been critical of the last-minute change in the Order of Business. It is most unsatisfactory that Members order of their business in such a chaotic manner.