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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I am asking for the Order of Business for today to be amended to give time for that debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I support Senator Fitzgerald in her call for a debate at some stage on the troubling findings of the "Prime Time Investigates" report last night on home care. It was very disturbing, particularly to see an elderly woman being force-fed in her own home. That raises serious questions about levels of care, and it was also unacceptable for the Minister effectively to say that regulation is not...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I support the call by Senator Buttimer for a debate today on the IMF and EU deal. It is extraordinary that we are not debating it in this House, given that it is being debated in the other House and all around the country. The parameters of the deal are well known to everyone but there has been some excellent critiques of the deal and it is very important that this House would have an...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: That is a matter of dispute.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: A new government.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Is that all it was? Is the Deputy Leader seriously saying that?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] - Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the amendment and the fact that it provides clarity. On Committee stage we had a full debate on this matter and the procedure to given effect under this provision. I am glad the Minister of State took our discussions on board in drafting the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] - Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: We welcome the passage of the Bill, in particular the provision that conditional discharge orders may be made. We thank the Minister of State for taking the time to deal with the issues raised. I am glad that section 3 was amended on Committee Stage in the Seanad in recognition of the point made that people should be capable of being detained in places other than the Central Mental...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I echo the words of Senators Fitzgerald and O'Toole in thanking the Cathaoirleach and the staff of the Seanad for all their work and for their support and help over the past year. I also follow Senator Fitzgerald and Senator O'Toole in welcoming the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights yesterday in the ABC case. The European Court faced up to an issue that we as legislators have...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: -----and that has been promised for three years now.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: We all understood that the speech of the Minister, Deputy Gormley, yesterday would contain the silver bullet about climate change legislation but we have not seen it. I ask the Deputy Leader when we will see this legislation. Will it be published before Christmas? Friends of the Earth and other groups have been lobbying hard on this. There is consensus across both Houses and all parties...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: We look forward to that after three years of promises.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: When will it be published?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: How many times has the Senator called for a referendum?

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 2: In page 10, line 37, after "number" to insert "and a tax clearance certificate". Conscious that these amendments were discussed and put by my colleague Deputy Shortall in the Dáil, I am only moving them formally in this House.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I will be very brief because I know the matter was debated in the Dáil. I am glad to hear the Minister say he is not ruling this proposal out in principle. The purpose of the amendments is to strengthen the pressure for compliance. I accept the Minister's point that a tax clearance certificate would not prove anything in respect of the payment of tax on the tenancy because it would be...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I echo the calls by Senators Fitzgerald and Alex White for a debate on the links between the Government and bankers in the wake of the revelations about the Taoiseach's contacts with Mr. Sean FitzPatrick. It stinks of cronyism. As Senator White pointed out, the real question is why they did not speak about Anglo Irish Bank and about its well known problems in the early months of 2008. That...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Ivana Bacik: That is the real worry and that is why people are so angry about these revelations. We need to have a debate about this and about the real story on the fateful night when the blanket bank guarantee was agreed. This has had a large part to play in our economic crisis. I call on the Leader to arrange a debate on the role of religion within the State in the context of a debate on...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jan 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Seán FitzPatrick did not have to pay for his access.