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Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House. I am delighted with her appointment as she will be an excellent Minister with responsibility for children and it is a well-deserved appointment. I am sorry there are not more women in the Cabinet, but Deputies Burton and Fitzgerald will be really excellent in their respective briefs and I am delighted they are Ministers. I am sure the children's rights...

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I do not believe any Member of the House should be allowed to disrupt its proceedings in the way it was done this morning.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Bill and I am very glad it has been given extra time today. I pay tribute to Senator Boyle and former Senator Déirdre de Búrca who were both responsible for promoting the Bill. I also pay tribute to the campaigners who have highlighted the abuse of human rights as a result of the existing wording of section 59 of the 2001 Act. We are all on the same side and I am delighted...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, before section 3, to insert the following new section: 3.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 2011. (2) This Act shall be included in the citation "the Mental Health Acts 2001 to 2011", and this Act and those Acts shall be read together as one.". I understand Senator Boyle accepts this procedural amendment to the Short Title of...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: We are opposed to section 3. I apologise, but the wording is not correct. The amendment is uncontroversial as it refers to the Title of the Bill.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: It should have been stated it would replace section 3 with a new section providing for a different Title. The explanation that should be offered to the House is that the words "involuntary procedures" in the current Title of the Bill do not actually appear in the Bill, so it is more correct that it simply be referred to as the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill, as part of the series of mental...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: It makes no difference whatsoever to the substance of the Bill. It simply refers to it as being part of the series of mental health legislation and it is a more correct Title.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the passage of this Bill which is important legislation. I commend Senator Boyle and former Senator Déirdre de Búrca for promoting it. Like Senator Boyle I have two Private Members' Bills before the House, one on FGM and the other on climate chance. I very much hope that versions of those Bills will be passed by the Government. It is a strength of the Seanad that we have the...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (25 May 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Senator Norris for his eloquent address and gracious welcome to all of us, both those of us who were re-elected and to the new Senators too. Like Senator Cummins I extend a welcome to all the familiar faces and new faces in the Seanad Chamber. I am delighted to see everyone. I am especially delighted - as Senator Norris indicated - to see so many women. Nearly one third of Seanad...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (25 May 2011)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of the Labour Party group, I add my voice to that of Senator Cummins. This is Senator Burke's day and we are delighted he has been unanimously elected as Cathaoirleach. I extend congratulations to him, his wife and family. There has been a lot of talk about diversity. The Labour Party has 12 Members who are a diverse group and come from all corners of Ireland. I welcome the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the election of Senator Maurice Cummins as Leader of the House and look forward to working with him and Senator Darragh O'Brien as Leader of the Opposition. I also welcome the announcement of a new configuration of groups in the House which will be conducive to the carrying on of effective, coherent and well-informed debate in the House. I welcome the Leader's announcement that...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (1 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of the Labour Party, I support Senator O'Donovan's nomination as Leas-Chathaoirleach. He is an excellent choice for the position. I had the pleasure to mark him on the justice portfolio when we were on opposite sides of the Chamber during the lifetime of the previous Seanad. He was always very courteous, easy to deal with, knowledgeable and well-informed. We engaged in some...

Seanad: Smithwick Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (1 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, who will also be in the House tomorrow for Second Stage of the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill 2011, the first Bill to come before the new Seanad. I look forward to that debate. I welcome the context in which we are debating this motion, namely, the unprecedented moves forward in the peace process in...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I congratulate Senator Susan O'Keeffe who has been appointed as Labour Party Whip and will as a consequence be Deputy Whip on the Government side. I look forward to working with her. As the Leader of House, Senator Maurice Cummins, indicated, there will be no difficulty in having the debate on the programme for Government sought by Senator Darragh O'Brien.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: However, a more effective debate might focus on specific aspects of the programme such as education. I would be happy for us to have an early debate on that topic, as well as the environment and the charges Senator O'Brien mentioned. Most pressingly, we need to have a debate on the economy. Yesterday, for example, some Senators sought a debate on NAMA, while I sought a debate on white...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: As far as Fianna Fáil is concerned. The Senator's world view is welcome.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.