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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: It is not often that I rise to support Senator Darragh O'Brien's remarks robustly, but it was a great day for Dublin and I join with the Senator in congratulating the team and Pat Gilroy, its manager. It is probably no coincidence that tomorrow will be blue day in the Oireachtas.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ...the banking inquiry and I will seek the answer to that. Senator Moran welcomed the literacy and numeracy strategy. Senator Ó Murchú spoke about the Finucane family and the developments in the Pat Finucane case. There is cross-party agreement on the matter and I raised it in the House yesterday. We welcome the publication today of the independent review by Sir Desmond de Silva, QC,...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ...the banking inquiry and I will seek the answer to that. Senator Moran welcomed the literacy and numeracy strategy. Senator Ó Murchú spoke about the Finucane family and the developments in the Pat Finucane case. There is cross-party agreement on the matter and I raised it in the House yesterday. We welcome the publication today of the independent review by Sir Desmond de Silva, QC,...

Seanad: Inquiry into the Murder of Mr. Patrick Finucane: Motion (25 Nov 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...of that for him and his family. I am glad also to support the motion as a representative of Trinity College graduates and a Dublin University Senator. Others have spoken of the connections to Trinity. Pat Finucane studied law there, as did Michael. He was a very fine student of mine in the law school. I subsequently worked with him on cases in the Special Criminal Court when he was a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...as our work draws to a close. On behalf of the committee, I thank our guests from the 30% Club, Ms Gillian Harford and Ms Meliosa O’Caoimh; from Women on Air, Ms Roisin Duffy and Ms Pat Coyle; and Ms Maria Joyce from the National Traveller Women's Forum. I will be thinking of Ms Coyle's words about the voices of women next time I am on the radio and I will not lower my voice. I...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ...authority has no remit to impose any sanction or to adjudicate on complaints. This is an area of regulation I have raised with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte. It is good to see that the thresholds have been changed. There is unanimous support for this in the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Certainly we can ask for a debate with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and the US Ambassador. Senator Pat O'Neill called for a similar debate and pointed out hypocrisy on the part of the Opposition on the hospitals issue. Senator Paschal Mooney raised the issue of the undocumented Irish on which there appears to be cross-party support for a debate. Senator John Gilroy asked if...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Certainly we can ask for a debate with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and the US Ambassador. Senator Pat O'Neill called for a similar debate and pointed out hypocrisy on the part of the Opposition on the hospitals issue. Senator Paschal Mooney raised the issue of the undocumented Irish on which there appears to be cross-party support for a debate. Senator John Gilroy asked if...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...clubs. In particular, given the match to be held in Munster on that date, it shows up the pointlessness of the provision. It is not so quaint when one looks at the bigger picture. On "Today with Pat Kenny" this morning the issue arose of trainee teachers having to learn how to teach religion. Religious education is a compulsory subject on the curriculm at our teacher training colleges,...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ...again. We might have a debate on Northern Ireland in the new year. There is also the related issue of the recently released missing chapter of the report of the inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane, the Belfast solicitor, in 1989. It is clear we need to see fuller facts about the circumstances outlined in that chapter which give rise to serious consideration about collusion. Many...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ...Ó Murchú yesterday on the Order of Business, that remains the position of the Irish Government and that position is supported on a cross-party basis. It is also being pushed by the family of Pat Finucane and the need has been confirmed. With regard to a banking debate, yesterday other colleagues sought such a debate in the new year. It would be worth having, particularly in the context...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...which was most unsatisfactory. Senator Cáit Keane also called for a debate on the property tax which, as I said, I have already sought. She also called for a debate on water safety. Her colleague, Senator Pat O'Neill, raised this matter on Tuesday. We all wish to send our condolences to the families of the children who drowned so tragically earlier in the week, as well as to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...have the option of being physically present in the committee room or joining the meeting via Microsoft Teams, as quite a number have, from their Leinster House offices but they may not participate from outside the parliamentary precincts. I ask members joining on Teams to mute their microphones when not making a contribution and to use the raise hand function to indicate. All those...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Ivana Bacik: ...of a Bill are not published. It is a significant issue. The debate is over and everybody is agreed on the facts of climate change, although I note in The Irish Times today John Gibbons suggested Pat Kenny is in some way a climate change denier - that is probably stretching the point. The time for political action is now and we need to take action. We should have a debate in this House...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I also commend the Leader on organising the debate last night in the House on Seanad reform. It was an excellent debate and one in which so many people wanted to participate resulting in us having to extend the time by 15 or 20 minutes. What came out of the debate was a desire to look into and scrutinise in more detail the legislation that Dr. Manning, Mr. Joe O'Toole, Mr. Pat Magner and...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Jun 2022)

Ivana Bacik: .... Following that, as we saw, unfortunately, the terrible violence of the Troubles erupted and Austin went on to form the SDLP along with his colleagues Seamus Mallon, Gerry Fitt and John and Pat Hume. Like them, he was a man of peace who abhorred the violence of the Troubles and remained committed to non-violence, despite the enormous toll it took on his own family, with constant threats...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ...of Senators referred to the report of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland on the RTE programme, "Prime Time Investigates". The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, was in the House on 22 February for a full debate on media issues. I have no difficulty in arranging for him to come into the House again, perhaps before the summer recess. I am...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jan 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ...I am sure everyone agrees is a commendable initiative. The Senator also raised the issue of mandatory testing for diabetes. However, such testing would have to be carried out with the consent of patients. It would be interesting, from the point of view of prevention, if GPs were requested to ask patients, as a matter of routine, whether they would like to be tested for diabetes. Senator...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...waterways and angling is to the Irish economy. Therefore, it is very important that we ensure proper safety and proper systems of registration for visitors as well as Irish based craft. I note what Senator Pat O'Neill said earlier about minimum requirements for people piloting boats. I know that people who hire boats on the Erne or the Shannon or barges on the canals are given basic...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Mar 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ..., Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, directly about it. I have responded to Senator David Norris, but he also asked that the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, be invited to the House to discuss a public inquiry into all aspects of the media, for which others have also asked. The Minister was in the House recently for a general debate and...