Results 4,721-4,740 of 11,403 for speaker:Ivana Bacik
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I second the amendment proposed by Senator McDowell opposing the attempted use of the guillotine by the Leader. I express my serious disappointment at the Leader's proposal this morning to attempt to guillotine through the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill on Committee Stage.It is unworthy of the Leader. He has not-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: Yes, Report Stage. Since 2016, a positive aspect of new politics and of the fact there is no Government majority in the Chamber is that the guillotine has not been used.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I think I am correct that it was attempted once and defeated.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: The guillotine is not good practice in the House and I am disappointed that Senator Ruane will support its use. Anyone who is not whipped to support the Leader's proposal should oppose it-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I did not interrupt other Senators.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: Yes, I did. I apologise, but it was just during the Leader's contribution.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I could not restrain myself at that point. He proposed an outrageous guillotine. There is a weekly leaders' meeting at which we agree to the Order of Business and the schedules for the following week. It is a good practice that the Leader introduced in 2016. The matter before us, however, was never discussed or raised at the meeting last week and was not flagged with us. Senator McDowell...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I had the pleasure of knowing Paul, as I am sure other Senators did. I knew him as a colleague and friend, and as such a respected voice on criminal justice issues. His untimely death at such a young age has come as a shock to all of us, and I express my sympathies to his family, friends and colleagues. I support calls for a debate on criminal justice, in light of Dr. Johnny Connolly's...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: Or in any parliament.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: Yes.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: If I may-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: Being in government and in opposition are very different, as the Leader well knows.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: The difference is in the name. Senator Buttimer is the Leader. We are not-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 21: In page 9, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “Obligation to uphold judicial independence 7. (1) The Public Appointments Service and the Commission and their members— (a) shall, in performing their functions under and in connection with this Act, uphold judicial independence, (b) shall not, in connection with the performance of...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: Amendment No. 21 is my only amendment in that grouping.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I am disappointed but not surprised by the Minister's response. As with amendments I sought to put forward last night, amendment No. 21 is constructive. It is very similar to amendments Nos. 27 to 29, inclusive, tabled by Senator McDowell. These amendments put forward what should be a non-controversial statement of principle upon which we should all be able to agree. Of course, members of...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: As stated on previous occasions, it is unfortunate that there appears to be no compromise possible in respect of this Bill. There would not have been any need for a guillotine - nor would it have been necessary to choose that option - had the Government been a little bit more open to compromise on amendments of this nature that are constructive that are constructive. The Bill will have to...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I support the amendment. The principle of non-discrimination arises in this context. When I withdrew amendments that I had tabled on Committee Stage, I did so specifically in order to be able to propose them again on Report Stage. I refer to amendments Nos. 62, 65, 69 and 71, which are further down the list. Unfortunately, it looks like these important amendments will not be reached...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2019)
Ivana Bacik: I am here.