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Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 2:In page 3, to delete from “a further period” in line 28 down to and including "that child, and" in line 29 and substitute the following:"a further continuous period of 8 weeks of parental leave or such further period as agreed pursuant to section 7(1)(b) in respect of that child unless the operation of section 6(2) would prevent the employee from taking...

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 3:In page 4, line 4, after "child" to insert the following:", unless the operation of section 6(2) would prevent the employee from taking parental leave after that date".

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 4:In page 4, to delete lines 13 to 17, and substitute the following:"(a) in subsection (1) by substituting "26 weeks" for "18 weeks" in both places where it occurs, (b) in paragraph (a) of subsection (2)—(i) by substituting “26 weeks” for “18 weeks” in both places where it occurs, and (ii) in subparagraph (ii) by substituting...

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 5:In page 4, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 27 of Principal Act 4. Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2): "(2A) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a record made under this section in respect of parental leave taken after the relevant day as defined in section 6(9)...

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for his positive and constructive response.

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Reviews (5 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, to the House. I am delighted he is here to take this matter in which I know he has a strong interest. My Commencement matter is to ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to provide information on the progress made to date in conducting the three-year review of the operation of section 7A of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993. In...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Reviews (5 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for the very full response. I very much welcome the plans of the Department of Justice and Equality to conduct an awareness-raising initiative. It will have a large role to play in supporting the suppression of demand, as sought through the legislation. I welcome the announcement that the funding for Ruhama was increased in 2017 and in 2018. I note the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Like others, I want to raise the issue of the nurses strike and to express support and solidarity with the 30,000 members of the INMO who are striking for the first time in 20 years. I join with others in calling on the Government to engage urgently with the INMO to address, in particular, the very valid concerns it has raised around recruitment and retention of nurses and around patient...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: We have had a lot of lobbying, and everyone will have received emails from parents. We have had good engagement with the Government and with Deputy Shortall, who initiated the Bill in the Dáil. We really want to see the Bill pass Committee Stage tomorrow, so I appeal to the Leader and his colleagues to ensure that-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Love will break out all over if the Government does not oppose parental leave. It will genuinely make a real difference to the many families who have contacted us and who are so anxious to see the Bill pass for the sake of their quality of life and that of their children. Lastly, I wish everyone a happy Markievicz Day. Countess Markievicz was born 151 years ago today. This is the last...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I believe an answer of "Yes" or "No" was sought.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I noted the Leader has not responded, in fact.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Enrolments (31 Jan 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Like previous speakers, I commend all of those involved in the organisation of yesterday's very successful and impressive Dáil 100 centenary event in the Mansion House. I was privileged and honoured to have been present to listen to the very dignified, respectful and appropriate way in which we commemorated the important first sitting of the Dáil 100 years ago. As a member of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Ivana Bacik: We are seeing the new law on prostitution being enforced and coming into effect.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I commend gardaí for their work on it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Ivana Bacik: Highly contested.

Seanad: Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (22 Jan 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Tánaiste to the House and thank him for giving us the opportunity to debate Brexit preparedness with him. I begin, as others have done, by condemning outright the dreadful car bomb in Derry and commend the prompt action of the PSNI which had already started evacuation before the warning was even received and whose actions clearly averted what could have been terrible...

Seanad: Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (22 Jan 2019)

Ivana Bacik: -----but it does not and does not represent them in terms of the view that Northern Ireland wishes to remain. Likewise, it is ironic that no Northern Ireland Assembly has functioned for two years, as a result of which there is a clearly a democratic vacuum and an absence of political voices that would genuinely represent Northern Ireland and its interests. I commend the Tánaiste, his...