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Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I am pleased to be of assistance.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Amendments Nos. 28 to 32, inclusive, are to section 22 that deals with conscientious objection. As we debated the principle at length on Committee Stage, I will be brief. Like most of my colleagues on the pro-choice side, I have sat in a very dignified and respectful silence through many hours of debate on Monday, Tuesday and today, but it is important that I outline some of my objections...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I refer to amendment No. 17, on which we are co-signatories. As Senator Ruane said, we did discuss this at length with the Minister yesterday and we debated it at length on Committee Stage. It is critical that section 12's three-day waiting period does not become an insurmountable barrier to some women. It is critical that in guidelines, doctors are given great clarity as to the linkage...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, could Senators refrain from mentioning organisations, representatives of which are not present, in such a disparaging way?

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I found yesterday's briefing with the doctors very helpful in understanding how this test in section 9(1) will work in practice in terms of the clinical decision making about the appropriateness of carrying out a termination "in order to avert the risk". That is the wording in section 9(1)(c). It is a matter of reading the words all together in their context. Like Senator Higgins, I would...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House. As one of the proposers of the amendment, I was delighted to be able to attend in full the briefing yesterday that the Minister held so helpfully with Dr. Peter Boylan, Dr. Mark Murphy and others. I found it really instructive. As one of the proposers of the amendment, and as I explained at the meeting yesterday, I had also taken the view that...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I take Senator Kelleher's view on this. I am a co-sponsor of the amendment with my Labour Party colleague. Many of us felt the word "serious" would elevate the level of risk and operate as a barrier to women. I found the briefing very persuasive yesterday regarding why the word is included. It is important for any of us on the pro-choice side who have concerns to examine the full text of...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I would be very grateful for the indulgence of the House. I wish to thank colleagues who earlier spoke on the Vótáil 100 motion to mark the centenary of women's suffrage. In my very short speech on the motion, I omitted to thank the Oireachtas communications unit led by Mr. Derek Dignam and Mr. Liam O'Brien for its amazing work over the course of the year in organising the...

Seanad: Centenary of 1918 General Election and Irish Women’s Right to Vote: Motion (13 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I move:That Seanad Éireann, on the 100th anniversary of the 1918 General Election, which was the first election in which Irish women had the right to vote:salutes the struggle of the Irish suffrage movement which fought for many years for that right; notes the significance of: - the suffrage movement in Ireland, including the Dublin Women’s Suffrage Association founded by Anna...

Seanad: Centenary of 1918 General Election and Irish Women’s Right to Vote: Motion (13 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Seanad Leader and colleagues for facilitating the marking of this important anniversary. Tomorrow, 14 December 2018, marks the exact centenary of the 1918 general election in which women in Ireland first had the right to vote and in which Constance Markievicz was elected as the first woman Teachta Dála and MP. I am delighted to propose this motion as chairperson of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I echo Senator Clifford-Lee's concerns about the national maternity hospital. As she said, we need some clarity from the Minister for Health as to what will be the position with the hospital. Clearly, women need a new and fit-for-purpose maternity hospital. However, there are still valid concerns about the connections between the Sisters of Charity and St. Vincent's Healthcare Group....

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: No, it is not.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, speculation as to motivation is spurious speculation. It is not a fact.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister. I will speak briefly because the Labour Party Senators have supported these amendments and, in particular, signed up to amendments Nos. 29, 31 and 32. I echo the eloquent comments of Senators Kelleher and Ruane on these amendments and on the problems with the mandatory three-day waiting period and our difficulty with it. I share their view that we should not have...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator can hardly blame the Government for doing it.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: She is right.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, it is the custom of the House not to throw slurs or allegations that are utterly unfounded against organisations in that way.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I raised a point of order earlier, which the Chair accepted, that it is common practice not to name organisations or individuals in the House who are not present and cannot defend themselves, especially in making this sort of unfounded allegation.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator is not speaking to the amendment.