Results 5,221-5,240 of 11,407 for speaker:Ivana Bacik
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I am quite happy that it would not be dealt with in this group because while it is a proposed amendment to section 44, which is also the subject of amendment-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I am happy to separate it.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: Yes, it does not make any difference. Amendment No. 91 is better dealt with along with amendments Nos. 86 and 87, both of which refer to gender balance in appointments. That appears to be the more appropriate grouping.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I will discuss amendment No. 91 when we reach amendments Nos. 86 and 87. On amendment No. 90, the Minister has indicated a willingness to move on this given that there was provision for a similar senior level judicial appointments committee in the original version of the Bill. That is welcome. If Senator McDowell's amendment or some variation of it was accepted, our amendment No. 91 does...
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, to the House. I also welcome our guests arriving in the Gallery from the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland and the Immigrant Council of Ireland to hear this important debate. On behalf of my Labour Party colleagues, Senators Ó Ríordáin, Humphreys and Nash, I move this important and...
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: Senator Billy Lawless has been a proud champion of the rights of the Irish in America over many years, and I am proud that he is here to support our Bill because it is utterly consistent with Government policy in respect of our own migrants for many generations. I am conscious, and I know the Minister will be also, that there are at least two cases currently before the courts on the issue of...
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: We have been held up internationally on that basis. I am very glad the Government has moved on that and I pay tribute to the work done by the Minister previously as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on which Senator Conway and I had the pleasure of serving for some years. In that capacity, the Minister was very conscious to ensure the rights of persons here in direct...
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: Hear, Hear.
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: Correct.
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: Correct.
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I think it is only five minutes per speaker once the group leaders have spoken.
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: The Senator is putting it up to the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I do not.
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, I certainly do not see discretion in negative terms. Like many others, I have sought discretion but I want us to build a whole system.
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I thank the many colleagues from across the House who spoke to express their strong support for this important Bill.
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I include Senator Conway, who was quite supportive in his speech despite speaking for the Government party. However, I must express my serious disappointment in the Minister of State's speech, his opposition to the Bill, and the most inappropriate and indeed scare-mongering language in his speech, with which I take serious issue.
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: The speech is peppered with innuendo and imputations of bad faith, malice and of people coming to the State with the intention of abusing our system. That is the language that is used throughout the speech.
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I am being suffocated with kindness and support.
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I think the language here borders on the Trumpian. There have been references to the President of the US and his views on immigrants. I would be very concerned about this language. I do not see any welcome or compassion in the Minister of State's speech. I see a conspiracy theory underlying it, suggesting that any sort of concession to compassion in our immigration law would operate as a...
- Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)
Ivana Bacik: I disagreed fundamentally with the motivation behind holding the referendum and I disagree with Senator McDowell's description of the motivation, as I disagree with the Government's depiction of the background to the 2004 referendum. I still say it was a dog-whistle referendum - no doubt about that. It was opportunist. However, I am grateful to Senator McDowell for expressing his support....