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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Yes a black pudding Bill, I thank Senator Norris.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: We need sensible, practical and robust reforms. I should declare an interest as a qualified barrister who was in practice for many years, no longer in practice, but as a legal academic also. There are very positive reforms in this that I, among others, have sought for many years. In 2003 I and colleagues in Trinity published a report entitled Gender Injustice which focused on the need to...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Senator Norris. I meant the judgment by then Chief Justice O'Higgins. In his book, Ruadhán Mac Cormaic described it as the worst judgment in the history of the Supreme Court. I do not think many would disagree with that, looking back at the tenor of that judgment. For the most part, our Judiciary has served us extremely well. While we are advocating for reform and while we...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: People were hugely critical of that.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I was being constructive.

Seanad: Short-term Lettings Bill 2018: Second Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I am delighted to second this Bill on behalf of the Labour Party group. I commend my colleague, Senator Humphreys, for his long-standing work in this area and for bringing this issue to the attention of the Minister of State and the Government in order to try to do something practical about addressing this real problem that has arisen. We see...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I join with others in noting the 25th anniversary of the historic legislation which decriminalised homosexuality in 1993. I commend my colleague, Senator Nash, who has led the way on this by putting forward Private Members’ legislation on it, as well as working with the Leader and the Government in drafting a motion to be taken in the Seanad this evening acknowledging the anniversary...

Seanad: 25th Anniversary of Decriminalisation of Homosexuality: Motion (19 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: It is wonderful to welcome the Minister to the House. I have had the pleasure and privilege of working with her on equality issues for many years. It is wonderful to remember her wife, Ann Louise Gilligan, and to pay tribute to all our distinguished visitors in the Gallery. Again, it has been a pleasure and privilege to know and have worked with many of them over the years. It is also...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House and Ms Lucia O'Farrell to the Public Gallery. As others have done, I offer my sincere condolences to Lucia, Hannah and Gemma and to all of the O'Farrell family on the sad death of their son and brother Shane on 2 August, 2011. As colleagues have said, Shane had a long connection with Trinity College in Dublin. He studied there for a Master's degree in...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I commend all those involved in the wonderful ceremony last week, Dublin Honours Magdalenes. It was uplifting to see it after such shabby treatment of so many women for so long by the State, other institutions and, in many cases, by individual families. It was good and positive to see such a great welcome for the Magdalenes by Dublin's Lord Mayor, as well as other aspects of civic and...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Unfortunately, we are in more of a motopia at present. It is the car that is given priority in far too many instances in the cities and towns around Ireland. Let us lead the way in creating a velotopia. I, again, wish everyone a happy national bike week. I look forward to a stronger and more positive endorsement of cycling within Leinster House as well as elsewhere.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: We all should.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I thank colleagues for their kind remarks and I strongly welcome the resounding two-thirds majority for a "Yes" vote on Friday. The people have spoken very clearly. As somebody who has campaigned on this issue for nearly three decades since I was taken to court and threatened with prison by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, SPUC, back in 1989 when I was president of Trinity...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: That is true.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of my group I express sincere sympathies and condolences to the families of the two young women so tragically killed in recent days, Jastine Valdez and Anastasia Kriegel. I am sure all colleagues will want to join in that. Perhaps the Leader could arrange to have a debate after the referendum on women's health. I hope, as do all who are canvassing for a "Yes" vote on Friday, that...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: They are called voters.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (23 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank the Leader for organising this debate. I am one of the Senators who sought it. We were all utterly shocked at the appalling loss of life in Gaza, which the Minister of State acknowledged in his speech. As he pointed out, 14 May recorded the highest casualty toll in the Gaza Strip in a single day since 2014, with a total of 102...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Like others, I express my utter condemnation of the appalling killings and maiming by the Israeli defence forces of so many civilians in Gaza, particularly a number of children. It is appalling to see carnage of this level. It is a new low. The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade had a session on Palestine with Omar Barghouti last week. Even at that point, it was not apparent...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: To those who ask what role the EU has, I say it has a major role, as we heard last week at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. It has a role as a major donor, as an entity, and as a bloc that has invested a huge amount of money in the rebuilding of buildings in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Senator Black will have seen this. The buildings were subsequently...