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

Ivana Bacik: I support Senator Conway-Walsh's call for the Tánaiste to come in here because we need to put it to him that he should implement the motion already passed by the Oireachtas that the state of Palestine should be recognised by Ireland. That is one unilateral action we can take and that will put pressure on our European colleagues and Federica Mogherini.

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

Ivana Bacik: That is the sort of concrete action we need to take. I would be careful about expressing any words that blame or sound like blaming of any of the individuals involved in the peaceful protests.

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

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

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

Ivana Bacik: Doing so is problematic because there is no question but that the picking off of civilians by Israeli defence forces' snipers is an outrageous act of war, a crime, an international humanitarian crime. We need to be careful about saying anything that would in any way sound as if we were seeking to cast blame elsewhere. I commend the dynamic and dignified group of grandfathers I met outside...

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

Ivana Bacik: It was unforgivable and should have been stopped by the chairperson, whatever one’s view of the referendum debate. I am glad to say that in this House, we conducted ourselves with dignity and respect for one another's views in the debate on the referendum Bill. I hope we will see future debates in the media conducted in that way. RTÉ is to blame for failing to intervene to...

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

Ivana Bacik: With respect, I did not. On a point of order-----

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

Ivana Bacik: That is a personal attack.

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

Ivana Bacik: I must defend myself. I had attacked no individual but I regretted that attacks were being made against one individual.

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

Ivana Bacik: Let us be factual.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I did not have the opportunity this week to express my sadness at the death of Monica Barnes, former Deputy and Member of this House. I was a great admirer of hers and was delighted to welcome her on what was probably her last visit to Leinster House on 1 February to launch our Vótáil 100 programme along with other former women Members of the Oireachtas. She was a great campaigner...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: Perhaps the Senator might send me the contact details.

Seanad: Europe Day 2018: Statements (10 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, to the House and I welcome the opportunity for these statements since we celebrated Europe Day yesterday. I thank the Minister of State for her speech. It provides us for a good opportunity to reflect on the future of Europe and the context for the many challenges posed by the Brexit vote. Clearly there are massive challenges posed by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Syrian Conflict: Irish Syria Solidarity Movement (10 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Dr. Sparrow for her moving presentation. As the Chair said, we have heard other eyewitness accounts of the war in Syria but she has described graphically and clearly the horrific impact of the war on children, in particular, and the outrageous brutality of the regime. Many of us have sought to put that to the Russian government representatives here, as well as to people who have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Syrian Conflict: Irish Syria Solidarity Movement (10 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I thank those in the Irish Syria solidarity movement, a number of whom are in the Gallery, for their work in continuing to highlight this issue. It is a war that has gone on so long that media attention in the West has slipped.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (10 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Mr. Barghouti for, as the Chairman said, such a concise and clear presentation. I think he has set out very succinctly why Ireland should support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions, BDS, programme. I am personally a supporter of it. I am proud to support it on behalf of Labour, my party. Students' unions across Ireland have backed it, as have other unions. We need to act on it....

Seanad: Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State and I commend Senator Warfield on initiating this important Bill. On behalf of Labour Party Senators, I am delighted to co-sponsor it with him. I welcome those in the Gallery who will hopefully observe the passage of the Bill through Second Stage. The Minister of State commented on the internal system and I am glad the Government will not oppose the...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister. I acknowledge the presence earlier of his predecessor, Deputy Fitzgerald, and the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Stanton, who have both done so much work on this Bill. I agree with Senator Conway-Walsh that it is important that we move swiftly through the remaining Stages, although there are some important issues in these...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I will just make a few brief comments to note the passage of the legislation. It is ground-breaking. I commend the Minister and his officials who worked so hard on it over a lengthy period. I commend the Minister's predecessor, former Minister Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, on her pioneering work in steering this legislation into the Oireachtas initially. As others have said, there has been a...

Seanad: Education (Welfare) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I commend Senator Ó Ríordáin, who sponsored the Bill, for bringing it forward. I welcome the Minister to the House and I welcome her comments on the Bill. We are all cognisant of her comments on the need to be mindful of unforeseen consequences. Clearly it is not our intention to dissuade parents from sending their children to school before the age of six. Both Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: We would have all waited to hear that.