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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: 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: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ..., Deputy Willie Penrose, has done in the Dáil, I welcome that the Bill gives legislative effect to various measures dealing with increases in weekly rates of pensions, benefits and allowances. I echo Senator Ardagh's point about the date on which those increases come into effect. We welcome the increase in the qualified child payment and we very much support the extension of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...who have stood by the principle of the backstop. The case for a people's vote on a second referendum in Britain has become much stronger because of the unlikelihood of this agreement passing. I echo the comments of my colleagues who have pointed out that it would be very helpful from an Irish perspective to have the Stormont institutions up and running and to have Sinn Féin members...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I echo the words of Senator Boyhan about the Government's decision yesterday on the Tuam mother and baby home. I commend the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, for taking the lead. I also commend Catherine Corless, without whose painstaking historical work, the matter would never have been uncovered. Senator Boyhan is right in saying the families of the babies buried...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I will not speak for long and I have been listening to the debate with great interest. I echo Senator Norris's words and it is of concern if Senator McDowell is expressing his doubts about the constitutionality of these provisions. The more one reads into the sections we are discussing and the related sections, we can see there are criminal offences created around failures to observe the...

Seanad: Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and the opportunity to debate this Bill on Committee Stage. I echo the words of Senator Norris about my Trinity colleague, Professor Eoin O'Dell. I thank him for his engagement with so many of us on this Bill and on potential amendments to it. Speaking on Second Stage, I pointed out some of the issues raised by Professor O'Dell which we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Palestinian Refugees in the Near East and Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar: Discussion (20 Sep 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...of the demolition of properties and infrastructure in Palestine that, as stated, had been built with EU money. The EU and other international donors have to pay for their reconstruction. I echo what others have said and support the requests made by the witnesses. Through the Acting Chairman, I ask that our committee write to the Tánaiste to express our support for those requests....

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Seanad? If the Government is going to introduce its Bill it should at the very least be started in the Seanad, given that we have already had a good deal of considered debate on this issue. I echo Senator Boyhan's concerns about the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017, which was to go to Committee Stage this week. I have tabled over 20 amendments for the Labour Party to make...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...with other former women Members of the Oireachtas. She was a great campaigner and ally on many feminist and women's rights issues. I know we will have another occasion to pay tribute to her. I also echo what others have said about the need for accountability in respect of the CervicalCheck story which seems to get progressively worse. I also offer my sympathy to Emma Mhic Mathúna...

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

Ivana Bacik: ...violence. I look forward to working in the future to ensure the implementation of the legislation and to ensure we will meet our commitments under the Istanbul Convention so we can ratify it. I echo what Senator Kelleher said in this regard. I thank the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy David Stanton, for their commitment on this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Parliament of Georgia Foreign Relations Committee (29 Mar 2018)

Ivana Bacik: .... I thank them for coming to the committee and for their comprehensive presentation about Georgia, the difficulties it faces and the challenges and aspirations for EU membership in particular. I echo the Chairman's comments, and those of others, in offering my support and that of the Labour Party for the measures being sought such as the lifting of visa requirements and the development...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...recent decisions. Those two brave women illustrated the need to change our law on abortion. There are many imperatives for holding this referendum, which the Oireachtas committee has made clear. I echo other Senators' calls to all colleagues to take a stand on this matter on a cross-party and cross-political basis. We are asking anyone who is in favour of repeal and the committee's...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ..., Foróige, Youth Work Ireland and the Irish Second-Level Students' Union have contacted all of us to express their support for the Bill. I believe that the proposal is modest and deserves support. I echo the words expressed by Senator Warfield who criticised any further delay in bringing forward the legislation. The Bill simply provides for the expansion of suffrage to people who...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jan 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...use in the provision of housing as a matter of urgency. There is no issue around ownership. Those sites are already publicly owned. That is the very minimum that should be done as a starting point. Finally, I wish to echo the words of Senator Higgins on the recent visit to Ireland of Vice President Pence of the United States.I call on the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to go...

Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ..., in any way to take away from the role of the Defence Forces but rather to pay tribute to them. I argue that their role in UN peacekeeping is entirely compatible with a speech opposing PESCO. I also echo the words of my colleague, Deputy Brendan Ryan, in the Dáil who pointed out that joining PESCO could fundamentally alter Ireland's sovereign defence policy and history of...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2017: Motion (26 Oct 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Minister of State back to the House. I welcome Maria McDonald from the Victims Rights Alliance who is in the public Gallery and acknowledge the great work she has done on this issue. I echo colleagues in terms of our disappointment that the Dáil has seen fit to reject an amendment from the Seanad. The Seanad does not often pass amendments to legislation against the Government...

Seanad: Equality of Access to Education: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I wish to echo the words of congratulation from Senator Ó Ríordáin on her new appointment. The Minister of State has such a strong background in education and it is great to have her representing higher education at Cabinet level. That is good to see. I welcome the many guests in the Gallery who are here to see the debate and...

Seanad: Civil Law (Missing Persons) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Feb 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ...this important Bill. In particular, I commend Senator Colm Burke who has worked on this issue for a good deal of time. It is good to see this Bill come before the House on this agreed basis. I echo Senator Ruane's comments that it is a sign of the Seanad at its best when we work together in a consensual manner to bring forward important legislation such as this on which a great deal of...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ...represented here tonight and the many guests I have here in the Gallery. Many have worked with me and with a whole range of people for many years to secure the passage of legislation like this. I echo the words of colleagues from across the floor that it is a Bill about human rights and that it seeks to combat and challenge exploitation, particularly of children as we see in group 1...