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- Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)
Ivana Bacik: SAFE Ireland kindly said it preferred the wording, which Senator Kelleher kindly acknowledged. I am simply acknowledging those facts.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)
Ivana Bacik: Senator Conway-Walsh has brought the matter back to the serious issues we are discussing. None of us wishes to delay the Bill. We are all very cognisant of the urgency of bringing reforming legislation forward and the need for it. I understand this is the first time the Minister of State has come to the House to deal with the Bill. The Tánaiste and former Minister for Justice and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Ukraine: Mrs. Olena Shaloput (22 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: Ms Shaloput is very welcome. I thank her for the very clear presentation. I agree entirely with what the Chairman and Deputy O'Brien have said. We are very concerned about the situation in Ukraine and fully support on the committee the national sovereignty of Ms Shaloput's country and its territorial integrity. Individually and as a committee, we have questioned the Russian ambassador...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Ukraine: Mrs. Olena Shaloput (22 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: I want to intervene because I have been listening to Deputy Seán Crowe's question our guest, Mrs. Shaloput, and it seems he is interrogating her somewhat, particularly on matters that are not really related to what we are discussing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Ukraine: Mrs. Olena Shaloput (22 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: With respect-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Ukraine: Mrs. Olena Shaloput (22 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: We invited her to talk about the situation in Ukraine. She is talking to us about the clearly established human rights violations committed by Russia against her country. I do not believe it is appropriate to go into other matters such as what is happening in South Sudan and so on.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: There is no list of amendments. There is a grouping list but we do not have a list of amendments.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: There are none out there on the desk.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: I think my colleagues will confirm there are no amendment lists left out there.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: I do not think it is just two Senators, with respect. We have a grouping list and we have the Bill itself, but we do not have the numbered list of amendments.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: Senator Norris appears to have it.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I welcome our visitors to the Gallery. Like Senator Norris I am delighted we have a sign language interpreter with us today. It was also very good to meet yesterday with so many representatives from the Irish Deaf Society and the deaf community and to hear the concerns so many of them have about the potential watering down of the Bill through...
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: I am concerned-----
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: We received them-----
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: They were-----
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: Senators were circulated at 11 a.m. yesterday morning by the Leader's office, and we are grateful to the Leader's office for doing this, with a list of Government amendments that had been prepared and were dated the day before. There is a confusion and it is a matter of concern to hear that the Government proposed to introduce these on Report Stage when we will have less time procedurally to...
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: I would like to directly ask the Minister of State about what the position of the amendments. It is a very important point. It is not just a procedural or technical matter; it is quite a substantive matter. I shall now turn to the amendments and say that I support Senator Daly's three amendments. Amendment No. 1 is especially important. Senator Norris has already spoken eloquently about...
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: I assure Senator Mark Daly that Labour will also support the Bill in the Dáil. Our understanding now is that amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive and 13 were also proposed by the Government. I wish to raise a technical point that goes to the heart of this. As Senator Mark Daly is well aware, it is common practice to have a Government amendment that is also supported by individuals from...
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: I shall be brief as other Senators have spoken very eloquently. Section 8 was one of the sections that many of us engaged with the Irish Deaf Society and other representatives on, most particularly because immense concern was expressed that the section would not be watered down or diluted unduly. Certainly, the proposed ministerial amendment that we saw, or the draft amendment, appeared to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)
Ivana Bacik: I join Senator Conway-Walsh in expressing sympathy to all of those who were caught up in the appalling tragedy of the awful fire at the Grenfell Tower in London. We are still seeing reports of increasing numbers of people having been killed. I send sincere sympathies to all of those who are bereaved by the tragedy. I agree that it would be useful to have a debate on the state of housing...