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Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the announcement this morning that the Fiscal Advisory Council has expressed support for the Government position on the relaxation of spending controls. This will come as a welcome boost to the Government's campaign to lobby the European Commission to ensure that the spending limits will be lifted to some extent. I note the Fiscal Advisory Council's position that the current...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)

Ivana Bacik: -----since last September, and 250 additional recruits have been announced. The Minister is addressing the AGSI conference today but this is very positive. It is welcome also to see the positive reporting, particularly in the wake of the murder trial last week and the excellent policing practice that goes on in this country. At the domestic violence conference I spoke about earlier this...

Seanad: National Integration Strategy: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That Seanad Éireann:- welcomes the establishment by the Government of the new office of Minister of State for new communities, culture and equality; - commends the Minister of State for the work he has done to date with new communities, in particular through the organisation of the recent inaugural PolskaÉire 2015 festival; and - calls on the Minister of State to outline...

Seanad: National Integration Strategy: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Somebody had to.

Seanad: National Integration Strategy: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Ivana Bacik: There are not many Baciks in Ireland.

Seanad: National Integration Strategy: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Well said.

Seanad: National Integration Strategy: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Not here.

Seanad: National Integration Strategy: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I thank all colleagues in the Seanad who spoke on this motion. I thank the Minister of State for attending and giving us a comprehensive account of what is being done on integration. I thank him, in particular, for his personal description of the PolskaÉire festival, its highlights and so on. Mr. Martin O'Prey from his office is seated in the Visitors Gallery with visitors and he...

Seanad: National Integration Strategy: Motion (1 Apr 2015)

Ivana Bacik: We have had a long and fractious week in the Seanad when we debated other issues. It is appropriate that we would, on this particular issue, adopt a celebratory tone. Very positive comments, generally, have been made by colleagues across the floor. I hope the amendment will not be pressed. We have had plenty of opportunity in this House to debate direct provision and we will again do so...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: First, I welcome the passage through this House late last night of the Children and Family Relationships Bill after a long debate. It is welcome to see this major and most progressive law reform go through. As all Members are aware, it will change the law in a number of important respects but in a child-centred manner, while recognising the reality of the diversity of family life in Ireland...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: It might as well be.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Will the Leader arrange a debate on the issue of domestic violence following the launch of the report this morning by SAFE Ireland on lawlessness in the home? I was honoured to be invited to launch the report for SAFE Ireland at the Royal Irish Academy. Powerful testimony was given by a survivor of domestic violence and others who had worked on the report.There were some important findings...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: As Senator van Turnhout says, we all agree in principle with the need to ensure registration of statutory declarations but I want to commend the Minister on her very clearly stated intention on Second and Committee Stages to seek to develop the pilot project to establish the voluntary repository and then decide whether to proceed to establish a national repository. This is a big undertaking....

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I echo the words of Senators Barrett, Power and others in saying that this referendum Bill is about one issue, that of marriage equality. For the last hour, on this one amendment, we have been debating quite a number of extraneous issues and getting sidetracked, as Senator Barrett has said. I urge colleagues to focus on the core issue of marriage equality. I wholeheartedly support the Bill...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, I have sat here for over an hour and we are supposed to be debating amendment No. 7. The issue of a completely separate legal case is being raised time and again. There is already equal status legislation. We are debating a Bill to amend the Constitution, and a specific amendment to that Bill.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: We cannot comment on a case that is going on.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order-----

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: It is a legitimate question in a totally different context. It is not a legitimate question in this debate on a referendum Bill.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, I think the Senator is also speaking to amendments Nos. 64 and 65 as well as amendment No. 63.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to speak strongly in favour of the inclusion of this very important section. I am glad we had the opportunity to speak on it on Committee Stage. I know many of us addressed it on Second Stage as well. It is very significant that we are making this provision for the insertion of a new Part in the 1964 Act dealing so specifically with the best interests of the child and setting out...