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Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: No.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Some of us voted against the bank guarantee.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Daly is suffering from double delusions. When I hear him speaking about the budget, it seems he was not listening to what was said in the budget speeches in the Dáil or in the very substantive debate we had in this House last night. Had he been listening, as I was, or contributing, he might have noted that the commentators, like him, who said it was both auction politics and a...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: It represented, as both the Ministers, Deputies Noonan and Howlin, stressed, a modest step forward to a sustainable recovery.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: It is a modest budget.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Nobody is being triumphalist over it. However, it represents real progress, particularly for low-income to middle-income earners. If one examines, as objective commentators have done, the impact of the changes to the USC and tax bands, one will see the people who will benefit are the low-income to middle-income earners, whom the budget was specifically designed to help. We had a good debate...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I hope we can all join together without rancour or controversy on that. John O’Shea scored a breathtaking goal in the last minute and it was a super result for Ireland in Germany.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: It added to the positive feelings most people felt last night. I welcome other positive news that was, perhaps, lost in yesterday’s budget, namely that, for the first time, Ireland has been invited to participate in the British Armistice day event and that our ambassador in Britain, Dan Mulhall, will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph in London on Sunday, 9 November. This is a very welcome...

Seanad: Budget 2015: Statements (14 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Budget 2015: Statements (14 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Leader for extending time, so that anyone who wishes to speak will be able to do so. I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy Harris and welcome him to the House. I have listened carefully to the speeches here and in the other House. Any fair-minded observer - there are many fair-minded observers on the Opposition benches - would acknowledge that there are very positive...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I join others in welcoming the new Senator, Gerard Craughwell, to the House. He will bring a particular expertise in education and I look forward to his participation in debates on education legislation and statements on education. As others will agree and many Ministers have remarked, a strength of this House lies in debating legislation, particularly on Committee Stage, where the...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Paul Coghlan also supported him in his comments. It is unacceptable that we would be waiting ten minutes, or 11 minutes this morning, to start the business of the House because not enough Senators are present at the start of the business. When the bell rings, Senators should be coming to the Chamber for the Order of Business - there is no doubt about that. Senator Cummins did bring...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I will certainly seek that but, as we are unlikely to get it before 4 November, the Senator could also raise it on that date with the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. Senator Whelan raised the issue of wind energy, which he has raised in this House before. He noted the game-changer of yesterday's decision on the nuclear plant proposed for Somerset in England. I would agree with him that has huge...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: It is important that we do not abuse parliamentary privilege by casting aspersions. Senator Daly welcomed the smoking in cars legislation. He also welcomed the new US ambassador and I am sure we would all join in that welcome. The Senator also referred to quite a number of other issues, including a meeting in Lissadell House - I know nothing about that - and Israel and the Middle East. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: As I said, I will look for a debate on Seanad reform as quite a number of Senators have sought one.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I will seek an answer as to when Committee Stage of the Seanad reform Bill is taking place, which was the specific question Senator Zappone asked.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Senator O'Keeffe raised very specific questions in regard to the special investigations unit in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. She welcomed that it had been disbanded but said that questions remain. Again, that could either be raised directly with the Minister or as a matter on the Adjournment. We can seek to have the Minister, Deputy Coveney, to the House for a debate...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I begin by agreeing with Senator Darragh O'Brien's comments on the quorum.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Ivana Bacik: The Order of Business is No. 1, Forestry Bill 2013 - Committee Stage, to be taken at 11.45 a.m.