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Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: It is in response to something Senator O'Donovan had asked.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Once the Minister has concluded, I wish to amend the Order of Business.

Seanad: Draft Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations 2014: Referral to Joint Committee (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations 2014,a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 9th June, 2014, be referred to the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in accordance with...

Seanad: Regulation (EU) No. 603/2013 on the Establishment of Eurodac: Referral to Joint Committee (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to accept the following measure:Regulation (EU) No....

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Sheahan suggested that Senator Leyden might put his own name forward.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I have every confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Fitzgerald, in making the appointment to this important position in a transparent manner. Senator Naughton and others referred to the free travel scheme. I wish to clarify the Government's position on this matter. There has been a huge amount of scaremongering about the review of the scheme. However, the Government...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister, who is going to examine the report of the working group-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: -----has made clear her commitment to the scheme, as has the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: That should pre-empt the scaremongering in which people have been engaging in respect of this matter. Senator O'Donnell referred to the death of Dermot Healy, arts and education and sentencing. Like her, I was hugely impressed by the dignity shown and inspirational words spoken by the parents of a young German student who was murdered in Ireland and whose killer was recently sentenced. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Daly raised a number of issues and called for a general debate on openness and transparency in a number of areas. If the Senator wishes to clarify tomorrow which Ministers he wishes to invite to the House to discuss which aspects of openness and transparency, we can arrange that. He raised, in particular, the issue of appointments to State boards. As Senator Coghlan pointed out,...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Departments will continue on their websites to invite expressions of interest in vacancies on the boards of bodies under their aegis. This process has increased the pool of available talent. A number of Departments have already made progress in this area. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, for example, has made a number of appointments to transport boards that came in via the...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Let me clarify the position for the Senator. The draft regulations are to be referred to the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. That is all that is proposed in the motion.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Ivana Bacik: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the draft Protection of Young Persons (Employment) (Exclusion of Workers in the Fishing and Shipping Sectors) Regulations 2014, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, motion regarding the proposed opt-in to Regulation (EU) No. 603/2013 on the establishment of Eurodac, to be taken without debate at the...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I propose a suspension until 11.45 a.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I will first respond to Senator Darragh O'Brien who raised the issue of adult mental health services and the publication of the inspector's annual report for 2013. I raised the issue on the Order of Business on Tuesday and Senator Gilroy has also raised it again today. We all asked for a debate and I support the Senator's call for a debate. I cannot accept the amendment to have the...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I take issue with some of the words Senator Darragh O'Brien used. He used words such as incompetence in respect of the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, which is most unfair. The Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, has been one of the most reactive and proactive Ministers. She has secured ring fencing for funding for mental health services.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Let us not forget that she is implementing a policy that has cross-party support - a previous Government's policy in A Vision for Change, which is a policy to close the big residential facilities and move to smaller facilities. The report, as I said this week, exposes inconsistencies in standards and certainly it is cause for concern and it would be good to have a debate on it. However,...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: The Order of Business is No. 1, Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014 - Second Stage, to be taken at 11.45 a.m. with the contributions of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and all other Senators not to exceed five minutes.

Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (25 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I thank all my colleagues for their support and the Minister of State for taking the motion and responding so positively to it. As I said earlier, it is an historic debate. It is the first time either House of the Oireachtas has debated the issue of forced marriage or child marriage. I thank all those who contributed. Senator van Turnhout really eloquently placed this motion in the...

Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (25 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That Seanad Éireann: - notes the need to ensure adequate protection of children and of children’s rights in our laws, and in particular to ensure that children are not coerced or forced into 'arranged' marriages; - notes that sections 31 and 33 of the Family Law Act 1995 allow exemptions from the normal rule that parties to a legal marriage must be over 18; and that the...