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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: It is of interest to us as an Oireachtas committee. Most of the time people or entities that come to us are looking for changes in the law. What is required in this case is more a facilitative than a prescriptive environment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Mr. Dorgan for his very helpful clarification that what is proposed is not in fact a major change but a change in process rather than substance. I have one follow-up question, if I may. Given that contracts require to be witnessed in writing, which is currently a major part of conveyancing transactions, how will this issue be addressed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I apologise for arriving a little late. The witnesses made a strong case for the benefits to consumers and all stakeholders, including Government, of e-conveyancing. A great deal of work has been done and we have heard about buy-in, albeit less buy-in on the part of some parties. What is the next step to further the project? From some of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Justice and Home Affairs Council: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: My other question concerned the European public prosecutor's office, EPPO. I know we have considered this and issued a reasoned opinion. I know that there is more information in the fuller briefing about the Minister's point that the collegiate model we seem to be moving towards would be more conducive to Irish participation than the original hierarchical command and control structure the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Justice and Home Affairs Council: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Chairman for suspending the meeting. That was kind. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald. She has been in the Seanad already several times since her appointment as Minister but this is her first time before the committee, and I welcome her here and wish her the very best of luck. I thank the Minister for the comprehensive briefing on the Justice and Home Affairs Council...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I am sure that others will wish to join with me in paying tribute to Gerry Conlon whose death occurred last Saturday, 21 June. He was one of the Guildford Four, released from imprisonment in Britain in 1989, and spent the rest of his life campaigning for other victims of miscarriages of justice. Many of us were impressed by his work over the years. I wish to express my sympathy to his...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the review of section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009. Let us be clear about what section 8 does. It provides that certain offences under Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 - offences specifically dealing with organised crime under sections 71(a), 72, 73 and 76 - would be regarded as scheduled offences and that, therefore, the DPP...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (19 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I think colleagues may deduce for themselves what position Sinn Féin would take.

Seanad: Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I propose amending the Order of Business to reflect the time originally allocated for this debate, given that the session with former judge and Senator, Ms McGuinness, went a little over time. I presume there will be agreement to enable everyone contribute.

Seanad: Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: And the later session will conclude at 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and welcome the opportunity to debate the review and continuance of the relevant provisions of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998. It is hugely important that the Oireachtas would maintain an overview of these provisions given their draconian nature and the fact that they depart from the normal criminal justice system measures. I...

Seanad: Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I am not. I believe it is the fervent wish of the Government that the time will come when these provisions will no longer be required. That is right, and all of us should wish for that time and it is important that we would move to normality. All of us very much welcome the peace process and the continued steps towards normality but it is difficult to oppose the request by the Garda to...

Seanad: Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (19 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That Seanad Éireann resolves that sections 2 to 4, 6 to 12, 14 and 17 of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 39 of 1998) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on 30 June, 2014 and ending on 29 June, 2015.”

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness (19 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Catherine McGuinness (19 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: It gives me great pleasure to welcome our distinguished speaker today. Others have spoken of the former Mrs. Justice McGuinness's illustrious career, which spanned so many different areas of Irish public life as a barrister, Dublin University Senator, president of the Law Reform Commission and, of course, a judge in the Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court. She has a long track...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, and the introduction of this legislation. It has already been passed by the Dáil and the Minister referred to some of the amendments made there. It is a long-awaited Bill. The Minister stressed the urgency with which it is being brought forward and some of us - clearly not all of us - hope it will be law before the summer. The members of the...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I agree in principle that the broader definition in section 2 should be there, particularly for the work of promotion and advocacy of human rights for a commission, but I can see a practical difficulty if a commission is trying to hold bodies within the State, either private or public, to account by reference to a set of human rights standards that are not contained in the Constitution or in...

Seanad: 750th Anniversary of First Irish Parliament: Statements (18 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: 750th Anniversary of First Irish Parliament: Statements (18 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Deenihan, to the House. He is as welcome as always, and he is particularly welcome today on this auspicious date, the 750th anniversary of the first recorded sitting of a Parliament in Ireland, on 18 June 1264. That date is particularly auspicious because it was the first Wednesday after the feast of the Holy Trinity and, interestingly, the 750th anniversary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (18 Jun 2014)

Ivana Bacik: I thank all those who have spoken for their excellent presentations. We have received a good overview of the work being done on the monitoring plan for Resolution 1325. I have a specific question for Ms Mbugua to whom I should say "Thank you" for the mention in connection with the Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010. In fact, I have two questions, the first of which is on...