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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I was not directing them at Senator Mooney.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Senator O'Brien does not know what he wants.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: To echo the Leader's comments, what took place in the Chamber yesterday over eight hours of so-called Committee Stage of the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013 was nothing less than a filibuster. It calls to mind the old saying, if it walks and quacks like a duck, it is a duck. If Senators speak for more than one hour and ramble about...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: There are ways-----

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: The sort of self-indulgence we-----

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader and the Chair to ensure Committee Stage debate is a reasoned, proper and rational discussion. We all accept and agree that there are principled issues to be discussed but let us not have Senators speak in a self-indulgent manner for the sake of it. Having had eight hours of discussion on Committee Stage yesterday, we will resume the debate at 2 p.m. Let us have a debate of...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: What statement?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I have put my question. I ask the Cathaoirleach to ensure today's debate is rational and reasoned and Senators are asked by the Chair, in the normal manner, to confine their remarks to Committee Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Let us have the reasoned and rational debate the House deserves and treat it with the dignity it deserves.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: What we saw yesterday were antics and play-acting.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I commend Senator Mary White on using the House yesterday in the way it should be used, namely, to introduce a Bill. I ask the Leader to ensure Committee Stage of the Bill on parental leave is taken when the Government's amendments become available. All of us appreciate the intention behind the legislation and very much approve of it in principle. It was welcome that the Government did not...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I do not think anyone does.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister is very welcome to the House. It is very welcome to be debating the Bill here and it is particularly timely given the publication of the Anglo tapes. Obviously, the tapes are of great interest and concern to everyone in the country. We have been drip fed the revelations and the so-called humour of bankers has been exposed. In the context of the Bill's introduction, as a...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator should make his mind up.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I imagine other colleagues will want to join me in commending the firefighters who went to the scene of a fire at a block of apartments in Clondalkin yesterday from which several adults and children had to be rescued. It was good news that there were no serious injuries as a result of the fire, but it was a timely reminder of how important the work of firefighters is. I commend the...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: This is a particularly busy week with six pieces of legislation before the House. The Leader will respond to Senator Byrne's comments about the proposed amendment to the Order of Business. This afternoon, however, we will be dealing with the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill, which will offer an obvious opportunity for colleagues to debate the revised code of conduct on mortgage...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: A particular court judgment stopped that. It was nothing to do with Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It is deeply hypocritical of Fianna Fáil to claim some sort of ownership for stopping repossessions when, in fact, it created the situation we are currently in. I commend the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, for yesterday's initiative in introducing the JobsPlus plan to take 2,500 people off the live register through a system of incentives for employers. There are...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order to assist the House, the purpose of Senator Quinn’s amendment, as I read it, is to ensure the Bill will not be read a Second Time until 17 September.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Visa Applications (4 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: If the amendment is passed, the Bill will not be deemed read a Second Time.