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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I represent the majority of people who want to see abortion legalised on a wider range of terms.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I am asking for a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: No, I am not speaking about the Bill anymore.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I do not interrupt other colleagues. I am perfectly entitled to seek a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Yes, I do. I have a question for the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to ask the Leader whether we could have a debate after we have passed - as I hope we will – the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: After we have passed it.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I hope we will pass the Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Following that, I wish to ask the Leader for a debate on how we might amend the Constitution to ensure that abortion might be provided in a wider range of circumstances in line with the wishes of the people-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: -----as expressed in the opinion poll to which I referred and in other opinion polls that were conducted on the question in the recent past.

Seanad: European Union (Accession of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House and am delighted to have the opportunity to speak for the Labour Party on this Bill, which I greatly welcome. In particular, I thank the Minister for introducing the Bill in this House. It always is welcome to see Ministers so do, where there often tends to be a more conducive atmosphere for the introduction of amendments and for having a wide-ranging...

Seanad: European Union (Accession of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market) Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I apologise for my late arrival. I was attending another meeting. I welcome Dr. McVeigh and Dr. Mac Laughlin whom I know by reputation. I am delighted to see them both here and I thank them for coming before the committee. I read their papers in advance of the meeting and they make a very strong case for recognition of Traveller ethnicity and this is very much to be welcomed from my point...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It is a very important practical point. I remember examining it before. It picks up on something in Dr. Mac Laughlin's paper on different phases of anti-Traveller racism. He points out that in the 1980s and 1990s legislation was introduced to tackle anti-Traveller racism. It strikes me this legislation named Travellers as a specific group and anti-Traveller discrimination is one of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: At present there are nine grounds; ethnicity is one and Traveller status is a separate ground. I am interested in the views of the witnesses on this. Should it be retained as a separate ground? It is the jurisprudence we have developed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Exactly. If we recognise ethnicity as a discriminatory ground it would encompass anti-Traveller discrimination, but at the time the State fudged it to avoid recognising Traveller ethnicity.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Or the Raspberries.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I echo the words of the Cathaoirleach. Yesterday, I called for a respectful debate on the referendum on the future of the Seanad, and it was unfortunate that later in the Order of Business there was some conduct-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It is relevant to how we conduct our debate in the House. It is important that we conduct ourselves with decorum and be respectful of the House. This is all that needs to be said on the matter. I call for a debate on the issue of domestic violence and violence against women and children in the home. The figures released by Women's Aid today show a very worrying rise in the abuse of...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2013: Motion for Earlier Signature (11 Jun 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I move: That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Criminal Justice Bill 2013 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.