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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh. When we are out canvassing it is worth reminding everyone that there are two Bills for reform which have passed Second Stage in the Seanad. They are on the Order Paper and therefore it is not simply a case of retention or abolition because there are clearly proposals for reform in the public domain. I am also seeking a debate on Syria in the near future. During...

Seanad: An Bille um an Tríú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cúirt Achomhairc) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, as well as the Bill which has received a general welcome across the House. I agree with the comments made by other colleagues that it is long overdue to enable us to deal with the extensive delays in dealing with the list of cases currently before the Supreme Court. Others have spoken, as the Minister mentioned, about the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Those were unfounded allegations.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: These are unfounded allegations.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I will not take abuse from Senator Walsh, who recently brought low the reputation of this House with his antics.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, once again, very serious allegations are being made.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: A number of Senators are making such allegations on a continual basis.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: A Chathaoirligh, the Senator is out of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I commend Senator Mary White on the publication of that paper which raises an important issue. It should be a matter of concern to Government that so few entrepreneurs are women, like so few politicians are women and again we have to look at positive action measures to increase the number of women. I welcome that paper. In this session Senator White has also been responsible for producing...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: That is the sort of initiative that we should be promoting in this Chamber more and more, and that is where the Seanad really shows it strength. I agree with Senator White on the need for a pre-budget debate and I have already called on the Leader to facilitate that. In that debate we need to examine fairly the issue of stimulus packages and the need for stimulus. Earlier this week a...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Mullen is persisting in making unfounded allegations against an organisation, against which he has made unfounded allegations before in this House. He should stop.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Unfounded allegations.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Ministers to the House. I want to make three points in respect of the amendment seeking to delete section 9. First, it would be unconstitutional to delete section 9 because to delete the provision relating to suicide risk would give insufficient regard to the right to life of the pregnant woman and would not implement the X case judgment for the reasons others have already...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Third, anyone who is really serious about trying to delete section 9 from the Bill should read again Chief Justice Finlay's judgment in the X case, those compassionate and humane words of a judge who was faced with the very real prospect of a 14-year old girl who had been raped and who was suicidal as a result. They should remember that the psychological evidence was accepted by the State...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: That was the issue. It was not a case about treatment or about mental illness. It was a case about a young girl who was suicidal as a result of a crisis pregnancy and for whom abortion was a necessary option in order to avert the real and substantial risk that she would end her life. I wish, like Senator Crown, that we could legislate for cases of rape and fatal foetal abnormality-----

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It is outside the scope not only of these amendments but of the Constitution. I believe it is very welcome that this Government is finally, after 21 years-----

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator should apply it to his own side.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: It is not comparable.