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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: As the Senator well knows, there is a very important difference, particularly in a referendum campaign, between those who are working on behalf of the Government as director of elections and those working on behalf of individual parties. The timing of the launch yesterday was most unfortunate, as it took place before the Bill had passed through the House. I am glad the Minister, Deputy...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I renew a call to the Leader for a debate in the autumn on the need to change our culture and our procedures to ensure that our Parliament is more friendly towards diversity, and particularly towards gender diversity. Many of us have worked very hard for many years to try to encourage more women to enter politics. I am very pleased there will be gender quotas in place for the next general...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I am not making-----.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: In fairness, I have made a call for this debate in a general sense-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: That is my question for the Leader. I have asked the Leader about this on other occasions and I have placed on the agenda of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges a proposal that we look at the procedures of the House to ensure it is more gender-neutral and that we encourage more women to enter politics. The National Women's Council has done a great deal of work also on this matter and...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, to the House and I greatly welcome the introduction of this Bill. The debate on this Bill in this and the other House is truly historic because it represents the first time that we as legislators have faced up to our responsibility to women in crisis pregnancies by directly addressing the issue of abortion, instead of leaving it to the courts...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I am sure the Senator will.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I express regret at the serious outbreak of rioting in Northern Ireland over the weekend in the context of the decision by the Parades Commission. It is most unfortunate that the parties involved could not see fit to abide by the Parades Commission ruling. It is rather sad to see 12 July erupting again in violence and I imagine everyone would join me in extending sympathy to all those...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: First, I welcome the passage in the Dáil early this morning of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill. It is welcome that after 21 years of legislative inaction, legislation finally is being put in place. I am pleased the Seanad will have the Bill before it next week. I asked the Leader previously to arrange a debate in the autumn, after the Bill has been passed, to discuss...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, this is an amusing historical anecdote, but we have had eight hours of debate on section 1 on Committee Stage. I wonder about it. Can we try to keep the debate a little focused and be respectful of the dignity of the House and the quality of debate we normally have?

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: He has given us lengthy passages from reports that we have already had quoted.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Not any more.

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: That is optimism.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Absolutely.

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...