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Seanad: Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Feb 2017)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Tánaiste to the House and echo Senator Conway's welcome of the passage through the Dáil of the sex offences Bill, which I look forward to being before the Seanad next week. I hope that the Bill's reform of prostitution law will be brought into effect swiftly, as per the justice committee's recommendation. I commend the Tánaiste in that regard. On behalf of the...

Seanad: Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...of an organisation and NGO with a long track record of campaigning here in Ireland, is well established and supported by many people here, should have its accounts closed unilaterally in this way.I echo the words of those many writers and others who wrote to the newspapers on 5 November condemning Bank of Ireland's unilateral closure of the accounts and setting out the reasons why this...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (10 Nov 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...It has been a pleasure to work with her and her officials. Her constructive approach has been welcome and positive. I thank her for closely engaging with us on this legislation from the start. I echo Senator Davitt's words about her capacity for hard work and, in particular, her constructive approach to all of these things. I thank her officials. In particular, I thank Mr. Kieran...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (20 Oct 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister and thank him for his update. It is timely given the very great concern that has been expressed and which we all share about the mounting casualties in Aleppo and Syria. I echo the words of the Chairman and colleagues on that. On the initiative of Labour Party Senators and I, there is an all-party motion before the Seanad today condemning the attacks in Syria,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (20 Oct 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...the bureaucratic obstacles in Italy, can he say for sure if there is a timeframe for reaching relocation targets even though he expects to soon see numbers increase? On the Palestine issue, I echo the words of others on the recognition of the state of Palestine. Can the Minister comment on the reports raised in the media about the closure of a bank account in respect of the Ireland...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...Leeson from the centre for deaf studies in Trinity College Dublin, with whom I have worked on the issue of interpretation rights for members of the deaf community who come before the courts. All of us will echo the words of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality which, in its recent report on the recognition of Irish Sign Language, called for prioritisation of this Bill and its...

Seanad: Judicial Council: Motion (19 Oct 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...of consensus on the issue and we simply need to see movement on it now. The motion calls on the Government to legislate and to commit to the early publication of a Bill. Others have called for a timeframe. I echo those calls. We need a timeframe. The principle is clear and the consensus is evident. I commend those who moved the motion for bringing it forward and keeping it on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to echo Senator Grace O'Sullivan's words and her condolences to the families of those cyclists who were killed so tragically on our roads. I endorse what she said in calling on the Minister, Deputy Shane Ross, to outline plans for cycle safety and increase the level of cycling on our roads. During the term of the previous Seanad, I organised an Oireachtas all-party cycling group for...

Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to echo the words of Senator Buttimer and my colleagues in Sinn Féin who were positive about the Constitutional Convention. As someone who not only participated in it, but led the Labour delegation, I viewed it as a positive process. Its recommendation on marriage equality paved the way for the holding of the relevant referendum in 2015, among other changes. The model proposal...

Seanad: Ibrahim Halawa Case: Statements (30 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...solicitor, Mr. Darragh Macken, described yesterday's outcome as an appalling surprise. Mr. Colm O'Gorman from Amnesty International has described the latest postponement as a devastating blow. I echo the assertion of Senator Grace O'Sullivan that it requires a new urgency at Irish governmental level in seeking the release of Mr. Halawa. I note from the Minister's language, both in the...

Seanad: United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (28 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...of inclusivity, pluralism and solidarity, with a social welfare system and equality laws that set us apart from the rest of the world. Reform is required to restore this vision of Europe. I echo the remarks of the Labour Party leader, Deputy Brendan Howlin, in the Dáil yesterday, that Europe must serve its people more clearly and demonstrably if it is to prosper and survive....

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...Norris on his status as father of the House. It has been my pleasure to serve with him as a Dublin University Senator for the past two terms and I look forward to serving with him this term. I echo Senator Norris's words about our former colleague, Dr. Sean Barrett, and I welcome Senator Lynn Ruane, our new colleague from Dublin University. I pay tribute to the former Leader of the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (3 Feb 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome this Bill as an important piece of progressive penal reform. I compliment the Minister on all the work she has done and echo the comments made by Senators Conway and Wilson.She is an able and reforming Minister and she has always been so courteous and easy to deal with. I thank her for allowing so many Bills to start in the Seanad, which is important. She has steered through many...

Seanad: Innovation 2020: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and the opportunity to debate Innovation 2020. I wish to echo Senator Quinn's words about the Minister of State's enthusiasm for and commitment to this, which is greatly appreciated. I also wish to acknowledge that Innovation 2020, Ireland's new strategy for research and development in science and technology, represents an enormous achievement, a...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I echo the words of colleagues who expressed this week on the Order of Business the hope that we would see the early release of Mr. Ibrahim Halawa, the Irish citizen detained in Egypt. All of us share the hope that Mr. Halawa will be released and able to return home to Ireland to resume his studies at the earliest opportunity. I endorse what colleagues have said about that and expressed my...

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I echo what others have said. This is indeed a historic and welcome day. It is long overdue. At last we have seen this Government move on this issue, after years of inaction by successive Governments in the face of mounting criticisms from international sources and from successive inspectors of prisons. It is a proud day and one we can be thankful for. It marks a new step in our penal...

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2015: Second Stage (7 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, to the House and echo the words of others about her incredible working record. I also welcome her hard-working officials, as we are conscious of the volume of legislation coming through from the Department of Justice and Equality. This is historic legislation, as others have said, which I very much welcome. I was moved when reading the language of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Garda Commissioner (11 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: Thank you Chairman. I welcome the Garda Commissioner and her team. I also echo Deputy Finian McGrath's condolences to the family and colleagues of Garda Tony Golden on his appalling murder. In terms of victims and support for victims, I really welcome what the Commissioner has said about the victims of crime being placed at the heart of the work of An Garda Síochána. The...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...to include both Houses of the Oireachtas, particularly the Seanad, when we are talking about the national mitigation plan and the proposal to lay a five-yearly report before the Oireachtas. I echo what Senator Cáit Keane has said. We will be returning to that issue on Report Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...Senator Aideen Hayden's response to him in terms of its eloquence and her expertise in this area. The great expertise in housing policy that she brings to the debate is acknowledged across the House. I echo her words that the origins of the housing and homelessness crisis lie in the failure to deliver any social housing whatsoever during the lifetime of the previous Fianna Fáil and...