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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Dr. Brady for his clear presentation. A consensus is emerging from the medical and legal experts who testified yesterday and this morning on the need for regulation and legislation, in accordance with the decision taken by the Government before Christmas. The legislation must provide for an accessible and effective procedure. In regard to the number of doctors required, chapter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the witnesses for their excellent presentations. I agree with the legal analysis offered and Dr. Mills' characterisation of the debate as three-sided. It is useful to note that research on the experience of women in Ireland who have had abortions, for example, by Dr. Ruth Fletcher, shows they feel disengaged and alienated from a debate that is unduly polarised. It is notable that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Is it Dr. Mills's view that there should be provision for emergencies? The expert group report states, on page 36, that one doctor should be enough in an emergency. Why then is it required to have three opinions in a non-emergency? Does that not render the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights ineffective? Specifically, paragraph 267 of the A, B and C v. Ireland decision points...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the three witnesses for their strong presentations and for the clarity with which they have provided us, in particular on the issues of time limits and, as described by the European Court of Human Rights, the chilling effect of the 1861 Act and the lack of legal clarity upon current medical practice. Dr. Coulter Smith and Dr. Mahony testified to that. I have a specific question in...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Report Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Now.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Report Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, we discussed respite care for approximately an hour and a half yesterday.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Like Senator Feargal Quinn, I have been present throughout the debate and listened carefully. I agree with him that we have had an instructive and informative debate, with some passionate and thought-provoking contributions. I agree with Senator Paul Bradford on the need for advance notice of measures. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality and recently we...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I am trying to move the debate on, as was Senator Maloney.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Thank you, Chair.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Specifically-----

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I just have a specific question about the likely date of the commencement order for-----

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: It is in section 1.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, Senator Moloney is right. Section 3 does not refer to that. Senator Cullinane wanted to insert a new section which would have referred to it but that was ruled out of order.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

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Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I am and I will not wander.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I have a specific question for the Minister on section 1(4). We have been focusing on the issue of the coming into operation of section 13. Section 1(4) provides for sections 15, 16 and 17 coming into operation on different days as the Minister may order. Given what we have been talking about and the importance of that issue, what day does the Minister envisage those sections will be...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I agree with Senator Healy Eames on the Title. "Social Welfare Bill" is normally the general Title used to describe a Bill of this nature, although, in fairness to Senator Cullinane, there are quite a number of other issues in the Bill, in particular a number of reforming measures. I thank the Minister very much for her commitments last night in response to Second Stage speeches on the Bill...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I will, of course. I was merely referring to the Minister's comments last night as an example of the sort of other measures that are covered by the Bill and the fact, to come back to the issue of the Title, that it could well be referred to as the social welfare law reform Bill, given there is the earlier Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006. There have been some instances where...

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sub-Committee on Penal Reform: Penal Reform: Discussion (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: In its submission, Focus Ireland made the point of women prisoners being a special case, with about 50 women in a cycle of homelessness and prison. What is the best way to approach that? That is a different issue where there is a very small cohort that can be identified. What is the best way to support those women to reduce recidivism? How could they be targeted?

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sub-Committee on Penal Reform: Penal Reform: Discussion (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I was interested in the remarks about pre-prison preparation, speaking to people who are still awaiting sentencing post-conviction. Has that been done anywhere else and what have the outcomes been? It is obviously still early days.