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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: As Senator Darragh O'Brien said, we will have an opportunity next week to debate the social welfare Bill and I do not want to pre-empt that discussion. I find it very hard to take lectures from the selective amnesiacs across the House who have conveniently forgotten that they got us into this mess. They signed us up to a property tax, so that was their commitment.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second and Subsequent Stages (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: At noon on Tuesday, 11 December 2012.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second and Subsequent Stages (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: That is a hard act to follow. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Burton, to the House and thank her for the support she has given this Bill. As others have kindly acknowledged, this is a reformulation of a Private Members' Bill - the Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2011 - that I initiated on behalf of the Labour Party group in this House on 10 November 2011. I welcome the members of the...

Seanad: Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister and the opportunity to speak about the expert group's report on the judgment in the A, B and C case. I thank him for his very clear outline of the circumstances behind the report and its content. I share his view that the expert group deserves commendation and praise for its work. I also thank him for clearly stating the Government's commitment to act on the report...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: On behalf of the Labour Party group in the House, as Deputy Leader of Seanad Éireann and as a Trinity Senator, I am honoured to pay tribute to the late and much missed Senator Trevor West. I welcome his wife, Maura Lee, and his family, including friends of mine, who are in the Gallery. I am pleased that we are paying tribute to Trevor West. I knew him personally. When I came to Trinity...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Santa's document.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: If the Senator says he is speechless, he should remain so.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator has promoted Senator Darragh O'Brien to Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: It was a Fianna Fáil Government which introduced the bank guarantee and led us into the troika programme.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

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

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: -----to tax property-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator is unduly impassioned.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: What about pensions? What about the measures on capital gains and acquisitions?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: There is an empty vessel across the floor of the House making a lot of noise about this.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: As Senator O'Brien knows well, there are 14 measures in the budget that are specifically targeted to tax wealth, a direct consequence of the position of the Labour Party in government.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: If Senator O'Brien-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: If Senator O'Brien bothered to read the objective commentary made overnight and today about the budget he will see it is generally acknowledged that this is a budget which targets wealth, as it should.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: There is the property tax. For the first time we will see a tax that is squarely focused on taxing wealth and ensuring that those with the most will pay most. It is a property tax, rather than an income tax. Senator O'Brien well knows that when his Government was in office it focused purely on income-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: This is a far more progressive approach.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I reiterate that empty vessels make most noise.