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Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Stick to the amendment.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: It has fins rather than legs.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: That is nonsense.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, has made that clear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator is out of line.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I again call for a debate on the report of the expert group on the judgment in A, B and C v. Ireland, which has now been published. I welcome its publication yesterday and welcome that chapter 7 of the report clearly indicates that the best option for implementing the European Court of Justice judgment in the case of A, B and C v. Ireland is legislation along with regulation. I welcome that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for outlining the proposals in such a clear fashion. We all absolutely support them and welcome what she has said about the benefits they are likely to bring for voluntary projects, in particular. I echo what Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn said about the concerns raised by the Irish Refugee Council. Will the increased funding available go some way towards...

Seanad: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, to the House in introducing this important Bill, which has cross-party support. I welcome the very comprehensive view given by the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, in an earlier speech. It is very necessary and will put in statutory format practices that are already ongoing in vetting procedures required under the Children First national...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: It would hardly be swift after 20 years.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the fact that the expert group's report will be published this afternoon. I am glad that both Houses will have an opportunity to debate it. It is essential that a swift decision be made by the Government on the action to be taken on foot of the report. It would be surprising if the report recommended anything other than legislation, given the fact that, in the X case in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: -----that they might somehow fake a suicide risk to obtain an abortion. I am sure that we will have-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: There has been a debate in the public arena.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: We need to ensure that when this House debates the expert group's report in the coming weeks, our debate is conducted in a way that is respectful of women and everyone, whatever their views on abortion. Clearly, the report will simply address the need to implement the A, B and C judgment. These were its terms of reference. At some stage in the new year, will the Leader arrange for a debate...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to comment on the issue of the inquiry, about which many other Senators have already spoken. Anyone who watched the "Prime Time" interview with Praveen Halappanavar last night could not fail to be moved by his dignity, the extent of his grief and the appalling situation that he is in. Clearly, a genuinely independent inquiry is needed and the key issue is that it would meet the needs...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Next week.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (21 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House. I welcome this Bill which, as the Minister said, is long overdue as a reform of personal insolvency law. As he also said, it is a complex Bill. I thank him for his very comprehensive outline of the detailed provisions of the Bill which is very helpful to have on the record of the House. It is also helpful to have the history of the Bill on the record...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: My party is pressing for legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, there is no purpose in raising points of order if Members continue to breach the rules of the House in referring to persons who are not present.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)

Ivana Bacik: It is. It is about the rules of the House.