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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: It was a Fianna Fáil-led Government that negotiated the rates of pay for consultants.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the fact that we will have a debate next week with the Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs given today?s critical meeting in Europe on EU bank debt at which both the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste will be present. Moves are being made by other countries to seek to make an EU bank debt deal prospective, which would be bad for this country. We must all wish the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: -----and its decision to offer services within the law to women in Northern Ireland seeking to terminate pregnancies. That clinic has stated clearly that it will operate within the law. Northern Irish law is different to the law in the Republic. It does allow abortion on various grounds, albeit still limited grounds. At least the Marie Stopes clinic is accepting the reality that faces...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I will at a different time.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I finally get a chance to say that the Leader will respond to Senator O?Brien?s request for an amendment to the Order of Business. I have spoken on health in this House many times. The Government is the first to adopt a radical policy of health care reform. It is the first Government to take on consultants. Let us not forget who negotiated the sweetheart deal with the consultants. That...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: It was a Fianna Fáil-led Government that negotiated the rates of pay for consultants.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the fact that we will have a debate next week with the Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs given today?s critical meeting in Europe on EU bank debt at which both the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste will be present. Moves are being made by other countries to seek to make an EU bank debt deal prospective, which would be bad for this country. We must all wish the...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: -----and its decision to offer services within the law to women in Northern Ireland seeking to terminate pregnancies. That clinic has stated clearly that it will operate within the law. Northern Irish law is different to the law in the Republic. It does allow abortion on various grounds, albeit still limited grounds. At least the Marie Stopes clinic is accepting the reality that faces...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I will at a different time.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: That is nonsense.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I know the Leader will respond to Senator Darragh O'Brien's request, but I point out that we will be discussing Senator Sean D. Barrett's Bill on mortgage credit during Private Member's time this evening, which will give us an opportunity to discuss this very important issue. I agree with Senator Darragh O'Brien regarding the comments of Ms Fiona Muldoon, to which other colleagues referred...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of information, it is called demographics.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I would never do that.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: That is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Like Senator Darragh O'Brien, I would like to have a debate on the Minister's plans for local government reform. However, I refute entirely the Senator's suggestion that the report is a sop to the Labour Party. This was agreed between the two coalition partners as part of the programme for Government. Proper local government reform is long overdue to ensure the system will be more...

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, to the House. It is a pleasure to have him back here in his new capacity as Minister of State and I am delighted to see him. I am sure, and I hope, he will be a regular visitor to the House. We also appreciate the presence of the Minister for Health for more than half of the debate and for responding directly and personally. It was...

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: The document bears rereading because it is clear and unequivocal in its commitment to a radical reform of the health care system. It also clearly states that this is the first Government that will do that.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Both Government parties had manifestos based on radical reform. The programme continues, "This Government" is committed to introducing "Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all." The programme acknowledges, as do Ministers, that reform will not be easy and will be a difficult process that will take a little time. It is a process that is well worth carrying out and has...

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Ivana Bacik: There are three of us present in the Chamber.