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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Selection Panel for Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Discussion (25 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Zappone was right to raise the issue of the head 17(5) because it was raised with us in almost every submission in July. We note what those on the panel have said in response and this is something of which we are conscious as parliamentarians. I wish to follow up on the issue of appointment and how one goes about selecting potential commissioners. Some people have suggested that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Selection Panel for Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Discussion (25 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I thank our witnesses for their presentations. There is no doubt regarding the high calibre of the panel nor about the high level of their CVs and experience. I speak as somebody who knows several members of the panel as colleagues and friends, but we are very impressed by the expertise they bring to the panel process. The fact they stood aside as a group when they had a doubt about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Selection Panel for Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Discussion (25 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Selection Panel for Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Discussion (25 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I hope I speak for the committee in saying we would certainly like to work with the panel and to help and support it in any way we can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Selection Panel for Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Discussion (25 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: May I just ask one more question? I thank the panel and wish it the best. With regard to head 13 of the draft Bill, is the panel satisfied with the method of selection for the commission? It has been pointed out and we are all conscious that it states the Government shall accept the recommendation of the selection panel and goes on to give exceptional circumstances. There is also...

Seanad: Homophobic Bullying: Statements (25 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, to the House and apologise for my being delayed. I was at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, which had a hearing on the merger of the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority, to which I know the Minister of State referred in her speech as one of the important mechanisms we hope will strengthen...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I seek a debate on the plans for a youth guarantee, which the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, spoke about yesterday when she announced that the Government will advance plans during Ireland's EU Presidency next year for a European youth guarantee to help reduce youth unemployment. This is a very exciting prospect which offers practical possibilities and potential for...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I thank those Senators who took part in last night's constructive Private Members' debate on the Labour Party's motion on the regulation of charities. I commend Senators John Whelan and Lorraine Higgins who led the Labour Party group in the debate. It is positive that a consensus was reached on the need for the Charities Act 2009 to be commenced fully. The Minister of State, Deputy...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: It is radical reform.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister and the two Ministers of State at the Department of Health have to work together.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I did not interrupt the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Fine Gael and the Labour Party agreed to a very radical proposal in the programme for Government. That is what the Department of Health is overseeing. We need to support those involved in the development of a system of universal health care which will be a hugely progressive and positive development.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I can hear the naysayers who presided over a shambles for 14 years.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: When the Senator's party was in government, it presided over a shambles. We should not forget the public private partnerships.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I do.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I would like to ask the Leader about the pre-budget debates.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Perhaps we might have a debate on the radical and progressive reforms the Government is introducing in the health care system.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: The previous Government failed to deliver such reforms.

Seanad: Charities Act 2009: Motion (19 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: At 10.30 a.m. on Thursday, 20 September 2012.

Seanad: Charities Act 2009: Motion (19 Sep 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to share time with Senator Moloney.