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Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I think Senator Mullen is referring to an issue between Trinity and UCD students.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: On a further point------

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: We should not all dredge up issues from the murky past of our student politics.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Like Senator Mooney, I wish the US ambassador well and note that yesterday was US Independence Day. We have had a positive interaction with the US ambassador this week. We appreciated his presence in the Chamber on Tuesday during the discussions with the representative of the Orange Order. The British ambassador was also present. It was good to see representatives from various embassies...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: We could also discuss the ongoing situation in Palestine. Last week I spoke about the appalling advertising campaign by Youth Defence and my efforts to persuade the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland to deal with it in the same way that it deals with other commercial advertising campaigns. Various sanctions are available to it, such as requiring advertisers to amend or withdraw...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: That is a joke.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, we had a useful session in the House when we discussed the finance statements with the Minister for Finance. Today's newspaper headlines show some more room for cautious positivity with the tax take for the first half of the year €500 million ahead of target. The Minister fairly set out the position yesterday and spoke, in particular, about the recent positive announcement on...

Seanad: Mortgage Arrears, Banking and the Economy: Statements, Questions and Answers (3 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Michael Noonan, to the House. I am pleased to have the opportunity to lead for the Labour Party group today in this rather broad discussion on mortgage arrears, banking and the economy. After the grand master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Mr. Drew Nelson, addressed the House earlier today, most of the speeches from Members referred to history,...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Drew Nelson, Grand Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland (3 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I echo what Senator Darragh O'Brien has said and congratulate the Chathaoirleach, the Leas-Chathaoirleach, and the Leader, Senator Cummins, in particular, and also Senator McAleese, for their work in organising today's address by Mr. Drew Nelson, grand secretary of the Orange Order. It was an important and historical event for the Seanad. I agree that it is important that it was not an...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I congratulate the Leader again.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Mr. Nelson appeared to invite us.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I would like us to look forward to another historic occasion. We will have the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland in the House before too long and I know that we all look forward to it. I ask the Leader to consider a debate on the proposed merger of the Irish human rights and equality commission in forthcoming legislation. The Oireachtas joint committee shall...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Drew Nelson, Grand Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland (3 Jul 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the distinguished visitors and ambassadors to the House. As leader of the Labour Party group and Deputy Leader of the Seanad, I am very pleased to welcome the grand secretary on this historic occasion, the first visit by a member of the Orange Order to the Houses of the Oireachtas. It is very good to see him and his colleagues in the Chamber. I do not see any Orangewomen among...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I know the Leader will address the issue of the insolvency Bill. I do not think there will be any difficulty about sitting longer to have that debate. I said previously that the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality report on the insolvency Bill, following two days of hearings, would be a useful topic for debate. The Senator raised the issue of Ulster Bank. We are all concerned...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions: Motion (27 Jun 2012)

Ivana Bacik: May I share two minutes of my time with Senator Moran?

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions: Motion (27 Jun 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House and this opportunity to debate the motion. I thank Independent Senators Mac Conghail and van Turnhout and the rest of their group for moving it. As colleagues will be aware, we held a similar debate on 7 June. It was a debate on the decade of commemorations. Many of us raised the important role to be played by the national cultural institutions during...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the imminent publication of the personal insolvency Bill on which it would be a good idea to receive a briefing. If a briefing is provided for Senators, I ask that we are circulated a copy of the report of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on the personal insolvency legislation. The report made a number of recommendations and includes a full transcript of our...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Ivana Bacik: If the Senator would allow me to finish, I agree with Senator Mullen's comment yesterday that abortion is a difficult and sensitive issue. It is not an appropriate subject for billboard campaigns. When complaints are made about the campaign to the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland, complainants are informed that the issue is outside its remit because the organisation behind the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Similarly, the National Consumer Agency and ComReg have indicated the matter is outside their remit. I ask for a debate on the role of the ASAI, the route for making complaints about advertising of this nature and advertising on social media. We must consider extending the remit of the ASAI to provide an accessible forum to which citizens may make complaints about advertisements of the...