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Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I request a debate on the merger on the basis of the report to which I refer.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Like Senator Darragh O'Brien, I am grateful to the Leader, Senator Cummins, for setting out the reasons for the changes to the schedule of business for this week. All Members will agree it is unfortunate those changes needed to be made and the House will now not sit on Thursday. I am sure everyone accepts that, in view of the need to allow time for amendments to be tabled to the Social...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad we will not be debating the Bill in its entirety on one day. Arranging for it to be debated on Friday and Monday next will ensure there will be more time between Stages, which is preferable. I also welcome today's debate on the Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012. I again agree with...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: There is no use of the word "austerity" in the treaty. I look forward to the debate. It is timely we are having the debate today-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: The alternative is far more instability. That is the reality.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I have not heard one person who is advocating a "No" vote explain to me what the better outcome would be if there was a "No" vote. Nobody has explained to me what he or she suggests would be a better outcome. It is timely we are looking at the result of the first round of the French presidential election, and I very much hope to see Monsieur Hollande win, but it is a very real concern-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: -----to see nearly one in five French voters voting number one for the National Front. That is a real wake-up call to all of us. I acknowledge this is an unusual idea but I ask the Leader that we might have a debate in 12 months time on the progress in the year since the passing of the Bill to prohibit female genital mutilation, FGM, which legislation was initiated in this House. I note...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator can read the treaty.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, Monsieur Hollande is not saying that any more.

Seanad: Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (23 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Joe Costello, and wish him well on his appointment. We look forward to him bringing his customary enthusiasm and expertise to this important portfolio. I also welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. We had our first discussion on the stability treaty on 14 March with no Minister present. I found that debate extremely useful in...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of information, perhaps when the IMF, the European Union and the ECB came to bail us out, we were on the edge of a cliff.

Seanad: Sale of State Assets: Statements, Questions and Answers (19 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive and very clear outline of the current Government position on the sale of State assets. He has set out very fairly the nature of the programme for the sale of assets and he has given the House certain reassurances that are particularly important to those of us who would clearly prefer not to see us selling State assets. However, as he said, we are...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, we have a culture in Ireland where 4,000 women a year are travelling to England for abortions. I would like to inform Senator Bradford of that.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (19 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to pay tribute to the late Senator Myles Staunton on behalf of the Labour Party group in the Seanad. I welcome his family and extend my sympathy to his wife, Marianne, his children and family and to his friends and those who knew him in Westport. I did not know him personally but I have a Westport connection, as my great grandmother was a Reilly from the centre of town and I have a...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Where is the Galway tent?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I join my colleagues in expressing condolence to the family of the late Mr. Barry. On the issue of corporate donations, I am glad to hear Fianna Fáil has been converted. It is a case of closing the stable door some time after the horse has bolted but none the less -----

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Perhaps it has gone to a large Galway tent rather than a stable. I do not think any of us are aware of what Senator Mooney meant with his reference to Malahide. We remain to be enlightened on that subject.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome last night's contribution from the Minister for Social Protection on the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012. She made it clear that the changes proposed to the lone parents scheme are conditional on adequate child care arrangements being put in place in the next budget. She has laid down an important marker in this regard. I have met with groups representing lone parents and I...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Four brave women who themselves had been through terminations of pregnancy as a result of being pregnant with babies who were not viable and could not survive beyond birth gave harrowing and intimate accounts of the personal tragedies they had suffered from having to terminate their pregnancies in another country and the lack of compassion shown by this State. One of the women stated that it...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator is doing his best to sow seeds of confusion.