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- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: That just about sums it up.
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: It applies only to some people, but not to the President.
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: Once again Senator Mullen and I find ourselves in agreement.
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: Being an inclusive and tolerant one?
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: I acknowledged that many Members love the prayer not the majority.
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: Far from it.
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: At the beginning the Chair asked me to put the question, which I did. Then we had the debate following the agreement.
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: The Earl of Wicklow.
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: I move: "That the Report of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges on Standing Order 18: Prayer at Commencement of Sitting, be adopted, laid before the House and printed." Question put and agreed to.
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: I understand once the matter is agreed we can then have a debate, as the Leader said on the Order of Business. The debate can commence without a Minister present as it is on a report of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, CPP. I welcome the opportunity for the debate. It is the first time a debate has been held on a motion passed unanimously by the CPP. It is quite unprecedented...
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: It is unlikely we will ever have 30 minutes of silence. To incorporate 30 seconds of silence as part of the ritualistic commencement of proceedings is an important step forward in creating more tolerant and inclusive society. I will continue to try to persuade the House to move towards the method used in Stormont, Dublin City Council and other assemblies, where there is simply a silent...
- Seanad: Standing Order 18: Motion (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: It never put it to a vote.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: Senator Daly is throwing around the word "lying". If there is any sense to the rules and regulations of the House-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: I did not accuse anyone of lying.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: I did not accuse any Member of lying. I said Members could not face the truth.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: Is misleading the truth-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, the Senator said "lied" again and I think he is imputing remarks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)
Ivana Bacik: Far from it.