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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: With respect, we are all in favour of restricting corporate donations as far as possible and practicable. There has been no dissent from any side of the House on that principle. However, there is clearly a substantive difference between an outright ban and a restriction.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Most countries have their own sovereignty.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: It was a Cabinet decision.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Thomas Byrne accuses the Government of being obsessed with the issue of having an embassy to the Holy See and then proceeds to propose an amendment to the Order of Business at a time when we should, of course, be focusing on job creation. I agree with him that we should have a debate on the jobs plan, for which many of us called yesterday and I think we will be able to facilitate it.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator has called for a debate on the closure of the embassy to the Holy See even though we have already dealt with the issue in the House with the Tánaiste who gave a very clear response. It was a decision taken by the Government. Three missions were closed - the embassies in Iran, East Timor and the Vatican. All of the closures are regrettable, but as the Tánaiste made clear, if...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: There has been plenty of public debate on the issue. Father Peter McVerry, for example, said that the Vatican should not have embassies there at all. If the Vatican were to relax its own rule and allow embassies in Rome to represent officially in the Vatican, this would be an entirely satisfactory resolution.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I call for a debate on waste and waste management in light of the fiasco across Dublin City Council area resulting from the hand-over of the waste collection services to Greyhound, the lack of information to residents, the confusion over collection dates and the insistence by Greyhound on upfront payments, with the result that we may see thousands of households without bin collection services...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I, too, welcome the action plan for jobs launched yesterday. It amounts to a significant new programme with more than 270 actions, some clearly based on initiatives taken previously and some of which are new. Some actions are creative and have already captured people's imagination. I know that people in small businesses are interested in the diaspora finder's fee. That measure, coupled...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I have not yet seen the review findings, but like Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, I look forward to seeing them.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, I take issue with the suggestion the Tánaiste has shown bad judgment on an issue-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: The Tánaiste has denied that. It was on the list.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, that is not what Mr. Seán Donlon said. In fact, it is very far from what he said.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: It was attributed to Mr. Seán Donlon.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: He was here two weeks ago.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, when the Tánaiste was in this House on the Thursday before last-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: -----he made it very clear that the decision would be reviewed if and when resources allowed.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: That has been the position all along.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: There was a debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Immigrant Investor Programme and Start-Up Entrepreneur Scheme: Statements (9 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister to the House and welcome this programme. It is great that Members on both sides of the House welcome this initiative which we all recognise as a good idea. As Senator Bradford said, it will be good for job creation and is an example of Ministers thinking outside the box and thinking laterally about how a Department where job creation proposals are not usually...