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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the proposals in it which offer 100 new mortgage advisers to people in distress with their mortgages and who will negotiate directly with the banks on their behalf, as Deputy Ciarán Lynch, said the other night. I also welcome the proposal for two new mortgage to rent schemes which the Minister of State, Deputy Penrose, will roll out that will offer-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: -----practical help to the thousands-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: The schemes proposed will offer practical help to the many families who are in genuine distress with their mortgages. I call on the Leader to arrange a further debate on prostitution law following the excellent debate we had last night on foot of Senator Zappone's motion on prostitution law. I very much welcome the fact that during the debate, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch,...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I am not sure what Senator Walsh is talking about. I asked the Leader for a follow up debate in six months' time on prostitution law with the Minister, Deputy Shatter, or the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to follow up on the commitment the Minister of State gave last night that the Government would spend the next six months engaged in public consultation on the introduction of a...

Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, and thank and commend Senator Katherine Zappone and the other Independent Senators for bringing forward the motion. This is a very important debate that has been ongoing for some time, as acknowledged by the Minister of State and others. I also thank and commend the many NGOs which have been working on this issue for many years,...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Not surreptitiously. Legislation is passed-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I believe all Members share the concerns expressed by Senator Darragh O'Brien on the reports of potential job losses at Aviva. As Senator O'Brien is aware, the Labour Party group already has devoted specific Private Members' Business time to the plight of the workers at TalkTalk in Waterford, during which debate there was much talk of other projected job losses, including those at Aviva, and...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Phrase it as a question.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Without referring to a specific case, particularly one before the High Court, issues relating to which are in the public domain, it is most inappropriate to suggest the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources should contact RTE regarding the editorial content of current affairs programmes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: That would be most inappropriate. RTE is an independent broadcaster.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: It would be inappropriate for a Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from any party to communicate with RTE regarding the editorial content of current affairs programmes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Fianna Fáil may have engaged in it in the past, but such behaviour is inappropriate.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: There has been enough interference of that sort in the past.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I compliment the Leader and everyone else involved in organising last Thursday's excellent and wide-ranging debate on the economy with the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan. Some of the information the Minister provided in response to a query from Senator Tom Sheahan on credit unions became the lead headline on all news programmes that evening. It is worth noting that as a result...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I know we will see more of that today with a Minister of State, Deputy Seán Sherlock, in the House and when we come to the health debate with the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, on 27 October. I ask for a similar question and answer session and debate on housing. I have already made contact with the Minister of State, Deputy Willie Penrose, on the issue. In particular, we should...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: The Senator may need to.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: I dispute that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Fianna Fáil caved in to vested interests.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Daly is making a lot of noise for someone who has been gagged.