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Seanad: Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Given the circumstances, I withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, line 23, to delete "has been or is being" and substitute "may have been or may be being". Amendments Nos. 2 and 4 relate to a similar concern in respect of the whistleblower protection in section 4. Again, we felt the onus is being placed, under the Minister's wording, on the whistleblower to be clear that he or she had formed an opinion that an offence...

Seanad: Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Norris has put it very well. I am very grateful to the Minister for being so open to accepting the amendments and for indicating he will do so. They will strengthen and improve the quality of section 4 of the Bill and will encourage a greater culture of disclosure in good faith by whistleblowers. That is an important change of mind and I am grateful to the Minister for accepting...

Seanad: Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I am happy with that.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, we are wasting a great deal of time on the Order of Business on one individual's issue, which is not appropriate for the Order of Business-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: -----and which is before the courts.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Barely got to speak.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I support Senator Keaveney in calling for a debate on the way we order business in this House. It is most inappropriate that one Member should dominate the Order of Business raising an issue-----

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: -----which is currently before the courts.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader for a further debate on prison conditions. We had an excellent debate on this House on foot of requests from myself and Senator Cummins on prison overcrowding. Unfortunately, there is another damning report, this time from the prison chaplains, about conditions in our prisons. It emphasises to us the need to keep this under constant review and to keep putting a spotlight...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: This Government has only weeks left.

Seanad: Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I echo the Chair's words in wishing the Minister well. On section 1 which refers to the 2001 (amendment) Act, I wish to ask him whether any consideration was given to consolidating the Prevention of Corruption Acts in this legislation which, clearly, we welcome, as we did in the Dáil when it was introduced two years ago. Therefore, it has had a long genesis and passage through that House....

Seanad: Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I was aware of the Minister's comments, but the time seemed opportune time commence codification when the Bill was being prepared, particularly given the length of time it had taken to get it to this House. However, I am glad to hear codification is on the agenda.

Seanad: Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Perhaps the Minister might confirm that this section will answer GRECO's concerns about a particular matter. When it reported in 2009, there was no jurisdiction over an Irish national who committed an offence abroad where he or she did not have the status of a public official. I understand this section addresses that issue, but I would like the Minister to confirm this.

Seanad: Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 21, after "opinion" to insert "or suspicion". The purpose of this amendment is clear. It is simply to provide protection for whistleblowers who report their suspicion as well as their opinion. In the proposed new sections 8A(1) and 8A(5)(a) to be inserted in the 2001 Act the Minister provides that there will only be protection for a whistleblower who...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I join colleagues on this side of the House in calling for a debate today on - where to begin - the bailout, the IMF-EU deal, what the Government is laughably describing as the national recovery plan etc. Fianna Fáil Members should listen to themselves. Clearly, they are still in denial if they are welcoming the deal that has been done and if they are asking what is wrong with looking for...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Ivana Bacik: -----and when they were denying that they were going to the IMF and to the EU, and when senior Cabinet Ministers were denying it even at the time when negotiations were clearly ongoing in Brussels and Frankfurt.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Ivana Bacik: At this stage, we take their denials with a large grain of salt. No doubt it is devastating for the country. Everybody is talking about it today, as they were yesterday and over the weekend, when more than 50,000 people marched. I marched with them. It was a most well-behaved and civilised crowd, but the anger was intense.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Ivana Bacik: That is why I am calling on the Leader to have the debate today-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Ivana Bacik: -----rather than waiting until Thursday, and I support the call by Senator Fitzgerald and others for that