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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

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I ask for clarification on the whereabouts of the mysterious climate change Bill which, I understand, was finally agreed by Cabinet on 16 November and was one of the main planks of the Green Party's policies when it entered Government. Are we going to see this climate change Bill become law?

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Perhaps we should ask the IMF, as Senator Alex White suggests. Clearly, the Greens are now floundering in Government. It is clear they have lost any credibility they ever had. This is a bigger issue than one party. It is a matter of the utmost national and international importance that we pass the climate change Bill before the long-overdue fall of the Government. I ask the Leader for...

Seanad: North-South Co-operation on Sex Offenders: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I would certainly be grateful if Senator Boyle did share time because I would like to contribute to the debate.

Seanad: North-South Co-operation on Sex Offenders: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Senator Boyle.