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Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ——it is careless.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: With respect to the Leader, we must be conscious——

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I called previously for a debate on the orderly running of Seanad business. It makes it much easier and more efficient for all of us if we can know in advance when the Seanad is likely to be sitting. I have no objection to sitting for longer days and sessions. If we have legislation to deal with it is all the better that we should get through it in an orderly and efficient fashion, but...

Seanad: Banking Reports: Statements (15 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I am very grateful to Senator Twomey for sharing time. As he has said, the reports show how warning bells should have been ringing a long time ago in the Irish financial services and banking sectors. These two reports, one by international experts and the other by the Governor of the Central Bank, lay the blame fairly and squarely on the Government and in particular on the Taoiseach, who...

Seanad: Banking Reports: Statements (15 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I apologise to Senator Norris, who corrects me on that. However, very few of us at that time opposed the guarantee. Therefore it is extremely interesting to see now what Professor Honohan has to say about it. It is fair to say the Government has been spinning very hard paragraph 1.25 which finds it is hard to argue with a view that an extensive guarantee needed to be put in place. We all...

Seanad: Banking Reports: Statements (15 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: That was not the message from the Labour Party.

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for accepting amendment No. 2 which arose from Committee Stage deliberations. It had become apparent that section 10, which provides for the property services regulatory authority membership, would have allowed it to be dominated by property service provider professionals. The section's wording was, therefore, flawed. This amendment will mark a great improvement for...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I am glad the Minister will examine this again. The formula used in amendment No. 3 was trying to follow the Minister's wording in section 10(4)(a). That is why I used the wording, "in the opinion of the Minister, [these people would be] representatives of the interests of consumers". I believed this gave the desired degree of flexibility in this regard. I accept there may be all sorts...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 3: In page 22, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: "(b) at least 3 shall be persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, are representatives of the interests of consumers, and".

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I understood it was agreed.

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 4: In page 32, to delete lines 40 to 49 and substitute the following: "(10) A licensee who fails to comply with a code of practice is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €5,000.". This amendment is somewhat altered in its wording but is based on an amendment to section 19 tabled on Committee Stage which deals with codes...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 5: In page 45, line 37, after "subsection (2)" to insert the following: "or another provision of this Act including a code of practice".

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the passing of the Bill which is long overdue. This is an area in which the interests of consumers have been unprotected for too long and, as the Minister said, the sector has been largely unregulated until now. We, therefore, welcome the Bill and its companion measure, the Multi-Unit Developments Bill which will improve the situation of apartment owners and residents. However,...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Doherty pre-empted my comments, but I support Senator Regan in his opposition to the adjournment of the House until 15 June. Like the Dáil, we should sit next week.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: If only Senator Boyle's voting record were as deadly as his Tweeting record.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: This side of the House would be delighted if he voted in accordance with his Tweets.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I, on behalf of the Labour Party, join other Members in welcoming the Paisleys to the House. It is historic to see them in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. Yesterday, I asked the Leader for a debate on the need for climate change legislation. Today, I renew my call, this time to the Deputy Leader, for such a debate. It is noteworthy the Government side only defeated the amendment I...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, the Deputy Leader said the heads of the Government's climate change Bill will be published by the end of this week and the Bill itself in the next term.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Will he clarify when precisely the heads of the Bill will be published and the Bill be introduced? I commend Friends of the Earth and the Stop Climate Chaos campaign which ran a full day's lobbying yesterday in Buswells Hotel on the need for climate change legislation. My Climate Protection Bill has been languishing on the Order Paper since October 2007. If the Government is finding it...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I have worked for many years with organisations such as Ruhama on the need to protect victims of abuse and trafficking.