Results 10,141-10,160 of 11,477 for speaker:Ivana Bacik
- Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: It has got worse since we published the report.
- Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: Archbishop Martin suggested that also.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: That is not what I said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: I renew my call for a debate on the role of the church in education and the issue of school patronage, about which Deputy Quinn has been speaking for some time. He has called for the establishment of a national forum on patronage, which is a good idea. I called for such a debate yesterday in the context of the ongoing revelations about abuse within the church, the cover-up of abuse and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: A great deal has been said about the protest outside Leinster House last Tuesday. I was not on it but I heard many people afterwards who said they went on it intending to participate in a peaceful protest and they were dismayed by the actions of a small number who engaged in violence. That needs to be put the record as people bandy around accusations about individuals. All the speakers had...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: I am very open about it. It is not a cover-up.
- Seanad: Fines Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: On a procedural point, does it mean that if the Government amendment No. 2 is accepted, my amendments Nos. 3 and 4 fall?
- Seanad: Fines Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister and thank him for taking the time to consider the points I made, supported by Senator Regan, on Committee Stage. This is an important point and I do not believe the Minister's amendment No. 2 deals with the issue we raised on Committee Stage. I am aware of the Law Reform Commission recommendations. I accept that the effect of the fine should not be made more severe...
- Seanad: Fines Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: As proposer, I believe I can speak on this one more time. In answer to Senator Walsh, I have no problem with the idea that a fine should be less than what would be otherwise appropriate because that is in ease of the defendant. The principle of interpretation of a criminal statute is that what is in favour of the accused or the defendant would apply. That is not the difficulty which, as...
- Seanad: Fines Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: I also welcome the passage of the Bill, particularly the changes it makes in allowing the courts to impose community service orders where persons default on fines, empowering them to make provision for payment by instalment, etc. As previous speakers stated, it is to be hoped this will reduce the shocking numbers who are imprisoned for defaulting on fines and clogging up the prison system at...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: I support the calls made by other speakers for a debate on transport policy. Following on from Senator Buttimer's question about who drives transport policy, we can say it is certainly not the Minister who is not even a back seat driver but just a passenger at this stageââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: I agree. We have seen a complete abdication of responsibility for governing and driving transport policy and, as other speakers said, a handing over of responsibility to quangos. We need a debate on the issue. I thank the Cathaoirleach for welcoming the distinguished delegation in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. I also wish to welcome its members on my own behalf. It is a UNICEF-led...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader for a debate on foreign policy issues, given the recent reports of atrocities in Chad following the withdrawal of the Irish Defence Forces. Amnesty International has raised the issue which the House needs to debate. I also ask the Leader for a debate on the situation in Sri Lanka which has not received the same level of media attention. A permanent people's tribunal was...
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (5 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "(c) The references in this subsection to a designated centre shall include any other suitable place of treatment specified by the Minister for Health and Children.". I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy John Moloney. I thank him for his continuing interest in these issues. We had a very good debate on...
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (5 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for a full response. I am glad a wider review of the legislation will be undertaken later this year and that the important issue this amendment raises will be dealt with by it. I have a difficulty with the Committee Stage Government amendment to section 3 although I am glad that, in principle, centres other than the Central Mental Hospital may be designated....
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (5 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "(c) The references in this subsection to a court shall not include the District Court.". This amendment would change the definition of "court" to exclude the District Court. This is not just a whimsical exclusion of the court as many professionals, especially psychiatrists, working in the system feel, from...
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (5 May 2010)
Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State again for a full response and am glad the matter I have raised will be included in the overall review of the 2006 legislation. I am also glad he referred to Professor Harry Kennedy who has been an immense help in informing me of the workings of the 2006 Act and his excellent court diversion programme. I take the Minister's point that he wants space to examine...