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Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I am grateful to the Minister for that response and apologise for my vagueness in raising it. I knew I had seen it somewhere. I believed it was in the programme for Government and I am glad to hear discussions are ongoing with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. I am aware that among consumer groups and the general public there is an enormous demand for this...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: The Labour Party has always stood for transparency-----

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: -----and indeed the Labour Party introduced the freedom of information legislation, which was then rolled back upon by Fianna Fáil in government. That has been to the cost of greater transparency.

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister means it is more convenient for the Government.

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I am a practitioner and I represent people who use the freedom of information legislation. There are more obstacles placed in their way by virtue of the restrictions imposed.

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: The facts are very clear. This Government, led by Fianna Fáil, placed restrictions on freedom of information legislation. I have provided the Minister with the opportunity to put on the record the fact that he was too zealous in complying with freedom of information legislation, a fact of which I was not aware. On a more serious note, when it is convenient for the Government, data...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Following that digression and digressing a little further, it reminds me of the old joke of why there is only one Competition Authority. I ask the Minister to consider this on Report Stage. Question put and agreed to. SECTION 60.

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 57: In page 58, subsection (4), lines 15 and 16, to delete all words from and including "which" in line 15 down to and including "persons" in line 16. These amendments are suggested to ensure a more meaningful level of penalty is provided for against a person who contravenes the regulations under section 60. Other offences created in this Bill carry the possibility of...

Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today".

Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010: Second Stage (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Áine Brady, and I thank her for her interest in this issue. I am delighted to introduce this important Bill on behalf of the Labour Party. My colleague, Senator Prendergast, will refer to the health implications and definition of female genital mutilation or FGM. FGM is a practice carried out in certain...

Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010: Second Stage (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010: Second Stage (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I believe it should say published by the summer recess.

Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010: Second Stage (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I thank all speakers who contributed to what has been a strong and impassioned debate. I thank my Labour colleagues, Senator Prendergast who seconded the motion and spoke from her extensive experience as a mid-wife and Senator Hannigan who spoke of the experience in developing countries in the fight against FGM and the importance of that fight within aid programmes. This legislation has been...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Why not support the amendment?

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: The women of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I support the calls for a debate on banking policy today. I also call on the Members on the Government side who called for an urgent debate on the issue to support the amendment to the Order of Business such that we can have the debate today, a day on which everyone is shocked by the revelation of the excessive and reckless losses incurred by the Irish Nationwide Building Society, bearing in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I ask for a debate on the legislation proposed by Senator Boyle to remedy certain excessive payments made to individuals in banking. Some of the suggestions he made were very sensible. We look forward to seeking legislation from the other side of the House and debating it. I also ask the Leader for a debate on another matter, in respect of which we can learn from Iceland which looks to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I am talking about Deputy Joan Burton.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: In that context, I ask once again for a debate on women's participation in politics. We have been promised such a debate many times in the past few months. Members on both sides of the House are seeking a debate on the issue and I ask the Leader to commit to a date as a matter of urgency.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: It is not political opportunism.