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Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010: Committee Stage. (1 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for adopting this Labour Party amendment to redress an omission in the section. Amendment agreed to. Section 8, as amended, agreed to. Section 9 agreed to. SECTION 10.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010: Committee Stage. (1 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, subsection (1), line 8, to delete "(Insanity)" and substitute "(Mental Disorder)". I raised this issue on Second Stage when I discussed the way in which the philosophy of the law on the treatment of persons with mental disorders in the criminal system has evolved. Generally speaking, the treatment of persons with mental illness has moved from an...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010: Committee Stage. (1 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I know the 2006 Act had a long gestation period. It is a shame that, during that period, a better term was not found to replace the term "insanity". I accept what the Minister of State says about mental disorder. That may not be the appropriate term because it may lower the threshold of guilt. I am well aware of the genesis of the defence...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010: Committee Stage. (1 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010: Committee Stage. (1 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 7: In page 11, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following subsection: "(2) The Act of 2006 and this Act may be cited together as the Criminal Justice (Mental Disorder) Acts 2006 and 2010.". Amendment No. 7 makes the same point. Its purpose is to ensure that the 2006 Act will be referred to in future as a part of a number of Acts to do with mental disorder rather...

Seanad: Insurance Industry: Statements (1 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State. I am pleased to have an opportunity to contribute to this debate. As others said, the events of last Tuesday, 30 March, represented the catalyst for this debate. On that dark day for us all, the Minister for Finance disclosed the extent of the public debt and the amount of money that would have to be poured into Anglo Irish Bank and other banks. It was...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I also welcome the fact that we are having a debate on banking, given that there is only one issue in the public mind today, as evidenced by the headlines, that is, the enormous amount of money we are pouring away to keep the banks afloat, particularly the zombie bank known as Anglo Irish Bank. The same questions are being asked by everybody: why are we doing this and how much more do we...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: The real fear is that there will be even more required. If Anglo Irish Bank keeps demanding more money from us, it will turn out that an orderly wind-down would have been a far better and more cost-effective way of dealing with this zombie bank. I agree with Senator McDonald that this is an issue of justice as much as of finance. People want to see accountability and feel, in particular,...

Seanad: Domestic Violence: Statements. (30 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Domestic Violence: Statements. (30 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I am pleased the House has been afforded an opportunity to have this debate on domestic violence as it has been sought by many of us for some time. I am delighted to welcome the Minister of State and pleased that she has been given the new portfolio of equality. As Senator Ó Brolcháin noted, it is welcome that domestic violence comes within her remit. I look forward to engaging with her,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to support Senator Mullen's call for a debate on a change in the law on mental capacity following the disturbing news of a young woman with Down's syndrome who was precluded from giving evidence. That was a very disturbing report. We heard an announcement yesterday by the Law Reform Commission of recommendations on reforming the law on juries, but we also need to revisit some aspects...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: The Leader will be conscious that a number of Members raised the issue of those unfortunate people queuing for passports outside the Passport Office. The Labour Party and others had called for the suspension of the CPSU action to facilitate members of the public who were not in any way responsible for the crisis in the public finances and to ensure they would not be disadvantaged in this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I join others in calling for a debate on the disturbing reports concerning the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. People in Ringsend and Sandymount have always been aware of a stink coming not just from the nearby sewage treatment plant but also from the goings-on in the authority.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: There are certainly parallels between the rotten borough of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and the one that was FÁS. Since the Deputy Leader is taking the Order of Business, will he give an update on the progress with the climate change Bill? Heads of the Bill were promised to be published before Easter which gives us one more week for a debate on it before the House goes into...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I was informed that heads of a Bill would be published before Easter.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Clearly not a Government priority.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I second Senator Fitzgerald's motion calling for an amendment to the Order of Business, to have the Minister for Foreign Affairs in here today. It is an urgent matter. Cycling in here today I met some of the many people who had been queuing all morning outside the Passport Office. They were outside it, as it happens, at 1.30 p.m. today because of a bomb scare. There has also been a flood,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: There seems to be an unjustified emphasis on jobs for a very small number of members of the Green Party parliamentary party when we should be focusing on the many tens of thousands of people who have lost their jobs and those who are facing pay cuts and uncertainty in their future as a result of this Government's mismanagement of our economy. That is the debate we should be having today.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.