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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.

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

Ivana Bacik: It is important the House debates this matter and that all male colleagues take an active role in it. It is men who are the users of prostitutes.

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

Ivana Bacik: We should be working together on this. However, as Senator Keaveney said, we will not be lectured by male Members on this topic.

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

Ivana Bacik: When will that recommendation come back to the House?

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

Ivana Bacik: That is not what the Senator said yesterday, with respect to the Deputy Leader.

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

Ivana Bacik: Excuse me. In answer to my question, when exactly will the heads of the Bill be published?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: It is. There is a lobby today of Friends of the Earth and Stop Climate Chaos.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Like the other speakers, I welcome the announcement that Senator Callely will make a statement following the Order of Business. As the other speakers have noted, Members require a full and comprehensive statement to resolve this matter. It has been a most unwelcome distraction in a week of serious political events both here and elsewhere and has served to bring all Members into disrepute....

Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I second the amendment which deals with an important principle. As Senator Mullen said, it relates to a very real issue of pressing concern to many apartment owners, the level — often the excessive level — of service charge payable. Generally, the provisions of section 15 are to be welcomed, as they will, I hope, guard against excessive service charges being levied on apartment owners....

Seanad: Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (1 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 47: In page 19, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: "(m) annulling house rules or any provision thereof if such rules interfere unreasonably with the rights of an owner of a unit.". This amendment is self-explanatory. It would give the court an additional power under section 19 by inserting a new paragraph (m) enabling the court to make an order "annulling...