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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday I wanted to say a word of thanks to my colleague, Senator Norris, for his kind words about me on the Order of Business. I am very grateful to him and I look forward to working with him and Senator Ross in representing our constituents in Dublin University. I also wanted to congratulate Senator Norris on his recent acclamation as Gay Icon of the Year by the National Lesbian and Gay...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: -----if I may be permitted to do that, as I am speaking about a Member of this House. I echo the words of Senator Alex White in that it does seem absurd in the extreme if we cannot comment on any individual outside the House. Clearly, we do it all the time as a matter of routine and this must continue. I also welcome the outcome of the Lisbon treaty referendum which I hope will usher in new...

Seanad: Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: Committee Stage (6 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I support this amendment because I believe it is essential to the principle of the licensing scheme envisaged in the Bill, namely, that standards would be applied to the provision of such services. Given the current economic context, it is very important that we stipulate that certain standards should be maintained in respect of labour conditions and health and safety matters. The Minister...

Seanad: Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: Committee Stage (6 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for his response, which lived up, or rather down, to my expectation of it. I am glad to hear that similar provisions may be made in other legislation. However, there is a tendency on the part of the Government to put off making provisions, particularly those guaranteeing minimum standards, and suggest that they be put into other legislation. I am thinking of...

Seanad: Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: Committee Stage (6 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I do not normally rise to defend a Minister of State but I see the merit of the subsection and it is not unduly restrictive. It is a question of the licensing of bus services for the consumer, so the interests of the consumer must be foremost in the legislation. The subsection will not restrict an operator who wishes to enter the market, as it asks him or her to put forward a good business...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I thank Senators Alex White and O'Toole for their kind words. Although I have made a small physical move forward and to the right, of course, I stay politically exactly where I was before, which is firmly on the left. I have the privilege of having been elected by the graduates of Dublin University to represent them in the Seanad and I will continue to work hard to do so. I ask the Leader...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I will.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I support Senator Fitzgerald's amendment to the Order of Business on the basis that the Seanad should be sitting longer. Recent days have shown the need for more sitting time. Yesterday, the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill was railroaded though the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Second Stage was guillotined and speakers who wanted to contribute could not do so. We were unable to give any thought to amendments on Report Stage, which is a pity. Senator Mullen already referred to the House of Lords.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am asking the Leader why he cannot give more time, given that the House of Lords was able to block the 42-day detention powers in England.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: It is interesting that we could not put any amendments through in the Seanad last night. I also want to ask the Leader why we are not having time to debate the report of an bord snip nua. The Seanad should be sitting for that next week. We are all under the impression that the report will be published at some stage next week. There has already been widespread selective leaking of some of...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I hope the Senator is not referring to me again.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I echo the words of Senator White in thanking the Minister for his engagement with us throughout the debate today. I thank also his officials who worked so hard on the Bill and staff in the Attorney General's office who I understand also advised on different aspects of the Bill. Although I agree this was a good and measured debate and that we engaged on many of the points about which we had...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am grateful to the Minister for clarifying the nature of the detention powers with which we are dealing. These are all substantial detention powers. He has also confirmed that the power to detain a person for seven days pre-charge is now being extended to all organised crime offences under Part 7 of the 2006 Act. It is evidence of creeping changes in the criminal justice system. When...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I acknowledged that point earlier.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 16: In page 22, between lines 42 and 43, to insert the following: "(III) the person to whom the application relates and any legal representative (whether of that person or the applicant).".

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 17: In page 23, to delete lines 42 to 46. These amendments are grouped together because they all seek to do the same thing with regard to three different detention powers in sections 21, 22 and 23. In all three cases, the amendments seek to delete the Minister's provision stating that no issue as to the lawfulness of the arrest or detention of the person may be raised at...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am grateful to the Minister for giving a little more detail. He referred to the Keating case in 1990, but I am aware of more recent cases. In the Bernie case - I was involved also in a related case - one of the reasons the Court of Criminal Appeal objected to a challenge to the jurisdiction of the Special Criminal Court was because the accused has not raised the point concerning the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: No, it is before being charged. We are concerned with the pre-charge period.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)

Ivana Bacik: In response to Senator Walsh, who I think was seeking to attack me, although I am not sure, it is utterly wrong to start once again personalising the debate and suggesting that people who are raising valid issues-----