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Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader for a debate on a positive matter - in contrast to some of the more negative issues about which we have been talking today - No. 32 on the Order Paper, a motion from the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights, of which I am a member, noting the report of the joint committee on women's participation in politics, which was laid before the Seanad on 28...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Ivana Bacik: It is women, not ladies.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, it is women, rather than ladies.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Will the Leader allow time for a debate on the report?

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Business Plan: Statements (29 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to share time with Senator Hannigan.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Business Plan: Statements (29 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I join others in welcoming the Minister of State. I also welcome the draft business plan, albeit that I will be critical of it. It is useful to have a draft plan, but we have to treat it with caution given that, as the Minister said, the data on which the plan is based are provisional in nature. The estimates are based on data provided by the five credit institutions which are most likely...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader for a debate on a serious matter, namely, the operation of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004. That may sound technical but it is the Act under which the commission of investigation into the archdiocese of Dublin and allegations of child sexual abuse in that diocese had been established. The commission is chaired by Judge Yvonne Murphy and was established in 2006....

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am very concerned that the mechanics of the section may operate so as to compromise reports. We should all be very wary about this.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: An urgent debate on the operation of section 38 and how it could be improved upon to give a voice to the commission and to victims is essential at this time.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am very grateful to the Deputy Leader for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: As regards getting in tomorrow, those of us who did not get a chance to contribute today were detained on committee business elsewhere.

Seanad: Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2009: Second Stage. (28 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am grateful to Senator Alex White for sharing time. I, too, commend the university Senators, particularly Senator Ross, on introducing this excellent Bill. Others have commented on its genesis and the fact that it is so closely reflective of the Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007 introduced by Senator Boyle and his colleagues in the Green Party, who were in opposition at the time....

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: When?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: It is because the Leader did not give me a date for the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I join others in welcoming the news of the release of Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki. Good news is very welcome at such a bleak time and congratulations are due to all involved, and I pay particular tribute to the strength of character displayed by Sharon Commins since her release after 107 days in captivity. In response to some of what has been said in the debate on the status of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: The schedule of business for the House this week confirms that. We did not sit yesterday for a reason unexplained by the Leader and which many of us opposed on Thursday. Today's business does not include the relevant and topical subjects we should debate. To have statements on postal codes and a marine mapping programme calls into question the relevance of the Seanad and I would also like...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: Again, on a point of order-----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of information, in that case.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I am repeating the exact words----