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Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I am grateful to Senator O'Toole for sharing time. I agree with the Senator that we share a unity of purpose and we all appreciate the necessity that the Government take decisive action to maintain confidence in the economy. Nevertheless, I will criticise the Bill, albeit in a constructive manner rather than for the sake of it. I am genuinely unhappy with many aspects of the Bill about...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Ivana Bacik: Like previous speakers, I welcome the Minister of State to the House and express a broad welcome for the Bill and for the aim it expresses, which is to improve housing services and their delivery. I am sure all of us would be in agreement with the need to do that. However, there is an element of missed opportunity about this Bill and a number of areas in which the provisions of it could...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Ivana Bacik: Threshold.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)

Ivana Bacik: Is that Government policy?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I am also concerned with regard to the Bill we are being asked to debate tonight. There is a real lack of clarity regarding what the taxpayer is taking on in respect of the legislation. Anyone who watched "Prime Time" last night would have been left even more confused with regard to whether the banks are exposed to toxic debts — one commentator was strongly of the view that they are so...

Seanad: European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (1 Oct 2008)

Ivana Bacik: It is nice to witness such a mood of consensus. We are all agreed that this is a measure to be welcomed. Senator Regan and others have asked why this EU measure is up for debate in the House when other measures that are more deserving of debate have been passed through, as Senator O'Donovan has said, more or less on the nod. We should consider how the decision is made as to what EU...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2008)

Ivana Bacik: It is a relief that something has been done. However, I echo the concerns of others on this side of the House with regard to the lack of any apparent quid pro quo for the taxpayer in this bailout. We need to know the guarantees the State, the public and the taxpayer have regarding the enormous potential risk we are taking on. It seems that for too long we have privatised profit and now we...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2008)

Ivana Bacik: As all my colleagues have done, I wish to talk about the economy, particularly the momentous decision that was taken today. We are all relieved to see some decision being made on the current appalling state of the financial system. For too long there was a sense that no decisive action was being taken and that things were simply being let slip. While the Oireachtas was not sitting, it was...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Ivana Bacik: On a point of order, I am looking at section 19 which creates new sections 8A and 8B, and I do not see the text to which the Minister of State refers.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I refer to a different provision.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I am not speaking of the Garda's power to enter homes. I did express a broad concern about civil liberties, but my more specific issue relates to a provision, which would be a new section 8A of the 1994 Act but which is in section 19 of the Bill, under Part 3, Amendment of Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, which is, the power to direct persons who are in possession of intoxicating...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Ivana Bacik: That is one of the new powers but there is also——

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I raised a valid point of concern in a constructive way, I hope, on a section of the Bill which the Leas-Chathaoirleach called, namely, section 19. This purports to insert a new section 8A into the Amendment of Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994. This section would create an offence of failing to give an explanation to a garda. Will the Minister of State specifically address the...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Ivana Bacik: There is no section 48A, we are discussing Section 19 8A.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Ivana Bacik: The Minister of State has misinterpreted my remarks. Section 8A does not relate to underage persons. Section 19 8A(1)(a) states, "...a person is in a relevant place alone or accompanied by other persons..." which appears to apply to any person about whom a garda has a concern because such a person holds alcohol in a bottle or container and is causing annoyance or a nuisance to other...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I am not sure the Minster of State is addressing the specific question I raised regarding section 19.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Ivana Bacik: We are passing into law a novel offence with very little debate. I am concerned by the Minister of State's response, as he stated this measure will allow the Garda to anticipate the commission of public order offences. We have a presumption of innocence under the Constitution, on which the criminal justice system is premised. It would be a matter of some concern if the Garda could arrest...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)

Ivana Bacik: On what basis is Senator Regan's amendment being ruled out of order?

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Jul 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to echo what Senators Alex White and Eugene Regan have said. It is unfortunate we had to gallop through the legislation at such speed. It will be important for us to have more time to debate the issues relating to alcohol abuse, late night culture and so on in the autumn. I look forward to making a more substantial contribution then and to being listened to and having my...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

Ivana Bacik: I do not see the problem with opening later. I do not believe the Minister of State has made the case that the restriction of opening hours is a causal factor in alcohol abuse or in public disorder. Responding to his point about consulting the social partners in respect of any change, the provision unamended would change the current situation. The current situation is that persons who hold...