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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Like other colleagues, I will begin by expressing my condolences to the families and communities in counties Limerick and Cork for the terrible tragedies that have happened there. I echo the words of other Members who have spoken of the need to ensure the maintenance of funding for mental health services. This is without making any specific connection but all Members are conscious that this...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I echo Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate today on the Ombudsman's report published yesterday. The Ombudsman, Ms Emily O'Reilly, has raised serious issues about the potential exposure of the taxpayer given that compensation is sought in approximately 300 legal actions on the costs of private nursing home care. Those cases are being settled routinely. It is worrying that the Minister...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I echo what Senator Norris has said on the issue of cost recovery and on section 33. I agree it gives cause for concern. It is about how the Bill is implementing the provisions of the directive. There is a concern and it has been raised with me by environmentalists and others that the Bill may be in breach of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention guaranteeing access to justice because of...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...As he stated, this is an important Bill which makes significant procedural changes to our criminal law, in particular the new rules on retrials. Some of the changes it makes are very welcome. I echo the Minister's words on the need to ensure there is adequate protection for the rights of victims. The new provisions on victim impact statements are to be welcomed. I welcome the Minister's...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I echo Senator Regan's comments and I thank the Minister for expressing his appreciation to us. We all did out best to try to approach the Bill in a constructive way to ensure its swift passage through the Houses.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Houses. It is a welcome step. However, we need to look at other forms of sentencing reform to ensure we are not sending people to jail unnecessarily and causing horrendous overcrowding. I echo Senator Norris's words in welcoming the announcement that the State will withdraw its appeal in the Lydia Foy case and I commend Lydia Foy on her bravery in taking the case. I hope we will see...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I echo calls for a debate on the future of Anglo Irish Bank, in particular. We need to discuss its future and the prospects for the orderly winding down for which the Labour Party has been calling, particularly in the light of the comments made yesterday by the bank's chief executive to the effect that the bulk of the €22 billion of taxpayers' money seems to be gone for good. He has...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...but what I object to is the chaotic ordering of Seanad business and the unexpected rising of the House on dates when important things were happening and we should have been sitting. On that note, I echo the welcome extended by other colleagues to the publication last week of the banking reports, which we are debating today. In particular, I welcome their finding that the banking crisis...

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

Ivana Bacik: I am also grateful that he wants to resolve the vexed question of completion in some way. I regret it cannot be addressed through amendment in this House but I echo what he said. We are trying to help him to resolve the vexed issue of completion through amendments Nos. 1 and 26, in particular, and also through amendments Nos. 15, 27 and 50, which deal with the retention principle. Members...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...-committee's report on women's participation. I am aware the former Minister, Niamh Bhreathnach, is in the Visitors Gallery and I welcome her and the many others with an interest in this topic. I echo the concern of Senator Fitzgerald and others about the resignation of governor Kathleen McMahon. In that context, I call for a debate on conditions in prison. I and others have been...

Seanad: Women's Participation in Politics: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...training programmes. As Senator McDonald stated, culture is a very important and yet intangible barrier for women. The pub and pint-buying patriarchal traditionalist culture of Irish politics is echoed and reflected in every political party. We must address it through a variety of routes In the education system young women should be given female role models and there should be an...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...policies are to blame for rising unemployment. The Labour Party and other Opposition parties have called previously for an urgent debate on jobs and unemployment. That must take place. I echo the call of Senators Fitzgerald and O'Toole for a debate on banking. This is a very urgent matter and I support the amendment proposed by Senator Fitzgerald. People are volcanic with anger at the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I echo the calls of others for a debate on the state of our psychiatric institutions and the Government's mental health policy. Like others, I was utterly shocked at the "Prime Time" programme last night. I was not surprised by what it revealed because we know a good deal about this from previous reports of the inspector of mental health, but I was shocked that these conditions continue to...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...eight months. If a week is a long time in politics, eight months is a short time in which to make an impact. The question that must be asked is why he chose this course of action at this time. I echo the calls of other Senators for a debate on the National Asset Management Agency in the light of news reports on the International Monetary Fund's view of the agency. On the night the House...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...together elected representatives from both sides of the Border and all areas of this island. I hope the immense positivity on that committee will pay off in terms of a positive resolution today. I echo Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on special needs provision with the Minister for Education and Science. Yesterday I called for the Minister for Education and Science to come into...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Ivana Bacik: ...opposition from not only the local community but the Minister himself. It is timely to have a debate on the role of the Green Party and how much it is in control of its policies in Government. I echo Senator Fitzgerald's words in asking for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to come to this House. On behalf of the Labour Party I express condolences to the family of Garda...

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2009)

Ivana Bacik: ...Stage, I wish to inquire as to the sort of capacity which might be covered in this regard. If the Minister of State cannot envisage another capacity, then these words should be deleted because, to echo the words of the Attorney General, they are unnecessary.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Motions (12 Nov 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I echo what Senator Fitzgerald said by expressing regret that the Minister did not accept more amendments from the Labour Party, Fine Gael and the Opposition in general. The Labour Party had and continues to have serious concerns about NAMA as an institution. I do not wish to rehash them but the main concern pertains to the level of risk taken on by the taxpayer. However, the Labour Party...

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (4 Nov 2009)

Ivana Bacik: I echo the comments of Senator Regan. I have no problem with being here after 7 p.m. but if this is an attempt to ensure Committee Stage is rushed and completed in one day, I do not support it. The Bill makes significant changes to criminal procedure and I would prefer to see the debate continue on another day. I am anxious that Senator O'Donovan's proposal would not lead effectively to...

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

Ivana Bacik: .... Therefore, we could anticipate that there is likely to be some degree of change in the figures we have been given. Therefore we must be cautious about them. Having read the draft plan, I echo the words of Deputy Burton's response when the plan was first introduced in the Dáil. She described it as showing that Christmas will come early for the top developers and their bankers. She...