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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Ivana Bacik: ...and others have raised the issue again. Yesterday, I asked the Leader to invite the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to the House for a debate on prison reform. A sum of €14 million has been allocated in the budget for the expansion of the prison building programme, a mere €5 million is allocated for social inclusion measures under the remit of the Department of Justice,...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Senator O'Brien also asked about the HSE and the figure for cuts in health. As he is aware, the health service savings target for next year is €666 million, which is set out in the 2014 Estimates. The HSE must prepare and adopt its 2014 national service plan for submission to the Minister for Health within 21 days of the publication by the Government of the Estimates for supplied...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ...for its own sake. Everyone, on both sides of the House, will agree that she has been a champion for the social protection budget. She has had the remarkable achievement of securing an extra ¤150 million this year. She has also managed to preserve the basic rates of social welfare, including the weekly carer's and domiciliary care allowance payments. These achievements are a testament...

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...deeply interested in Irish politics and Irish affairs for the few years I was abroad. Like Senator McDowell, I am also elected by members of the diaspora, among others. I am happy to say that of the 50,000 plus voters on the Trinity College electoral register a large number are resident overseas in places as far flung as the Pacific islands and all across the world. I know from e-mails...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...be aware of the legal obstacles faced by the commission during this work and, indeed, they were identified at the time of the writing the first interim report to the Taoiseach on 12 November 2015. The commission made clear that, in its view, certain legislative changes would be required to overcome legal difficulties in respect of matters, including bank and customer confidentiality,...

Seanad: Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Ar son Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre cuirim fáilte mhór roimh an Uachtaráin Metsola go dtí Tithe an Oireachtais. President Metsola is welcome. As Ireland marks 50 years of membership of the European Union, we remember the economic and social progress we have made together but we also recall the hard lessons, particularly from during the economic crash, when serious...

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Ar son Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre cuirim fáilte mhór roimh an Uachtaráin Metsola go dtí Tithe an Oireachtais. President Metsola is welcome. As Ireland marks 50 years of membership of the European Union, we remember the economic and social progress we have made together but we also recall the hard lessons, particularly from during the economic crash, when serious...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I am sure the Leader will respond on the flooding issue.However, I welcome the allocation of €5 million announced by the Government this week to assist small businesses that have suffered damage as a result of the flooding. I also welcome the clarification from the Department of Social Protection of the scope of the humanitarian assistance scheme. I note that the Government has not...

Seanad: Ábhair Ghnó an tSeanaid – Matters on the Business of the Seanad (22 Feb 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...ensure people feel there is a strategy for coming out of this and for ensuring that this is indeed our last lockdown. There is also a need to ensure that where people are being policed, within the 5 km limit and within all the other restrictions, that it is being done for a purpose and that the purpose is to ensure the rates go down to zero and that they stay down because we keep Covid...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...no in-person schooling since before Christmas. That is an immense thing. If we reopen schools, it will be hugely beneficial for our young people and children. It has been widely signalled the 5 km restriction is due to be lifted, and I very much welcome that. We are seeing a considerable amount of congestion. Anyone who lives in Dublin city centre, or the centre of any other city,...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Oct 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...to purchase properties are important measures to take during the duration of that eviction ban. I hope that will be the case. The Minister also said that the over-reliance on HAP and the private rental sector is not sustainable. Last year, €893 million, or nearly €1 billion, was spent by the State on HAP. I think that is the right figure, obtained by our housing...

Seanad: Arbitration Bill 2008: Second Stage (11 Feb 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to discuss this developing area. International arbitration is a multi-million euro business and there is intense competition among countries to attract its business. There is an increasing interest in arbitration and alternative methods of dispute resolution among legal practitioners, commercial practitioners and businesspeople generally. It is...

Seanad: Mental Health and Covid-19: Statements (12 Feb 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...is why all Members are hearing that everyone is finding this lockdown the hardest. There is no light at the end of the tunnel when we are told of another six weeks or another 12 weeks of level 5 lockdown, of living under draconian restrictions without the prospect of a cohesive and clear plan for getting us through it. This week, my party put forward in the Dáil a clear national...

Seanad: Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judges' Remuneration) Bill 2011: Second Stage (21 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: ...on it. The amendment made by the Minister in the Dáil last week answers much of that concern. I am pleased to see an amendment to include the word "proportionate" in clause 3 of the new Article 35.5. The Minister referred to it as the "to be sure to be sure" amendment. He did not feel it was necessary but it was there to copperfasten the assurances that have been given that no revenge...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Oct 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...listening to the same reports and I understand there is also a difference of view with the police saying they would prefer to see the matter dealt with through education rather than by way of a £50 penalty. As such, there may be policy rather than simply resource issues involved. Senator Mullins raised the issue of public service broadcasting and called for a debate with the Minister...

Seanad: Penal Reform: Motion (5 Nov 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...we called on the Government to adopt a decarceration strategy by declaring an intention to reduce the prison population by one third over a ten-year period. This would mean a reduction to approximately 2,850 prisoners. This should be done by focusing on non-violent offenders serving relatively short prison terms. Short sentences represent a very significant proportion of our prison...

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...crisis that the Minister, Deputy McGrath, and other Ministers acknowledge is the biggest crisis facing this country. At our recent Labour Party conference I set out an ambitious programme to deliver 1 million homes over ten years, based on the Government's own projections of 50,000 new builds and 50,000 refurbishments and deep retrofits per year. These are the Government's own figures...

Seanad: Climate Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Oct 2007)

Ivana Bacik: ...setting both annual and long-term targets. It sets an ongoing statutory goal of reducing emissions by at least 3% per year from 2010 and a long-term goal of reducing emissions by at least 60% in 2050. These percentages relate to the baseline emissions figures measured in 1990 and are based on Ireland's commitments under the Kyoto Protocol and within the EU. Support for the campaign on...

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Ivana Bacik: ...delivery of social and affordable housing. There is another figure which is worth mentioning, as we saw today in the stability programme update 2023. We know that the country ran a budget surplus of over €5 billion in the past year and we see in today’s figures a projected surplus of €10 billion this year. It is ideology, rather than the economy, which is holding...

Seanad: Period Poverty: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Ivana Bacik: I move:That Seanad Éireann: notes that:— the average woman, or anyone who experiences periods, will have 507 periods from age 12 to 51, for roughly 39 years of her life; — in Ireland, sanitary products can cost from €2 to €6 per pack, with the average pack containing 10 to 15 pads or tampons, and that a 12 pack of pain relief tablets costs between €6...