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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...enjoy hospitality on such premises to have a discretionary approach and to be unclear about what the licensing laws and Garda powers are. I join others in wishing everyone a happy Pride. I commend Senator Buttimer on his remarks. I welcome the rainbow crossings that Dublin City Council has instituted. It is great to see the one outside PantiBar in particular. I condemn the dreadful...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2020)

Ivana Bacik: Senator Buttimer is a divil.

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister of State for taking the time to address that point. I am grateful to him. Clearly, it is a point of widespread concern. Senator Buttimer also raised it on Second Stage after I had done so. I hope that a resolution might be found more swiftly. There was some indication that it might be done through administrative means and not necessarily through legislation....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2019)

Ivana Bacik: The difference is in the name. Senator Buttimer is the Leader. We are not-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...here for the full debate but I have made arrangements and it would be very difficult for me to be here until late tonight. On that basis, I am opposing the Order of Business as proposed by Senator Buttimer and seconding Senator Craughwell's amendment which proposes that we debate the Bill until 5 p.m. and then adjourn. We can come back and debate the Bill further and take as long as it...

Seanad: 25th Anniversary of Decriminalisation of Homosexuality: Motion (19 Jun 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...did something about that several weeks ago with our vote on 25 May. I am pleased to be here and help celebrate this. I give way to my colleague and another great comrade in the struggle, Senator Buttimer.

Seanad: Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 May 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...the world on LGBTI rights when, in 2015, this was the first country to pass a law on marriage equality by popular vote by way of referendum. We are all very proud of leading on that. As Senator Buttimer so eloquently said, we should be seen to take a lead again on this issue. Indeed, we also took a lead in the gender recognition legislation. We learned from best practice in other...

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (6 Feb 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...work, in particular as he said when Ireland becomes the chair of the Commission on the Status of Women later this year. In the brief time available to me, and so as to allow time for Senator Buttimer to speak, I wish to touch on Irish Aid. As the Minister of State is aware, the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade has been conducting a review in conjunction with the Department,...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ...win for the Seanad and an important step on the road to equality for LGBT couples with regard to the legacy issue of discrimination on pension rights. I thank my colleagues, particularly Senators Buttimer and Norris, for supporting this Bill. I know Senator Norris has worked on this issue for a long time. I join other Senators in calling for the Minister for Justice and Equality to come...

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

Ivana Bacik: ...Party delegation in the Constitutional Convention which voted, as we know by a 78% majority in 2013, in support of the principle of extension of voter rights in presidential elections. Like Senator Buttimer, we all found the experience profoundly moving. I recall, in particular that weekend, there were not only very helpful presentations from academics such as Dr. Theresa Reidy of UCC...

Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: I wish to echo the words of Senator Buttimer and my colleagues in Sinn Féin who were positive about the Constitutional Convention. As someone who not only participated in it, but led the Labour delegation, I viewed it as a positive process. Its recommendation on marriage equality paved the way for the holding of the relevant referendum in 2015, among other changes. The model proposal...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...to holding.As I said earlier, we cannot see why the new model of the citizens' assembly is being put forward when we had a tried and tested model with the Constitutional Convention - Senator Buttimer has acknowledged that. All of us who were part of the convention had positive experiences of it. I am conscious that the Electoral (Amendment) Bill under discussion now is similar to that...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...new colleague from Dublin University. I pay tribute to the former Leader of the House, Mr. Maurice Cummins, whom we miss, and the former Cathaoirleach, Senator Paddy Burke. I congratulate Senator Buttimer on his role as Leader of the House. I am sure we all look forward to working with him. My party will support Senator O'Donovan for Cathaoirleach of the House. The Labour Party group...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...Party group, I welcome Senator Denis O'Donovan's election as Cathaoirleach and wish him well and comhghairdeas. He will make an excellent Cathaoirleach. I welcome the appointment of Senator Jerry Buttimer as Leader of the Seanad, and leader of the Fine Gael group. I saw how well the Senator chaired the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children during the previous term of the...

Seanad: Free Speech, Homophobia and the role of the State Broadcaster: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...encompass a range of negative attitudes and discrimination towards gay people. The barrister, Mr. Brian Barrington, has made that point powerfully. In the Dáil, our colleagues Deputies Lyons and Buttimer powerfully named their experiences of discrimination and prejudice following the outcry about RTE's decision. Through the work undertaken by the Minister for Education and Skills,...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...surveillance. Clearly, we need more information, but I would like us to have a debate in when we have a little more information. I commend our colleagues in the other House, Deputies John Lyons and Jerry Buttimer, for speaking so frankly and openly last Thursday night on their experiences of discrimination on the grounds of sexuality, in other words, their experience of homophobia. I...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ...issue directly through legislation. The Joint Committee of Health and Children held lengthy hearings on the issue, in which I participated actively and I pay tribute to the Chairman, Deputy Jerry Buttimer, as others have done. We will have a respectful and intense debate in the Seanad on the terms of the Bill. I very much welcome the start of the debate in the Seanad 30 years after the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I support the call by Senator Buttimer for a debate today on the IMF and EU deal. It is extraordinary that we are not debating it in this House, given that it is being debated in the other House and all around the country. The parameters of the deal are well known to everyone but there has been some excellent critiques of the deal and it is very important that this House would have an...

Seanad: National Housing Development Survey: Motion (10 Nov 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...the final draft is published in the new year. In the interests of those about whose cases my colleagues have spoken so eloquently, we must ensure the expert group meets its deadlines. Senator Buttimer called on the Government to withdraw its amendment. It could do so, as the motion is not confrontational. However, we will not put it to a vote. In a sense, we are working in a composite...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2009)

Ivana Bacik: He is learning from Senator Buttimer at last.