Results 21-24 of 24 for buttimer speaker:Ivana Bacik

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Ivana Bacik: ...the charitable sector does require regulation. For far too long, there has been inadequate regulation. The Revenue had to step in and take over a role for which it was not designed. As Senator Buttimer stated, most of the Bill's provisions are supported by the Opposition. This is an important section and the Minister of State's response is not satisfactory. There are five different...

Seanad: Substance Abuse: Motion (19 Dec 2007)

Ivana Bacik: ...credible measures to reduce the harm associated with drug abuse and, in particular, to reduce and prevent the tragic deaths arising from drug abuse. Scaremongering will simply not work. As Senator Buttimer said, the people who put themselves at risk by taking drugs are not the people who listen to the slogans and messages. To tell people to just say "No", is not an effective way to...

Seanad: Report on Seanad Reform: Motion (28 Nov 2007)

Ivana Bacik: ...states a radical alternative to the vocational panel system is required as well as a radical alternative to the university panels which clearly require reform and I accept this. I am sorry Senator Buttimer was not able to vote as a graduate of Maynooth. Persons who graduate from both NUI and Trinity have two votes and if such a person is a councillor or a Deputy he or she would have three...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Oct 2007)

Ivana Bacik: ...give a route to legal recognition for same-sex relationships. This is a matter in which Ireland lags behind other progressive countries and we urgently need that debate. I also support Senators Buttimer, Twomey and Mary M. White in seeking a debate on child care. In examining the provision of child care, Ireland lags very badly behind other progressive and developed countries, as there...