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Ban on Sex for Rent Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2022)

Ivana Bacik: ...Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. The report was supported by all parties and had the widespread support of the trade union movement, NGOs, the National Women's Council, the Immigrant Council of Ireland and others. A major campaign resulted in the passage of that important legislation, which has been very effective in other countries in which it has been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (2 Nov 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 712. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the National Referral Mechanism; and if it will be inclusive of all suspected trafficking victims regardless of nationality and immigration status. [52036/21]

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...colleague, Senator Sherlock, already linked that report with the topic of this Bill during the Order of Business. This Bill deals with the rights of children in a different context, which is that of immigration and citizenship law. In this Labour Party Bill we are seeking to provide children who are born in Ireland to parents who are not themselves Irish citizens with an easier or more...

Seanad: Deportation Moratorium (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...'s approach, particularly the Minister's assurance to those who undertake vaccination as part of the vaccination programme that no information gathered as part of that process will be passed on to the immigration authorities. That is an important assurance, given that we have just received such positive news on vaccines. I am also glad that the Minister is engaging with the...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...éad Mc Devitt who has been tirelessly campaigning on this in recent weeks and emailed just yesterday from the centre, including to Senators, a very helpful background briefing to help in this debate. The Immigrant Council of Ireland and Brian Killoran, Nasc and the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, MASI, are all very anxious to see some change in the law in this area. One of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Ivana Bacik: ...time last year. He had been spearheading the campaign to ensure we would give a pathway to regularisation and citizenship for children born in Ireland, which, as the Leader will know, is what the Labour Party immigration Bill seeks to do. The Bill passed Second Stage in the Seanad in November 2018 with the support of two of the three parties now in government, namely, Fianna Fáil...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Ivana Bacik: ...huge amount of talent among people who are not allowed to work. I renew my request to the Leader for Government time to debate Committee Stage of our Labour Party Bill to enable residency and citizenship status to be given to children born in Ireland whose parents are not Irish citizens. We in Labour have been pushing this with the Migrant Rights Centre, the Immigrant Council of Ireland...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2019)

Ivana Bacik: ...continue to support the Bill's speedy and efficient passage through the House. We all bring that constructive spirit of co-operation to the debate, which is helpful. In respect of the provisions on immigration in the section, I will be happy to support the Sinn Féin amendments. While I acknowledge that amendment No. 23 is technical, amendments Nos. 24 and 25 will insert important...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: ...the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, to the House. I also welcome our guests arriving in the Gallery from the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland and the Immigrant Council of Ireland to hear this important debate. On behalf of my Labour Party colleagues, Senators Ó Ríordáin, Humphreys and Nash, I move this important and sensible...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

Ivana Bacik: I think the language here borders on the Trumpian. There have been references to the President of the US and his views on immigrants. I would be very concerned about this language. I do not see any welcome or compassion in the Minister of State's speech. I see a conspiracy theory underlying it, suggesting that any sort of concession to compassion in our immigration law would operate as a...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Ivana Bacik: ...will be needed, in particular at major ports and airports. Others have pointed to the instability in Northern Ireland. The prospect of Brexit negotiations is not helping that situation. A special status for Northern Ireland needs to be incorporated in the negotiations. At a minimum, a new Irish protocol to the EU treaties recognising the common travel area, the Good Friday Agreement...

Seanad: Direct Provision: Motion (27 Jan 2016)

Ivana Bacik: ...who are migrating to Ireland generally. It is a very different context to that which obtains in Denmark or in our near neighbour in the United Kingdom, where a much more heated and polarised debate about immigration and migration is evident, and I greatly welcome this. I also welcome the publication of the report of the working group on the protection process, which lies at the heart of...

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Ivana Bacik: I raised the issue of statelessness previously and stressed that we must ensure adequate procedures are in place for the identification of stateless applicants as well as some means to clarify their status. It is a major issue on which many of the NGOs working in this area have been active. I know Migrants Rights Centre Ireland has done some work on the matter. I agree in principle with...

Seanad: European Council Decisions: Motions (1 Oct 2015)

Ivana Bacik: ...in respect of the resettlement and relocation of refugees and it is important to distinguish between the two. We have undertaken to resettle 520 refugees from front-line camps in Lebanon whose status will be predetermined as refugees when they come to Ireland. An additional 2,450 are to be relocated over a two-year period from transit across Europe, particularly from Italy and Greece....

Seanad: Direct Provision System: Motion (17 Sep 2014)

Ivana Bacik: ...in the system, which is unacceptable. The matter can be addressed through the mechanism described in the amendment of a single protection procedure to be introduced through a piece of legislation which will essentially be taken from the immigration, residence and protection Bill and fast-tracked through these Houses. I hope we will hear something about the timeline of that process. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ...convention, which I also attended. I was very impressed by the engagement of citizens. Senator Conway raised the welcome announcement by President Obama that he proposes to formalise the status of 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US. I thought for a moment he was going to ask for the President to be invited to address the House. That may be going a little far.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ...convention, which I also attended. I was very impressed by the engagement of citizens. Senator Conway raised the welcome announcement by President Obama that he proposes to formalise the status of 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US. I thought for a moment he was going to ask for the President to be invited to address the House. That may be going a little far.

Seanad: Immigrant Investor Programme and Start-Up Entrepreneur Scheme: Statements (9 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ...live there are thriving local businesses, many run by some of the new communities in our very multicultural area. It is important to note that the Minister has sent out very positive signals about immigration and I commend him on those wonderful citizenship ceremonies he initiated. All of us found those photographs in the newspapers depicting families and children very proud of their new...

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ..., it matters in law. It amounts to second class citizenship not to permit gay couples to marry. Even in the UK, where the civil partnership law is far more inclusive and far closer to the marital status than this Bill, we still see a difference in status; it is still not marriage. It matters in particular in Ireland because, of course, in the Constitution the only family that is given...

Seanad: Female Genital Mutilation Bill 2010: Second Stage (21 Apr 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...prohibiting this practice. My Department has recently written to the chief executive officers of the health boards, drawing their attention to this issue and requesting that personnel working with immigrant populations take opportunities to educate them about the dangers and unacceptability of female genital mutilation. My Department has also written to the Department of Justice, Equality...