• Independent Senator (University of Dublin)
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

“Like others, I express my utter condemnation of the appalling killings and maiming by the Israeli defence forces of so many civilians in Gaza, particularly a number of children. It is appalling to see carnage of this level. It is a new low. The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade had a session on Palestine with Omar Barghouti last week. Even at that point, it was not apparent...”

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

“To those who ask what role the EU has, I say it has a major role, as we heard last week at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. It has a role as a major donor, as an entity, and as a bloc that has invested a huge amount of money in the rebuilding of buildings in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Senator Black will have seen this. The buildings were subsequently...”

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

“I support Senator Conway-Walsh's call for the Tánaiste to come in here because we need to put it to him that he should implement the motion already passed by the Oireachtas that the state of Palestine should be recognised by Ireland. That is one unilateral action we can take and that will put pressure on our European colleagues and Federica Mogherini.”

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• Has spoken in 68 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — average among Senators.
• People have made 5 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• 29 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Ivana Bacik speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1522 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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