• Independent Senator (University of Dublin)
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Email me whenever Ivana Bacik speaks (no more than once per day)

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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

“Senator Gavan has beaten me to it as I was about to second Senator Ó Ríordáin's amendment. I support the Senator's practical proposal to amend the Order of Business by adjourning Committee Stage of the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 at 6 p.m. to enable more colleagues to participate in the debate on our very important Private Members' Bill. I also commend Senator Ó...”

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

“This is a very important Bill, and I very much hope it will be brought into law very swiftly. I acknowledge the fact that this Bill is an initiative of Deputies Shortall and Catherine Murphy.The Bill was passed by the Dáil nearly a year ago, on 13 June 2018, and came to the Seanad in November but Second Stage was only taken in the Seanad when Fianna Fáil gave its Private Members'...”

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

“I do not intend to speak again.”

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• Has spoken in 107 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
• People have made 5 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• 30 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Ivana Bacik speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1656 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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