Blog Archive | Health
Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages
Posted on February 19, 2015
http://ivanabacik.com/legislation/2015/01/21/gender-recognition-bill-2014/
I welcomed the passage of the Gender Recognition Bill 2014 through the Seanad this week - progressive change at last.
Glad to see the Government amendment providing for 2 year review and strict time frame.
#Transgender #GenderRecognition
Fatal Foetal Abnormalities - urgent need to legislate!
Posted on February 16, 2015
Fatal Foetal Abnormalities - urgent need to legislate!
Following the defeat of Clare Daly's Fatal Foetal Abnormalities Bill which was largely deemed unconstitutional by those who voted against it, I wrote to Jerry Buttimer, TD Chair of the Oireachtas Health Committee asking that they hold hearings to begin the process of examining the possibility of legislating for abortion in cases of fatal fetal abnormalities.
Here is some of the coverage around my call for further action.
Irish Times on Thursday 12th February coverage of my letter to the Oireachtas Health Committee. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/senator-asks-health-committee-to-resume-abortion-hearings-1.2100440
Order of Business – Seanad Eireann 3rd-5th February 2015
Posted on February 05, 2015
Order of Business – Seanad Eireann 3rd-5th February 2015
Order of Business Digest – Contributions from Senator Ivana Bacik. Follow the links for more details.
- Aer Lingus takeover discussions
- Accenture jobs announcement
- 100 new Garda recruits
- Overseas development
- Human rights compliance
- Release of Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste/ Egypt
- Human rights in Egypt
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Order of Business – Seanad Eireann 20th – 27th January 2015 Digest
Posted on January 27, 2015
Order of Business – Seanad Eireann 20th – 27th January 2015
Order of Business Digest – Contributions from Senator Ivana Bacik. Follow the links for more details.
- Happy New Year
- Charlie Hebdo tragedy
- Democracy
- Freedom of speech
- Blasphemy
- Defamation Act
- Extensive legislative programming
- 41 Bills on the A list
- Climate Action
- Low Carbon Development Bill
- Gender Recognition Bill
- Employment Equality (Amendment) No. 2 Bill (Section 37.1)
- LGBT rights
- Marriage Equality Refeferndum
- Opinion Polls
- Complacency
- Child and Family Relationships Bill
- 70th Anniversary - Auschwitz Liberation
- Second World War
- Aer Lingus
- Potential job losses 3,500
- Syriza victory
- EU
- Recession
- Debate on EU policy / financial and monetary policy
Repeal the Eighth Amendment Commission - Order of business 9th December
Posted on December 09, 2014
This week in the Order of Business I welcomed the announcement of the Labour Women's newly formed Repeal the Eighth Amendment Commission.
Labour Women establish Commission on Repeal of the 8th Amendment
Posted on December 05, 2014
LABOUR WOMEN ESTABLISH COMMISSION ON REPEAL OF THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT
Labour Women, the women’s section of the Labour Party, has established a Labour Women Commission on Repeal of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution (Article 40.3.3).
This Commission is tasked with examining the best legal and political strategies to accomplish:
1. Repeal of Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution in its entirety;
2. The introduction of detailed legislation providing for the circumstances in which abortion may legally take place.
Order of Business - Seanad Eireann 2nd - 4th December 2014
Posted on December 05, 2014
Order of Business - Seanad Eireann 2-4th December 2014
This week in the Order of Business – Contributions from Senator Ivana Bacik. Follow the links for more details.
Homeless
Jonathan Corrie tragedy
Education & Skills
Junior Cycle reform
Strike action
Sexual Offences Bill
Banking crisis motions
Yeats 2015
Jonathan Corrie
Dublin local authorities & NGO sector to meet Deputy Kelly on homelessness crisis
Closure of homeless accommodation units
Hooded men case
European Court of Human Rights
Women in Academia
Micheline Sheehy Skeffington
Junior cycle reform
Tom Collins, Irish Times
Order of Business - Seanad Eireann (18-20 November 2014)
Posted on November 21, 2014
This week in the Order of Business – Contributions from Senator Ivana Bacik. Follow the links for more details.
An Cosan
Jobstown protests
Secondary School Teachers Union
Gender Equality in Third level education
Dr. Micheline Sheehy-Skeffington
Irish Water
Crime statistics and crime rates
Crime reporting
Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence & Equality
Call for Third Level education debate
HEA
Water Fluoridation
Adoption Bill
Women’s Aid
Violence against women
Employment Equality Amendment (Section 37.1)
Remembering the women who have died at the hands of a partner or ex-partner
Posted on November 20, 2014
Today in Seanad Éireann, Leinster House we observed a minute silence and after gathered outside to remember the women who have been murdered in Ireland at the hands of a partner or an ex partner in Ireland.
For more information, perhaps you need support or would like to help Women's Aid with the important work the work that they do please check out their website.
'Ireland should adopt a ban on purchase of sex', Irish Times Opinion piece - Ivana Bacik
Posted on November 07, 2014
'Ireland should adopt a ban on purchase of sex'
Ivana Bacik, Irish Times, Friday 7th November, 2014
Opinion: ‘Irish prostitution is highly organised and highly profitable. It is also highly exploitative’