Blog Archive | LGBT Rights
Senator Bacik calls for debate on homophobia and free speech
Posted on February 04, 2014
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Senator Ivana Bacik: First, I wish our colleague, Senator Feargal Quinn, well. I understand today marks an important anniversary in that it is his 21st year in the Seanad. I know all of us will want to join in those good wishes to him.
Senator Bacik calls for debate on climate change, and welcomes Minister Shatter's comments regarding children of same-sex couples
Posted on January 22, 2014
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Call for a debate on homophobia - draconian Russian laws (Order of Business)
Posted on June 18, 2013
Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Section 37.1)
Posted on March 13, 2013
Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Senator Ivana Bacik: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
It gives me great pleasure to introduce the Employment Equality (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2013. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, and thank her for taking the Bill on behalf of the Government.
Senator Bacik asks for the remit of the ASAI to be extended
Posted on June 28, 2012
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Senator Ivana Bacik: I know the Leader will address the issue of the insolvency Bill. I do not think there will be any difficulty about sitting longer to have that debate. I said previously that the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality report on the insolvency Bill, following two days of hearings, would be a useful topic for debate.
Senator speaking on the report of the Garda Inspectorate, Domestic Violence and the Civil Partnership Bill
Posted on January 28, 2010
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Senator Ivana Bacik: I add my voice to Senator Alex White's tribute to the very distinguished public servant who died this week, Mr. Paddy MacKernan. He was a former Secretary General at the Department of Foreign Affairs and I knew him personally. He was a remarkable man, warm and generous, with a distinguished public service career serving as a diplomat in many Irish embassies and as Secretary General. I note his passing and extend my sympathies to his wife Caitríona and his family.
Senator Bacik calls for debates on the ownership of national schools, the Climate Protection Bill, and the Civil Partnership Bill.
Posted on June 17, 2009
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Senator Bacik speaking on Crumlin Children's Hospital.
Posted on June 16, 2009
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Senator Ivana Bacik: I join my colleagues in congratulating former Senator Alan Kelly on his election to the European Parliament. Not only did he run a great campaign but he was, I think, the only candidate to have his own rap song, which I understand has become a cult classic on YouTube. I also congratulate the councillors who were elected lord mayor, particularly Emer Costello, the new lord mayor of Dublin. I concur with other Senators on the need for local government reform to ensure real powers for people in those offices.
Senator Bacik speaking on Universal Access and Civil Partnership
Posted on October 22, 2008
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