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Exhibition celebrates the lives of revolutionary women
Issued 19 July 2018
Commenting on the launch of the exhibition 'Votes for Women: Suffrage and Citizenship' today, Chairperson of the Vótáil 100 Committee, Labour Senator Ivana Bacik encouraged …
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Further delays in gender pay gap legislation disappointing
Issued 26 June 2018
Labour Seanad Leader, Ivana Bacik has welcomed the move by the Government to finally approve and publish their own gender pay gap reporting bill, but said she was …
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Voting Yes on May 25th is the only way to deal with so-called ‘hard cases’
Issued 15 May 2018
With just ten days to go until Irish citizens will be voting on the removal of the eighth amendment from the Constitution, Labour Senator Ivana Bacik has said that voting Yes …
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Bill to close Gender Pay Gap already in the Oireachtas
Issued 7 May 2018
Labour Seanad Leader, Senator Ivana Bacik has reminded the Government that there is already a bill progressing through the Oireachtas that can quickly be passed to kick start …
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Bacik launches Labour Yes Campaign in Galway
Issued 4 May 2018
Today, Senator Ivana Bacik launched the Labour Party campaign for a Yes vote in Galway, with Labour representative for Galway West, Councillor Niall McNelis. Senator Bacik …
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Senator Ivana Bacik to speak at Cross-political Grouping Launch of Yes Campaign today
Issued 2 May 2018
Senator Ivana Bacik will be speaking today at the launch of a cross-political and cross-professional group seeking to secure public understanding and support for the …
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Time for Ireland to close the Gender Pay Gap
Issued 5 April 2018
Labour Senator Ivana Bacik has said the new British wage transparency reporting law has shone an important light on the existence of a substantial gender pay gap there, and …
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Speech by Ivana Bacik Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018
Issued 28 March 2018
I welcome the Minister and welcome this historic debate, in which at last after 35 years – if this Bill is passed - we are giving the Irish people the right to vote on …
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Bacik welcomes success of #TakeBackTrinity campaign
Issued 15 March 2018
Speaking today in the Front Square of Trinity College Dublin by invitation of the TCD Students’ Union at the conclusion of the students’ occupation of Trinity, Labour …
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Time to Close the Gender Pay Gap
Issued 8 March 2018
As International Women’s Day is marked around the world, Labour Senator Ivana Bacik has called for the progression of Labour’s Gender Pay Gap Information Bill. Senator …
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Bacik welcomes EU call to ban plastic packaging
Issued 17 January 2018
Labour spokesperson on Climate Action and the Environment, Senator Ivana Bacik, has welcomed plans by the EU to ensure all plastic packaging is recyclable by 2030, saying …
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Speech by Ivana Bacik on Eighth Amendment Committee Report
Issued 17 January 2018
I welcome the Minister to the House, and welcome this important and historic debate. First - I, and my party, Labour, fully support the report’s recommendations, in …
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Time for Government to ban non-compostable cups
Issued 11 January 2018
Labour Party Environment spokesperson, Senator Ivana Bacik, has called on the Government to ban non-compostable coffee cups in tandem with introducing the latte levy. This …
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Repeal the 8th
Issued 20 December 2017
For many years, I have campaigned for Repeal of the Eighth Amendment; ever since my student days when I was taken to court and threatened with prison by SPUC (Society for the …
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Gender Pay Gap Legislation
Issued 1 December 2017
On 25th October 2017, a bill that I had introduced in the Seanad in May was passed through Committee stage with government support. My gender pay gap bill would require all …
