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Order of Business Senator Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader for a debate on a positive matter - in contrast to some of the more negative issues about which we have been talking today - No...
STATEMENT BY SENATOR IVANA BACIK Senator for Dublin UniversityPanel Thursday 29th October 2009 SENATOR BACIK CALLS FOR URGENT DEBATE ...
Order of Business Senator Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader for a debate on a serious matter, namely, the operation of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004. That may sound technical but it is the Act under which the commission of investigation into the archdiocese of Dublin and allegations of...
Order of Business Senator Ivana Bacik: I join others in welcoming the news of the release of Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki....
Order Of Business Senator Ivana Bacik: I ask the Leader, as I have done on many times, for a debate on prisons in light of the disturbing news that the Irish prison population has exceeded 4,000 for the first time ever. According to the Irish Penal Reform Trust, this exceeds safe custody ...
STATEMENT BY SENATOR IVANA BACIK Senator for Dublin UniversityPanel Thursday, 15 October 2009 BACIK CONDEMNS PRISON OVERCROWDING Speaking in the Seanad today, Senator Ivana Bacik expressed strong concern at reports that the number of prisoners in Ireland has exceeded 4,000 for the first time...
Senator Ivana Bacik (A version of this response appearered in The Examiner on the 8th of October 2009) Last Wednesday, at a protest against cutbacks outside the Dáil, Susan McKay of the National Women’s Council made a speech which provoked some controversy. I w...
Senator Ivana Bacik: I thank Senator Norris who, as always, puts his case with great eloquence....
Order of Business Senator Ivana Bacik: It is clear we need a debate on expenses. This Order of Business has effectively turned into a debate on expenses and allowances and I echo the calls of others on both sides of the House to the Leader for that debate....
Press Release: BACIK WELCOMES NEWS OF UNIVERSITIES’ RANKING Senator Ivana Bacik has welcomed the news that both Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin have been ranked within the top 100 Universities in the world in the latest Times Higher Education-QS world university ran...
ALL-WOMAN PLATFORM CALLS FOR YES VOTE ...
Why vote yes to Lisbon? Over the past few weeks, we have been bombarded with arguments from both sides on the great referendum debate. These have often descended into point-scoring, name-calling and manipulation of the Treaty itself....
FOUR GENERATIONS OF IRISH WOMEN SUPPORT LISBON At a press conference to be held by the Charter Group at 11am in Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin, on Monday 28th September, four generations of Irish women will present their reasons to support the Lisbon Treaty referendum....
To read Alison Healy’s article "Blasphemy Law a Return to the Middle Ages- Dawkins", which appeared in The Irish Times last Monday 13th July, click on the following link; http://www.ivanabacik.com/press/other-news-articles
To read my contributions to the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill debate, just click on the following link: http://www.ivanabacik.com/legislation-2009/criminal-justice-amendment-bill-2009
