Results 281-300 of 1,311 for speaker:Sheila Terry

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: Can we take it that the Senator will support the motion?

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: I support the motion. Everybody in this House should support it because, as we are hearing from those on the Government side, they support the idea of providing a good public transport system and they are only splitting hairs in opposing the motion.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: We talk about the length of time it should take to deliver a system, whether it is Luas or metro. Senator Morrissey referred to the model in Madrid which we should follow. In 1997 the city of Montpellier in France was developing its Luas type system. It is up and running, yet we are still struggling with ours. There is something seriously wrong and Members on the Government side have referred...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: We asked the Minister to come in.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: Which party came up with the proposal for Luas?

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: I would never suggest that.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: Senator Ormonde's memory must not be very good.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: It is not finished yet.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: Senator Ormonde's party has been in Government for longer, so she can afford to—

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: The Government has been dealing with Luas since 1997.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: Of course.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: A first.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: We want to jump onto the Luas.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: It is part of the package.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: It is a disgrace.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: The Minister has not tried one facility to see whether it would work.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: I would like the Leader to raise two issues with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. One concerns the inequality that exists in one of our major banks, and probably in other banks, in relation to women reaching positions of higher management. Some 79% of the staff is female, yet very few of these women reach the top positions. I am shocked to hear they do not have an equality...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Temporary Release of Prisoners) Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (22 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, lines 17 to 19, to delete "such person as is specified in the direction (being a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment)" and substitute the following "a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment".

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Temporary Release of Prisoners) Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (22 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: I second the amendment.