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

Sheila Terry: I second the amendment. I am disappointed the Minister has not brought forward an amendment dealing with what we spoke about last week, specifically my amendment regarding any representations made by the victim or next of kin of the victim regarding the proposal to direct the release of a person from prison. The Minister should take those representations into consideration when considering a...

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

Sheila Terry: I second the amendment.

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

Sheila Terry: I second the amendment.

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

Sheila Terry: I second the amendment.

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

Sheila Terry: I second the amendment.

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

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 13: In page 5, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: "(5) Notice of a direction under this section shall be given to the person (or next-of-kin of that person) against whom the offence was committed.".

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

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 14: In page 6, line 22, to delete "shall come" and substitute "comes". This is a simple amendment, which the Minister of State could not accept on Committee Stage. The Law Reform Commission recommends that, when drafting legislation, simple language in the active voice should be used. Legislation should be clear and readable and I ask him to accept the amendment.

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

Sheila Terry: I thank the Minister and his staff for the time they put into the legislation and for their helpful comments and replies. I look forward to a review of the victims' charter. Perhaps more can be done under the charter to provide greater rights for victims. While it must be recognised offenders have rights, we hear too often about victims who feel they have been hard done by.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship and Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (22 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: I, too, commend Senator Quinn for initiating this Bill. It is overdue and I am glad he had the courage and, indeed, the time to do it. I also welcome the Minister's support for the Bill even if he intends to put down many amendments or, perhaps, introduce another Bill. The fact that the Minister will not oppose the Bill is a great compliment to Senator Quinn and the work he put into the Bill....

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship and Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (22 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: It has taken all this time and many occurrences in the meantime to bring us to this day when something is being done about it. The worst aspect of it was the passports for sale scheme. I do not have a figure for how many passports were sold in this manner. Perhaps the Minister could supply it. It was dreadful how the criteria for granting these passports were ignored. In approximately 20...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship and Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (22 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: The Minister referred to Deputy John Bruton. Deputy Bruton has been greatly maligned in this regard, particularly by the previous Minister, Deputy O'Donoghue. The Minister can correct me if I am wrong but I understand that Deputy Bruton wrote to Alan Dukes about granting citizenship to people who might invest huge sums of money in this country. However, that is where it ended. Alan Dukes did...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship and Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (22 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: It was better than the corruption that followed.

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship and Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (22 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: A pet food company.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Nov 2003)

Sheila Terry: I support the call by many Members yesterday for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to come into the House and outline how he will deal with gangland crime. Given that those calls were made yesterday, did the Leader speak to the Minister yesterday and, if so, has she a response for us as to when he might come to the Seanad? While these days we tend to think only of gangland...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Nov 2003)

Sheila Terry: I support the call of Senator Brian Hayes for the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Coughlan, to come to the House to outline how she will manage the future pension payments of workers. I agree PRSAs have been an absolute flop. The Government must take heed of what the people have said. They do not trust the PRSAs. They also know that their pensions, to which they have...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Nov 2003)

Sheila Terry: I support the concerns expressed by a number of Senators about the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform's proposal to close two prisons and other reforms. It is urgent that he comes to the Seanad to outline his proposals and the knock-on effect they will have. It is not long since we had the revolving door system in the prisons, which was abhorred by many people. An additional prison...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Nov 2003)

Sheila Terry: The law is not being implemented. I have told the House on a number of occasions that this type of drinks promotion is taking place in pubs. What has been done about it in the meantime?

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Nov 2003)

Sheila Terry: Yesterday in Dublin west, another man was murdered. This is the 20th murder involving the use of firearms. It now appears a life can be taken at any time. This is one death too many. We have called on the Minister – we have debated this matter many times – to outline to this House how he intends dealing with this problem. All the Minister can say at a time when there is so much crime on...

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. (12 Nov 2003)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister. There is nothing contentious in this Bill and I support it as we are being asked to do a simple job. The Minister posed the question of whether we should be providing for more than two judges. While I accept there would be a lack of transparency if the Government were to appoint ten judges without reference to the Oireachtas, the figure of only two judges seems small....

Seanad: Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages. (12 Nov 2003)

Sheila Terry: I thank the Minister for dealing with this Bill. I also thank him for the length of time he spoke to us. It is always interesting to hear his views. He replied to the debate for at least 35 minutes. That is appreciated by this side of the House. We are here to learn and the Minister has more knowledge than I have. I thank the Minister for giving us his time.