Results 541-560 of 1,966 for speaker:Mary Henry

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: It would be useful to know what exactly has to be on a marriage certificate.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: Congratulations were extended to everybody in the Department of Foreign Affairs on the important conference on HIV-AIDS which was organised as a major part of Ireland's EU Presidency. I support Senator McCarthy's call for a debate on the issue. The opinion at the conference, which I had the privilege of attending yesterday and this morning, was that it was five years too late to start...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment. We do not want people blocking places if there is no need for them to be there.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment. I have concerns about the provision and I seek clarification from the Minister. A child born on a vessel might end up being registered in the place from which the vessel departed, for example, Cherbourg. Is there any occasion on which a child born in Irish waters on a foreign vessel cannot be registered as born in Ireland, for example, if the child is born coming into...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: Regardless of the domicile of the parents.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: Pregnant women should be encouraged to travel in Irish vessels.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: The Minister has clarified the point for me.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: It has been brought to my attention that this wording is not the same as the wording in section 49 of the Status of Children Act 1987, which states "no person shall as father of the child be required to give information concerning the birth". Would it not be a good idea to keep the wording the same? The Bill is a very good one, but in these sections there are differences in wording compared...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: Are there statistics for Dublin?

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I have been told that the Dublin hospitals are a black spot in this regard.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 19: In page 51, line 40, to delete "may" and substitute "shall be entitled". I propose this amendment because of the large number of people here who may refuse to allow people to look through registers which might be important to them. I know the Minister and Senator Mansergh said that the word "may" will be taken in law as meaning "must". We can compare this with section...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment. Genealogists of the present and future generations will be thankful to the Minister.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: When one looks at the list of Acts which have been repealed one sees how important the legislation is and the Minister and her officials deserve great praise in regard to it. Naturally, like Senator McCarthy, there are also things I would like changed. I was sorry that ethical bodies such as the Association of Irish Humanists were left out along the way as solemnisers of marriage. I never...

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: It is good to see how the Minister took this on. I could see that he and his officials had not thought of this. The bones of Senator Terry's amendment are here. It makes a very big difference to the situation regarding the employment of disabled people. The worst thing that could happen is that people would be employed as cheap labour.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 16: In page 29, lines 41 to 44, to delete all words from and including "she" in line 41 down to and including "or" in line 44 and in page 30, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following: "she requires persons who are not EU nationals or refugees to fulfil reasonable requirements in respect of length of residency in the State.'.". The Minister of State said Senator...

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister of State for considering the amendment and pointing out how the categories for those to whom grants can now be given has been broadened. I am grateful for this information.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for the way that they obviously considered what was said on Committee Stage. It is disappointing if one's amendments are not accepted on Report Stage, but not if they have been considered. We were not elected to loll around on the back row. All Members have a duty to the constituents of our panels and the public to make an effort to ensure that...