Results 541-560 of 1,311 for speaker:Sheila Terry
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: I thank the Chair. I am not criticising any individual officials. I do not intend to delay the debate, but I would like to highlight the reasons for my amendments. I want to outline the options that would have been available to the All-Party Committee on the Constitution if it had been allowed to examine and discuss the proposed amendment and to make suggestions on the Bill. The Government...
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: Let us hope it stays that way.
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: That is not true. The Senator should withdraw his comments. There is no wish on this side of the House for racism to emerge in the debate.
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: I do not have to reply to that. The Senator must withdraw his comments.
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: The Fianna Fáil Party did that in the last election.
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: I am sure we will hear it.
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: I have not heard anyone in this House describing the Minister as racist.
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: In speaking in this House today and yesterday, I attempted to be very measured in my comments. When I said earlier that holding the referendum on 11 June, a local election day, could give rise to racist remarks by some candidates, I did not expect that to initiate a comment from the Government side that the Opposition wished for racist remarks to be made. That totally misinterprets what I...
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: I wrote down what he said. He said it is almost as if we had a wish that the racism issue will be raised during the election campaign.
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: He said we have a wish. I wrote it down and I am sure it will be on the record.
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: I will accept that from you, a Chathaoirligh. I hope racism will not be an issue. In fact, I was the individual, representing Fine Gael one Sunday about two months ago, who signed a declaration to the effect that we will not engage in any racism. Representatives of all the political parties were there that day and they signed that declaration. I ask that members of my party, and all of us,...
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: I have already spoken today.
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: The Minister did not outline what that would mean exactly yesterday.
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (6 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: I object to the Bill and I will vote against it for the reasons I outlined. As the Minister is aware, I agree, in principle, with the thrust of the Bill, but I must vote against it because of the way in which it has been dealt with. Cuireadh an cheist.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: We knew nothing about it. We now know discrepancies exist.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister of State. I welcome the Interim Report of the Commission on Electronic Voting on the Secrecy, Accuracy and Testing of the Chosen Electronic Voting System. It makes for interesting reading. The report's executive summary states: On the basis of its review of expert reports, submissions received and other relevant information to date, the Commission finds that it is not...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 May 2004)
Sheila Terry: I will not say that I dislike it, but I do not trust it. We have been proven right. It is not good enough. A great deal of additional work needs to be done. The tests that were done in Dublin West, Dublin North and Meath, as well as the other tests that were carried out in Buncrana, Athy and elsewhere, were not accurate. To coin a Fianna Fáil phrase, a lot has been done, but it is certain...