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Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Second Stage. (31 Mar 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I broadly welcome the Bill, but I have some reservations. It is positive in that it ties in with the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995. It is right to offer people the chance to serve the balance of their sentence closer to home. I recognise there is a difference here as the Bill deals with people who flee a jurisdiction. I remember — this was mentioned when the Minister for Justice,...

Seanad: High Level of Alcohol Consumption by Young People: Statements. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I will raise my point as quickly as I can. One measure the Minister introduced was to ban children from public houses and hotel pubs after 9 p.m. although that was not necessary to deal with the problem of young people drinking. I have no relationship of any kind with hoteliers, apart from going to hotels occasionally on holidays, as I did in Castlebar for St. Patrick's Day. The Irish Hotels...

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 2: In page 11, to delete lines 29 to 32 and substitute the following: "(7) At least 40 per cent of the members of the Authority (and of the Appeal Board or an advisory committee) shall be men and at least 40 per cent shall be women.". The Labour Party has tabled this amendment as we consider subsection (7) to be too weak. I am not sure what its effect would be if the...

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank the Minister for his statistics. If there is a problem with NGOs, surely this would give him the power to say to them that they must be balanced. The Bill should be definitive in that regard. How many State boards comprise more than 60% of women or have the freedom to have that percentage?

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 3: In page 15, to delete lines 13 to 17.

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: The reason it is proposed to delete subsection (5) is that it may be constitutionally dubious, first, because of the reversal of the burden of proof contemplated by the section in a criminal matter and, second, because of the recent High Court ruling in the bin tax case regarding the need to show that contempt was committed intentionally. The wording states that something may be treated for...

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 5: In page 18, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: "(4) Reference to this section is inserted in Part I of the Third Schedule to the Freedom of Information Act 1997.". This amendment would ensure that giving information under the section will not interfere with the disclosure of documents under the Freedom of Information Act. This was discussed in the Dáil...

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 6: In page 19, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "(a) evidence that notice of the intention to make the application has been published in a newspaper circulating in the State in the prescribed form,". I raised this issue on Second Stage and the Minister said it would cause difficulties if every door man had to advertise in a newspaper but we think nothing...

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 7: In page 19, line 35, to delete "may" and substitute "shall". This is an amendment to section 21(3). If the Minister is allowing the authority to require the type of verification listed in the subsection, he might as well make it a mandatory requirement. It is important that all the facts and details contained in the application should be verified. On the requirement to...

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 8: In page 20, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: "(i) that the beneficial owners of the body corporate have not been identified by the applicant, or that such information has not been verified on oath or affirmation,". I raised this matter during the Second Stage debate. It can be difficult to ascertain the beneficial owners of companies from the details...

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 10: In page 46, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: "21.—Where documents, information, observations or submissions are received under paragraphs 16 to 20, other than from the applicant for or holder of a licence, which are not by virtue of those provisions required to be transmitted for observations or submissions to such applicant or holder, a copy...

Seanad: Private Security Services Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank the Minister and his staff and I welcome the legislation. I hope the Minister will monitor its implementation in consultation with the authority and that it will be amended if that proves to be necessary.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I ask the Minister for Education and Science to consider fast tracking the opening of the Adamstown secondary school to cater for the growing number of children in Lucan primary schools. The land in question was rezoned in 1998 and has not yet been built on. When the local authority drew up the first strategic development zone plan for the area it set aside a site for a secondary school. More...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects. (1 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I am unhappy with the response from the Minister for Education and Science. It is totally at odds with the intentions of the framers and adopters of the Adamstown strategic development zone plan who intended that the school would cater for the present population of Lucan and then for the people from Adamstown as it developed. It is typical of the Department of Education and Science to be...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I ask the Leader to request the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Cullen, to attend the House to discuss waste management. Yesterday, the Minister launched a report on Ireland's waste management over the next five years and said we need more incinerators. We need to pose a number of questions to the Minister in this regard. For example, if incinerators are to...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (7 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendments Nos. 3 and 137 and wish to speak on the related amendments.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (7 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: Amendment No. 3 seeks to delete the word "disease" and substitute it with the words "other disease or medical condition". We tabled this amendment because we believe the wording in terms of "disease" is too limited. We are seeking to include other conditions such as personality disorders which are not diseases. I would like the Minister to clarify that point. Much of the commentary on the...