Results 601-620 of 7,652 for speaker:Joanna Tuffy

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 12: In page 5, subsection (1), line 39, after "who" insert "is in the State having". The purpose of this amendment is to clarify the legislation. As it is worded, it gives the impression of an intention to apply it to a person who is in the State, but that meaning is not necessarily clear from the wording. The amendment would ensure that the new procedure only applies to...

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 20: In page 8, subsection (4), line 38, to delete "in custody". The purpose of this amendment is to allow the possibility for remand to be on bail as well as in custody and for that reason it proposes to delete the word "custody". I await the Minister of State's response.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: The Minister of State appears to be making a judgment to be made by the judge in court. The Minister of State has said bail would never apply and the person must be remanded in custody but circumstances may arise in which it is reasonable to have the person remanded on bail.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: What if the court decided that the person did not have to serve the rest of his or her sentence or that the procedures applied in the other country were not fair?

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I did not agree to the grouping and would like the Minister to respond to the amendment.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: It was not discussed and I did not agree to its grouping.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 22: In page 9, subsection (2)(d), line 39, to delete "served, and" and substitute "served,".

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: Amendment No. 22 was not discussed.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: They were not discussed and I clearly objected to the grouping. We have not even received a list of the groupings.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: Neither I nor the Minister of State referred to amendment No. 23, for example.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 24: In page 9, (subsection 13), line 47, to delete "may, upon" and in page 10, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute "shall not commit the person to prison pursuant to an order under subsection (1) for a period exceeding--". The Bill provides that a court would not be obliged to sentence a person for a longer period than the maximum available by law in Ireland but may do...

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: It seems to me that an Irish prisoner who served an entire sentence could still serve a shorter maximum time to someone who began a sentence in a foreign country. What if the person began that sentence in a country where the regime was very different from our own? There could be two categories of prisoner because one prisoner began a sentence elsewhere and had to serve a longer, more unjust...

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 27: In page 10, subsection (4)(a), lines 24 and 25, to delete ", if the High Court so directs," The provision as it stands allows the court a discretion not to apply a less favourable penalty to someone sentenced in another jurisdiction. This amendment deletes the qualification "if the High Court so directs" because, for example, if the penalty involved hard labour the...

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 28: In page 10, subsection (6)(a), line 34, to delete "paragraph (b)" and substitute "paragraphs (b) and (c)". Amendment No. 29 seeks to insert a subsection (6)(c), which includes three different points regarding the calculation of a sentence. It is pretty self-explanatory. Paragraph (c)(iii) provides that where a sentenced person is remanded in custody pending the making...

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: One of the things I have found interesting about the debate outside the House, in the media, is the view taken by two different figures in the pro-life movement. On the one hand, Justin Barrett supports the referendum while, on the other, William Binchy opposes it. I am on the side of William Binchy on this matter. He is a man of humanitarian views who has many things in common with Labour...

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: He has not received permission to remain in the State.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: He was an asylum seeker but that brings me to the next point. I have always felt that our immigration system should be based on a much more positive premise. I believe the reason for the abuses the Minister is trying to address is due to the immigration system and not our Constitution. Our immigration system is negative. The Minister has frequently hinted that he will bring in a green card...

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: No, that is not true. I have been very constructive and proposed an amendment. That is the Labour Party approach to legislation.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I was very glad when the Minister accepted some of the amendments I tabled.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Apr 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: When the Minister dealt with the issues in legislation, he reduced the number of people who come here to try to abuse the system. That is borne out by the figures. I believe that was the way to go first. The Minister could have referred the matter to the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution. I am a member of that committee, which did a great deal of work on the property issue....