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Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 43: In page 8, subsection (4), line 10, to delete "for murder" and substitute "for any offence which on conviction carries a sentence of imprisonment". I was not clear why the Minister decided on murder alone. Let us suppose that the person is accused of a serious crime such as rape or a serious assault which did not go as far as killing the victim, should the accused not...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I thought we were just about to bring in a mandatory sentence for drug dealing. We must anticipate matters.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I am not clear why that could not apply with other serious crimes for which a person might be given a very heavy sentence. Some sentences are longer than a life sentence; people normally serve about nine or ten years now.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 44: In page 8, subsection (1), line 20, after "murder" to insert "having heard the evidence of two consultant psychiatrists". I cannot remember why I thought this idea better than that of the Minister. My two friends advised me to table this amendment. It is better if one has a little advice.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 45: In page 8, subsection (1)(c), lines 24 and 25 to delete all words from and including "not" in line 24 down to and including "was" in line 25. This is the one where I could not work out why it was such a good idea.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I will resubmit it.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 46: In page 9, subsection (3), line 39, to delete "consultant psychiatrist" and substitute "approved medical officer". I cannot understand the reason the Minister has included the words "consultant psychiatrist" in the Bill.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I thought we had managed to fix it up in the Mental Health Bill. This is a problem because when tribunals are being set up, allowance must be made for the inclusion of persons from another area. As I can see what the Minister means, I will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 91: In page 14, subsection (6)(j), line 4, to delete "Review Board" and substitute "Mental Health Tribunal". This again substitutes "Mental Health Tribunal" for "Review Board". We have discussed this substitution in other areas, and the Minister does not propose to use the mental health tribunals and save the taxpayer a great deal of money by having one organisation...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 104: In page 14, subsection (1), lines 29 to 34, to delete paragraph (b). This might indicate I am trying to get jobs for my friends. It is not suitable to have the governor of a prison acting as a consultant psychiatrist, which the clinical director would be. This section only encourages the use of prisons as places of detention for mentally ill people, which we all...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 128: In page 16, before section 13, to insert the following new section: 13.—(1) In relation to any person remanded into custody or sentenced to imprisonment, the Minister shall— (a) have the power to give a transfer direction if he or she is satisfied by reports from two registered medical practitioners, one of whom is a consultant psychiatrist on the staff of the...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I would be glad if the Minister were to do so because there are worries about the legality of this issue among those in the psychiatric service.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 131: In page 17, subsection (7), lines 14 and 15, to delete "or an officer or servant of the designated centre". I am concerned about sending an officer or servant of a designated centre to arrest an individual who may have absconded from a detention centre. The Garda has training in this area and unless some training is provided to an officer or servant of the centre,...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I would be grateful if the Minister reconsidered the amendment in these days of better communications with mobile telephones and the like. One frequently hears the Garda advising members of the public not to approach certain individuals because they are considered dangerous. I would not like psychiatric institution staff members to believe they had an obligation to arrest an abscondee and...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 132: In page 17, subsection (8)(a), line 22, after "custody" to insert "and the clinical director of the designated centre concerned may, if necessary, request the Governor of the prison from which the patient was originally transferred, or the Garda Síochána if the patient has not been in prison custody, to assist the members of the staff of the designated centre in...

Seanad: Work Permit Regulations. (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: This Adjournment matter refers to an administrative problem. Eurocollege Institute of Education operates as the only dedicated medical English-language training school in either Ireland or Britain. It is one of fewer than ten such specialist schools in the world. It has a close educational alliance with Trinity College's school of midwifery, which provides practical advice and assistance to...

Seanad: Ombudsman's Report: Statements. (5 May 2004)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister of State. The Ombudsman and her predecessors in the office have been praised, quite rightly, by all sides of the House. When they were appointed, we all knew the job they would have. However, no Member realised how they would seize it with such enthusiasm. Many people are grateful to the office of the Ombudsman when they were not in a position to seek legal advice or...

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (5 May 2004)

Mary Henry: No.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (5 May 2004)

Mary Henry: It is not agreed.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (5 May 2004)

Mary Henry: Unfortunately, an amended Order of Business does not suit my seconder for the next motion.