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Seanad: Child Trafficking and Pornography (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (27 May 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: The Labour Party does not have a difficulty with this legislation. If it is necessary to put the legislation in place that should be done. I hope the provision has been thought through and is secure. A drip-feed of legislative measures dealing with issues as they arose would not be desirable. We should consider all possible future situations and put all necessary legislation, regulations and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I ask the Leader to invite the appropriate Minister to the House to discuss the issue raised by Senator Brian Hayes, namely, the three investigations into AIB. I would like to hear, in particular, what is being done by the Government to ensure a speedy conclusion of those inquiries, co-ordination between the three investigating authorities and public disclosure of the findings. It is...

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 8: In page 7, to delete lines 43 to 46 and substitute "employee owing to sickness.'.". I do not seem to be able to find my notes on this amendment so I would like to hear the Minister of State's response first.

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 9: In page 8, line 48, after "hospital" to insert "or such other date as may be agreed between the employer and the employee". The purpose of the amendment is to remove unnecessary rigidity in the Bill which requires that where adoptive leave is postponed following the hospitalisation of a child, it must be taken as a continuous period beginning not later than seven days...

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 10: In page 9, line 24, to delete "his/her" and substitute "his or her". This is a drafting amendment. We feel it would be more appropriate in legislation to have "his or her" spelt out rather than an abbreviated symbol. I would like to hear the Minister of State's response.

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 11: In page 12, to delete lines 27 and 28 and substitute "accordance with that section.'.". We tabled this amendment because there appears to be a strange anomaly in the section which prohibits dismissal of an employee on adoptive leave in circumstances where the purported notice of dismissal expires after the employee's absence. However, it does not expressly deal with...

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 12: In page 15, lines 17 and 18, to delete all words from and including "the said section 2(2)" in line 17 down to and including "1997):" in line 18 and substitute "section 2(2) of the Act of 1977, as inserted by the said section 23:". These are drafting amendments. Amendment No. 12 deals with the point that the wording of the section does not make sense. For example, the...

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 13: In page 15, lines 33 and 34, to delete all words from and including "the said section 6(2)" in line 33 down to and including "1997):" in line 34 and substitute "section 6(2) of the Act of 1977, as inserted by the said section 24:".

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 14: In page 16, line 35, to delete "44A." and substitute "45.". This also relates to a drafting problem. The Adoptive Leave Act 1995 has only 44 sections and if a section is to be inserted after section 44 it should be numbered 45 and not "44A". That is the issue the amendment seeks to address.

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 15: In page 3, lines 5 and 6, to delete "AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS". We believe that the sole purpose of the Bill is to amend the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 and that the reference "and to provide for connected matters" is not necessary.

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (15 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, lines 5 and 6, to delete "AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS". The Minister and Government should consider this phrase again to decide whether it is necessary to include it.

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (15 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (15 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 3: In page 5, to delete lines 20 to 26 and substitute "period of 8 weeks.". We in the Labour Party have tabled this amendment because we believe that a period of eight weeks is appropriate. I do not understand why for example section 6(1)(b) is necessary. Why not let the period be eight weeks, and leave it at that? It seems petty to insert the conditions contained in that...

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (15 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I second it.

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (15 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 5: In page 7, to delete line 47 and in page 8 to delete lines 1 to 3, and substitute "employee owing to sickness.'.". We have discussed this already. If someone is on sick leave, it should not interfere with his or her entitlement to adoptive leave. We have a similar approach to maternity leave.

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (15 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 6: In page 9, line 2, after "hospital" to insert "or such other date as may be agreed between the employer and the employee". We tabled this amendment previously because both sides should be able to agree a date rather than the postponed leave being taken seven days after the child leaves hospital. What if the employer wanted to change that? Why not leave it up to the...

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2003: Second Stage. (16 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: While I also broadly welcome the legislation, I was interested in what Senator Ross had to say, especially about the impact of the legislation and whether it has teeth. I agree it is good to have penalties. This compares with the Ombudsman who deals with local authority issues etc., in which penalties are generally not involved. In many ways that Ombudsman does not have teeth and has more to...

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill 2003: Second Stage. (23 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to share time with Senator White. I welcome the Minister of State and the legislation as well as the work done on it in the Dáil. I was involved in some of the hearings on the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Bill held by the Joint Committee on Education and Science. Considerable work has been done on the legislation since then. As Senator O'Rourke stated, many...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Joint Investigation Teams) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I do not have a problem with the amendment as it makes sense and seems logical.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (23 Jun 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. a1: In page 3, line 22, after "1997" to insert ", the text of which in the English language is set out for convenience of reference in Schedule 1 to this Act". These amendments are technical. Will the Minister accept them?