Results 61-80 of 1,966 for speaker:Mary Henry

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2002)

Mary Henry: Like Senators Terry and Brian Hayes, I have received representations about the wording. We must take into account the Supreme Court's pronouncement that these words are meaningless. I do not say that because half of them are constituents of mine, although that is part of the equation. While we are not run by them, it seems unusual to put back into the legislation wording which has been thus...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2002)

Mary Henry: I congratulate Senator Tuffy.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2002)

Mary Henry: I support the amendment. Problems have arisen in the courts from the way in which things have been allowed to run on and on without set dates for the return of cases.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2002)

Mary Henry: We should be grateful to Senator Tuffy for bringing this worthwhile amendment before the House. I agree with the Minister of State. I would be concerned that applicants might be deterred from proceeding with cases in circumstances where they should do so. People, particularly those of limited means, have to rely on legal advice.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2002)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister for the clear explanations he provided for all our queries. It is a great help to obtain such clarity in response to the questions we posed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Dec 2002)

Mary Henry: We are all aware of the tragedy of the family who lost a premature baby in Cavan Hospital recently. I hope Senators will note the statement in today's newspapers by Tom Clarke, professor of neo-natal paediatrics in the College of Surgeons, to the effect that he feels the Minister for Health and Children is being unfairly treated because the survival rate of such infants, even in maternity...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Mary Henry: The Minister has a great commitment to her portfolio and she is right to have concentrated on the elderly in the Bill's budgetary provisions. I take this view since I am getting older myself and a girl must think of the future. I regret, however, that some of the promises made in the run up to the general election have not been fulfilled. For example, the child benefit increases are not great...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Mary Henry: Since that group has been neglected in terms of accommodation, the Minister might try to see what can be done about providing them with housing when she is considering her proposals for next year. If it were not for the Salvation Army's hostels, I do not know how I would have managed to deal with such cases I come across in my general practice. One has only to walk around the city to see the...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Mary Henry: Senator Terry's point is very sensible because the logistics of the proposal seem incredible if each private vehicle coming through the ports, particularly during the summer, is to be inspected. Drivers who give lifts to hitchhikers are very vulnerable because they must be assured that the person has the correct documentation. These drivers who may not be involved in trafficking could end up...

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Mary Henry: I return to the logistics again. Senator McDowell made a very good point about how difficult this will be. If the State cannot find the people in question, how can those in charge of ferries find them? Is it envisaged that immigration officers will be on the gangway when cars are driven on board in Roscoff and Cherbourg?

Seanad: Development of Rugby: Motion. (29 Jan 2003)

Mary Henry: Senator Ryan without interruption.

Seanad: Development of Rugby: Motion. (29 Jan 2003)

Mary Henry: I wish to share my time with Senators Paddy Burke and Feeney.

Seanad: Development of Rugby: Motion. (29 Jan 2003)

Mary Henry: I reinforce what Senator Mansergh said. In our last debate on tourism I was very opposed to the Irish Open Golf Championship being held at a club which discriminates against women. Now we have a sports organisation which has been given money by the State discriminating on a provincial basis, which is even smaller than discriminating on a gender basis. I urge the Minister to take this issue...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Mental Health Services. (29 Jan 2003)

Mary Henry: I am sure you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, and the Minister of State were alarmed, as were many others, by the article in The Irish Times on Monday, 27 January written by Mark Hennessey on what can only the described as a serious staff crisis at St. Mary's Home, Drumcar, County Louth. It is a home for the mentally and physically disabled run by St. John of God's Hospital Order which runs many such...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Mental Health Services. (29 Jan 2003)

Mary Henry: There is no money available to any of the health boards for an emergency such as this. I ask the Minister of State to ask the Minister for Health and Children to address the situation regarding an inspectorate for these institutions immediately. The Seanad adjourned at 8.45 p.m. until 10.30 a.m. on Thursday, 30 January 2003.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jan 2003)

Mary Henry: There is an extraordinary contradiction in the fact that the UN inspectors are searching for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq at the behest of the Americans. I have frequently raised the issue of the United Nations convention on biological weapons and toxins which was introduced in 1972 but had no verification programme. Ireland was one of the countries working on the programme when, 18...

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: The Arts Council's five year plan was accepted by the Government but at the end of the year its funding was cut dramatically with the result that now there is a large shortfall in the money it can offer to performing companies. Will the Leader ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism to come into the House to discuss the matter? In various areas, the resurgence of festivals and arts...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister and the Bill. However, it is very unfortunate that we have to bring forward a Bill amending, to a great extent, one we passed so recently. This is not the fault of the Minister but we must try to make sure the Bills we pass do not require amendment within a few years, which is what has happened in respect of the 1996 Bill. I was present when it passed through the House....

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: Schedule 1 refers to activities to which Part IV applies. If two or more activities falling within the same paragraph under a particular heading of this Schedule are carried on in the same installation by the same person, for the purpose of any threshold specified in the paragraph, the capacities of these activities shall be aggregated. I am interested in matters relating to food and drink....

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Second Stage. (5 Feb 2003)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister. The words of Dr. William Harris of Science Foundation Ireland have been quoted so frequently that it is appropriate that he is present in the Visitors Gallery with some of his colleagues in order that he can hear—