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Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister to the House for this debate and I appreciate the time he has put into it since he moved to the Department of Social and Family Affairs. While I have some hard things to say, I hope the Minister will make a difference. Until now things were in poor shape but the Minister has the will to make a difference for every pensioner and everyone saving for a pension. I agree...

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: That is what has happened to date. I wish the Minister well in this regard as I believe he is on the right track.

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: That would not need to happen. The system is inefficient at present.

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: It only benefits the well-off.

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: This was shown to be the case in the ESRI report.

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: According to the OECD, Ireland has the worst record in that regard.

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: Go Mary, go.

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: Not unless the return is guaranteed.

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (11 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: Not unless it is guaranteed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: I support Senator Brian Hayes and others who have called for a debate on the quality of the construction and design of apartment blocks. It is important that the necessary guidelines be put in place as quickly as possible. I ask the relevant Minister to concentrate on the management of such apartment blocks.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: We need to focus on the management companies which look after apartment blocks. Those who live in such apartments are facing a crisis at present. The concept of management companies is a new one for most people. That many people are failing to pay the necessary costs to such companies will have an enormous effect on the maintenance of apartments. If this problem is not tackled and legislation...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: This does not work in the same way with regard to new apartment blocks.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: I agree with all of those who expressed their shock at the programme broadcast last night. The way in which we care for our elderly people reflects the type of society in which we live. When families research a nursing home and pay money to have their elderly parents looked after, they are entitled to the best of care. When the State entrusts someone to the care of a nursing home, it is...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: As Fianna Fáil is currently in Government, it has the opportunity to put measures in place.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage. (31 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome the opportunity to at last deal with this Bill, for which we have waited a long time. While I recognise that some improvements have been made in the Dáil for which I thank the Minister of State, the Bill still falls short of what the majority if not all of the disability groups have called for. This is the basis from which I must...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage. (31 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: I will be tabling an amendment to make them more independent by placing them under the authority of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. The Bill has many layers of bureaucracy. I would like to know how much it will cost to set up all the layers of personnel required. Will more money be spent on setting up the administration and employing the staff for it? If we are to do it...

Seanad: Pension Provisions. (31 May 2005)

Sheila Terry: I thank the Minister of State for staying to take my Adjournment motion. I put the question to the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, but it was referred to the Minister for Finance. That is somewhat of a problem for the two Departments in terms of which of them deals with pensions. Will the Minister of State provide me with a breakdown of the €2.5 billion tax breaks enjoyed by the...

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: It is the neglect of the Senator's party in Government that we are discussing.

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I wish to share my time with Senators Cummins and Finucane. I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. I watched the programme with shock as did everybody else. It was particularly shocking because I knew one of the families involved but I never realised the experience they went through and the conditions under which their mother lived in the nursing home and subsequently died as a...