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Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 46: In page 31, subsection (1), between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following new paragraphs: "(d) the introduction of National Standards for Disability Services and the statutory inspection of such services, (e) the consideration of the primary care needs of people with disabilities when developing the new model of primary care,". This amendment deals with the...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 50: In page 40, between lines 46 and 47, to insert the following new subsection: "(5) The Minster shall, as soon as may be after the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before each House of the Oireachtas, a report on the possibility of increasing the public service employment quota for people with disabilities above 3 per cent.". This amendment proposes that after the...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: A woman.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I am disappointed the Minister of State is not accepting the amendment, particularly in view of the consensus in favour of it. This is the type of commitment we all wish to see. We must try to encourage greater numbers of people with disabilities to enter employment. We should put structures in place whereby State organisations or public bodies would be obliged to fill at least 3% of staff...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: The whole debate on this Bill is pretty frustrating from my point of view and that of the Opposition generally. We spend hours preparing for the debate and then spend hours debating the various amendments, but we do not really get anywhere. Perhaps, therefore, it would be better if the Minister of State came in at the beginning and said, "I'm not going to accept any of your amendments", thus...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: This is a simple amendment which does not seek too much, yet the Minister of State has not provided me with a good enough reason not to accept it. I accepted a number of points the Minister of State made during the debate. He made them constructively, putting forward an argument as to why my amendments should not be accepted. I have agreed with him along the way, but in this case he has not...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I am sorry if I misrepresented what the Minister of State said. I thought he said it would make it more difficult and I would disagree with that view. We are talking about the public sector and we must set the standards so others will follow. Earlier, everyone praised Senator Quinn for what he and others have done in the private sector. The Minister of State has not convinced me as to why he...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 56: In page 50, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following new subsection: "(2) (a) Nothing in this Act, shall be taken to contravene, or constitute any alteration, to the rights and protections prescribed in the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2004. (b) Nothing in this Act, shall be taken to contravene, or constitute any alteration, to the rights and protections...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I am sure the Leader was prepared to accept the amendment.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I will be happy when the Government parties accept this amendment, as I am sure they will. The amendment seeks to ensure that this legislation complies with other legislation that is already in place. I want to ensure that nothing in this Bill affects or diminishes the rights and protections contained in Equal Status Acts, the European Convention of Human Rights Act 2003 and the Employment...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: How long is that period of time?

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I accept that what the Minister of State said is true in regard to the content of the Acts to which I have referred in the amendment. As has been said on a number of occasions, what we are trying to do here is to strengthen and give power to this legislation, which is ground-breaking and for which many people have fought for many years. This will be used like their Bible. They want the...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 57: In page 5, lines 7 to 12, to delete all words from and including "OCCASIONED" in line 7 down to and including "-CATION," in line 12 and substitute the following: "OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, TO ENABLE MINISTERS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE PROVISION". I will be interested to hear what the Minister of State has to say on this issue. My amendment proposes to change the...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: Does the Minister of State know if the words "consistent with the resources available to them" appear in other legislation?

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: We know what they mean. Whether we are discussing a transport Bill or any other legislation, they all cost money. Will the Minister of State point to any legislation that includes these very words imposing restrictions to the effect that the Minister can only spend the resources available? We accept that one can only spend what one has, as Senator O'Rourke said. We each look for a new road,...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: Yes.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage. (21 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage. (21 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 3: In page 7, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: "(i) any private body which provides services and products to the public;". We discussed these amendments at some length last week but I felt it necessary to move them again on Report Stage because I was concerned that they were not accepted. If their provisions were inserted in the legislation, this would...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage. (21 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I am disappointed the Minister of State will not examine this issue from a broader perspective or indeed from the future. I do not see why we cannot oblige private companies which offer services to members of the public to make their buildings accessible over a number of years. I am unsure whether the Minister of State mentioned a period of ten years, but I do not see why buildings cannot be...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage. (21 Jun 2005)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 6: In page 9, to delete the text inserted by Government amendment No. 8 at Committee and substitute the following: 6.—The Minister shall— (a) carry out a review of this Act, in particular the definition of disability, within a maximum period of 2 years of operation or 3 years of enactment, whichever is the soonest, (b) for the purpose of assisting him or her in making...