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Seanad: West Link Toll Bridge: Motion. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Henry: Three?

Seanad: West Link Toll Bridge: Motion. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Henry: It is odd that any roads around a city or town are tolled. If one examines the international situation, the main reason to have roads around a city or town is to avoid people travelling through them. If there is a toll in place it discourages those people from going around the town. I am glad that Senator White has had suchpleasant experiences with the West Link toll bridge as I have found it...

Seanad: West Link Toll Bridge: Motion. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Henry: One can visit Florence in Italy, for example, where there is a great deal of traffic congestion but no tolls in sight. It is the same around Verona and Milan in the north of Italy. There are tolls on long stretches of road but not on short ones. Senator Brian Hayes's suggestion concerning lifting the barriers when there is congestion is a good one. I am certain this could help in improving...

Seanad: West Link Toll Bridge: Motion. (23 Mar 2005)

Mary Henry: ——is beyond belief at times. I agree with Senator Mansergh that money must be spent on public transport. If that were to happen we would be able to get out of our cars and make more of our journeys on public transport.

Seanad: Expressions of Sympathy on the Death of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II: Motion. (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank the Leader for having given us the opportunity to speak to this motion and express our sympathy on the death of the Pope. We must remember, however, that there is also an element of celebration involved. Pope John Paul II was an elderly man who obviously believed in the life everlasting and, therefore, I would have thought that, for him, death represented a moment of moving on to a...

Seanad: Expressions of Sympathy on the Death of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II: Motion. (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I saw the power that he and fellow Christian leaders like him had in shaping Poland then. Many European political leaders were extremely lucky that Karol Wojtila had a priestly vocation. One can imagine what he could have done on the European political stage with his wonderful linguistic skills. He would have put everyone in the shade had he been a member of the European Parliament, perhaps...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme. (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister of State for attending the House this evening. The issue of colorectal cancer was drawn to my attention by Colm Ó Móráin, professor of medicine at Trinity College Dublin and senior gastroenterologist in the Adelaide and Meath Hospital at Tallaght. Colorectal cancer poses a major public health problem. According to a recent report from the United European...

Seanad: Cancer Screening Programme. (12 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I ask him to consider the pilot scheme if I send him some details on it. I would like a pilot colorectal screening scheme to be pursued along the lines of the highly satisfactory cervical screening programme. We would all like the latter scheme to be extended to all parts of the country as soon as possible.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I support Senator Finucane's call for a debate on accident and emergency services. The situation is truly as shocking as the nurses describe it. Hundreds of people are on trolleys every day but there are 1,000 fewer beds in the acute hospital service than there were at the end of the 1980s. There are hundreds of thousands more people in the country and they are older. The Minister's solution...

Seanad: Rights of Migrant Workers: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank Senator Norris for sharing his time. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe. I wish to raise the issue of those migrant workers, doctors and nurses, who come to Ireland at our invitation on working visas to prop up the health service. Without them, we would be unable to run it. Over the years, I have...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: A report on prisons was published recently by the Inspector of Prisons. I ask the Leader if we could debate it as soon as possible.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 9, to delete "INSANITY" and substitute "MENTAL DISORDER". I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan. I spoke at length on this issue on Committee Stage so I will spare the House a long explanation. I am anxious that the word "insanity" be removed from the Bill. During the Committee Stage debate, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: When he was here, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform said how much he admired Mr. Justice Henchy, whom he described as the greatest legal brain of the last century. Mr. Justice Henchy stressed that the prisoner could become a patient. That is one of the reasons I feel so strongly about the matter. I want the prisoner to be treated as a patient once it is recognised that he or...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, lines 14 to 16, to delete "TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MENTAL HEALTH REVIEW BOARD" and substitute "TO PROVIDE SUCH PERSONS WITH THE SAME PROTECTIONS AS ARE PROVIDED IN THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2001". My intention with this amendment is to save the taxpayer money. One interesting aspect of the explanatory memorandum is its statement that there are no...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I have only seen these amendments myself so I can understand the Minister of State's confusion.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I only saw the groupings when I got here, so I will rely on the Clerk and the Clerk's assistant. If there is something the Minister of State objects to I hope he will allow me to remove it. This has been a bit of a rush despite it being over two years——

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: I do not wish to continue until the Minister of State is ready. Is it all right to continue?

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: As no one will take any notice of what I say I wonder why I bother. The mental health tribunals will have the advantage that the people comprising them, who would be much the same type of person as those on the Minister's review board, will get some experience as they deal with ordinary cases. When they come to criminal cases they can have as much advice and as many lawyers as they like, but...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: This raises an issue that displeases me. According to the terms of the Bill, the review body is under the control of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and must report to him. I draw attention to the advice given by Mr. Justice Henchy in the third interim report of the interdepartmental committee on mentally ill and maladjusted persons. This was the basis from which we thought...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (19 Apr 2005)

Mary Henry: That is a piece of good luck for them.