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Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: I second Senator Terry's amendment. A similar discussion took place in considering the Veterinary Practice Bill 2004. The Government put forward a stipulation that the premises upon which veterinary practice was to occur be certified, and that the original certificate be displayed. On this side of the Seanad it was suggested that a copy might suffice because of what can happen to important...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: I support the amendment, as it is a very good way to monitor the mainstreaming of the legislation.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: Senator Quinn, who asked me to move his amendment, was the person who spotted this omission. I regret to say I did not, but I am delighted we were able to advise the Government on it.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: I, too, support the amendment. One could not put the case for it better than the Leader of the House has done.

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister of State for the constructive way he conducted the debate in the House. He and his officials have ensured that the Bill is much improved on the Bill that was brought forward some years ago. As Senator Terry said, we hope any improvements which should be made will be made and, even more importantly, that all resources that are needed for the implementation of the...

Seanad: Inspector of Prisons Reports: Motion. (22 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: I move: That Seanad Éireann notes the recommendations made by the Inspector of Prisons and places of detention for the year 2003-04; and regrets how few of the recommendations made by him in his first annual report for 2002-03 have been implemented. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Parlon, to the House. Perhaps there will be more tranquility than if other...

Seanad: Inspector of Prisons Reports: Motion. (22 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: Come on.

Seanad: Inspector of Prisons Reports: Motion. (22 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: Are they there now?

Seanad: Inspector of Prisons Reports: Motion. (22 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: They will be, not they have been. We must have accuracy.

Seanad: Inspector of Prisons Reports: Motion. (22 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank all Senators who took part in this useful debate. I thank the Minister for his speech except where he commended the amendment to the motion to the House. Senator Ryan once told me, as a compliment, that motions I put down are so anodyne that they do not need amending. I would have thought this was one of these cases. However, I regret the amendment was tabled because it is difficult...

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: No one has any criticism of the Minister or her Department. I am quite sure that Senator Ulick Burke does not intend any either in putting forward this amendment. However, we all know by now the little we can do to actually heal the hurt experienced by the victims of child abuse. We are all trying to do the best we can. If it would help them at all to have the references made to the...

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: I am glad the Minister is present because I recall the great care she and all Members took when the House passed the Children Act, to ensure children were not slapped in and out of institutions. The insertion of subparagraph (ia) goes a long way towards improving the original Bill. Senator Tuffy made a good point; people want to try to discover why they were placed in institutions and what...

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: The Minister is not disposed to accepting the amendment but section 4(1)(a) allows for inquiry into "the role of the courts in the manner in which children were placed in, and the circumstances in which they continued to be resident in, institutions during the relevant period". Would that allow the role of the courts to be investigated?

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: I am sure the Minister wants the workings of all committees involved to be as transparent as possible. However, there are justified complaints that people do not know how cases will be chosen to come before the committees. I am still not sure if people who wish to go before the committees will be definitely allowed to do so. On Second Stage yesterday, the Minister stated: "It will reduce the...

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister for highlighting the amount of moral support available to victims. I suggest the Department of Health and Children publicise it because not many people realise it is available and they would welcome it.

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: I received a considerable amount of correspondence, as I am sure the Minister did, from people who are concerned about the constitutionality of setting up the board and the fund because the agreement between the Conference of Religious in Ireland and the then Minister for Education and Science was reached after the Bill went through the Houses of the Oireachtas. No more than anyone else, I am...

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister for that clarification.

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: It is very hard to understand why people should be criminalised for disclosing that they were abused. I support this amendment because from what one reads in the newspapers and hears victims who have been before the redress board say, people would like to be able to say they were justified in making their complaint and that the State recognises this and has done something to try to give them...

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister and her officials for the time and effort they have put into this delicate issue. All of us want the best possible outcome for those who were so sadly abused in Ireland for decades. Apologies have been made and that is all any of us can do. It is important that the board be as fine-tuned as possible to enable those who wish to do so to tell their stories and that the...

Seanad: Maritime Safety Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (28 Jun 2005)

Mary Henry: Perhaps the Minister of State might continue with the second group of amendments.