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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Sheila Terry: Yes. I am not sure if this extends to secondary schools. It is an unfair system. Young people who enter teaching or any other profession want the opportunity to progress. Their progress should not be stymied if they are entitled on the basis of ability to promotion. This will discourage suitable candidates from entering or staying in teaching. We need good teachers. A general review of...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2007)

Sheila Terry: I support Senator Ryan's amendment and comments. We need to tread carefully on this issue. I am surprised that it has come this far in the legislative process without ringing alarm bells in the Office of the Minister of State or that of the Attorney General. We have an opportunity this morning to address this issue belatedly and should do so, rather than allow the courts to decide it, as...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Sheila Terry: I support Senator Ryan's relevant amendment that reflects modern communications systems. Legislation needs to be kept up to date to reflect modern telecommunication systems available to us. Nearly everyone, particularly young children, possesses a mobile telephone. The Irish are supposedly the greatest users of text messaging in the world. Nearly everyone is capable of sending electronic...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Sheila Terry: No, it was not positive. The sender concerned could be in some difficulty if I were to pursue a case. Such actions must be covered in this legislation. If the Minister of State does not agree to the amendment, what recourse has an individual if he or she receives obscene or abusive text messages or e-mails? Certainly the legislation does not reflect those two modes of communication which...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Sheila Terry: On my own behalf and that of Senator Finucane, who has dealt with the Bill and who could not be here this morning, I thank the Minister of State and his staff for the work they have put into this Bill. As was evident today, there are a few areas which could have been improved upon, but, generally, it is a very good Bill that will bring regulation into the market for ComReg to deal with...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)

Sheila Terry: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)

Sheila Terry: I want to join with the leader of the Opposition, Senator Brian Hayes, in his expression of concern and his call for legislation to protect the rights of victims in light of events in recent days. Someone who abused children in a dreadful way for many years and who served nine years of a 29-year sentence is to be released without any of the victims being informed. We heard some of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)

Sheila Terry: ——man returning to the community. They do not know when or where they will bump into him. The victims are the people about whom we should be most concerned.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2007)

Sheila Terry: There should be a system and legislation in place to protect them and to tell them in a timely fashion that the man will be released into the community, where he will live, what restrictions, if any, will be placed on his movements and any information that will help ease their pain. They will suffer for the rest of their lives, but they have received no compensation. The case is a debacle...

Seanad: Learning to Teach Report: Statements. (27 Feb 2007)

Sheila Terry: I wanted to welcome the Minister but as she is leaving I will welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey. Senator Minihan is not a teacher and neither am I, so I respect the views expressed here by those who were teachers. I also respect that they would have much more knowledge of this issue than I do. I have some knowledge as I worked for some time as a substitute, or unqualified,...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)

Sheila Terry: I join with others in highlighting work life balance day. I hope it is not simply an opportunity to pay lip service to this worthwhile initiative but I believe it is. After ten years in office, the Government has not advanced the position of many parents who struggle with family and work. As Senator O'Meara said, parental leave is unpaid and there is no paternity leave. The child care...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)

Sheila Terry: Who can afford to take that?

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)

Sheila Terry: People cannot afford to take unpaid maternity leave.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)

Sheila Terry: No paternity leave.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)

Sheila Terry: It will not deliver a work life balance for most parents in this country.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)

Sheila Terry: It is being proposed.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)

Sheila Terry: It is nearing.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)

Sheila Terry: Not before June.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)

Sheila Terry: It is clear in the report.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2007)

Sheila Terry: I did not say that.