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Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006: Report Stage. (5 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I cannot make any further arguments about it. I withdraw the amendment. If my colleagues want to retable it in the Dáil, they will do so.

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006: Report Stage. (5 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: In respect of the amendments I tabled, I welcome the Minister's effective acceptance in amendment No. 13 of the point I made in amendment No. 14, which I will withdraw. As for amendment No. 15, Labour Party Members tried to include the United Nations Committee against Torture because they believed this section gives a right to visit a prisoner to the Council of Europe Committee for the...

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006: Report Stage. (5 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 15: In page 13, line 8, after "Commission" to insert ", United Nations Committee against Torture". Has the Minister anything to say in respect of this amendment?

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006: Report Stage. (5 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: Yes. Perhaps the Minister might also comment on my point about psychologists.

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (5 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 41: In page 26, line 33, after "law" to insert "or order of any court". The Minister indicated he might be supportive of this amendment so we resubmitted it. The purpose of the amendment is to make it clear that the accused will also be present for the purposes of any court order in addition to being present for the purposes of any enactment or rule of law. For example,...

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (5 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (5 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank the Minister and his staff for their work on this Bill and for the amendments he accepted from me.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I have read reports in the newspapers, including The Irish Times, to the effect that the Government might delay a referendum to deal with the fall-out from the statutory rape controversy and the age of consent. It is no secret that I oppose the lowering of the age of consent. I have said this any time the issue has been debated here. I agree with the Rape Crisis Centre that we may need to...

Seanad: Genealogy and Heraldry Bill 2006: Second Stage (12 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank the Irish Genealogical Society for providing information to the Labour Party to help us draft this Bill. My contribution relies on much of that information. The legislative basis of this issue was last debated here in 1996-97. The problem that confronted Members then was whether the Genealogical Office was already established in law and needed to be abolished in its old form before...

Seanad: Garda Reform: Statements (13 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I commend the work that went into the various tribunal and inspectorate reports and the report by Senator Maurice Hayes and the advisory group on Garda management. The work was carried out with such attention to detail and each report contains several recommendations against which no one can argue. The tribunals were examples of those that have worked. The interim reports allowed...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 4: In page 8, subsection (1)(b), lines 10 and 11, to delete "the required particulars of the will" and substitute the following: "the particulars set forth in the Schedule to the Registration of Wills Act 2006". The purpose of this amendment is to tidy up the Bill in the manner used in respect of other legislation. Senator Leyden has picked up some up of what we have...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 8: In page 8, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following subsection: "(5) Information to be registered shall not include any information regarding the contents of the will, the assets or the testator or the identity of the beneficiaries.". I accept that Senator Leyden intends that the register should not be used to provide information regarding the contents of a...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: Amendment No. 10 is important because the gist of it is that we cannot presume from the registration of a will or otherwise under this system that it is the only will or that the will still exists, as set out in the various subsections to the new section. It is important for that to be clear. While Senator Leyden's Bill is welcome, problems surround it. Senator Leyden said he had received...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I do not think Senator Leyden was listening either.

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: This is a good amendment but there are problems in the Bill. I say that in good faith because I welcome the fact that Senator Leyden has brought it forward. The Minister of State's father played a major role in the Succession Act which is very good legislation. If people do not make a will the spouse and children are provided for because of our legislation for people who die intestate.

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: We do not know how many people will register, should the Bill be enacted. The Minister of State said he would consider setting up a register for guardianship agreements. Such a register exists in Scotland and hardly anyone registered those agreements. Registration systems can be problematic in that sense. I referred to the superstition people have regarding wills. Part of it is that they...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I disagree slightly with Senator Browne on the point he has made about wills. I made the point earlier. There is nothing wrong with not making a will. There are advantages to making a will. As a result of the reforming legislation brought in by the late Brian Lenihan, one is provided for fairly even when there is no will. It is important to say that. When a will is made there are huge...

Seanad: Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank the Minister of State and his staff. Unfortunately, I did not get a chance to attend the Order of Business this morning. I thank the Cathaoirleach for his work during the year. Several weeks ago in the heat of a debate I claimed he was unfair to me. It is the opposite. He is very fair, patient and reasonable, a commonly held view. My Labour Party local organisation often urges...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Jan 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Will the Leader arrange a debate with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, on the definition of the phrase "affordable house"? The Minister was quoted the other day indicating that an affordable house is one which costs approximately 80% of its market value. The figure has varied, increasing from 50% to 60%, then to75%, and more recently to 80%....

Seanad: Human Rights Issues: Motion (31 Jan 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I have been reading a report published by Mr. Dick Marty in June 2006. He refers to the human dimension of rendition. He considers the human impact in two ways, the practice of preparing a detainee to be deported and the grave, long-lasting psychological damage inflicted by extraordinary rendition. He refers to many different types of victims of the process but the methodology of treatment...