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Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (16 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: Amendments Nos. 47, 48 and 52 form a composite proposal and they may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (16 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: Amendment No. 48 has already been discussed with amendment No. 47.

Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (16 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister of State and his continued interest in all issues relating to children. I compliment the Labour Party on proposing this motion on juvenile crime, which is an issue we neglect at our peril. It is frequently the case that young people who come before the courts as adults have been involved in crime for a considerable portion of their short lives. They may be involved in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: I add my support to the call for a debate on education. Of course one need not have had third level education to have an important job but one may be badly paid even though one's job is important. Perhaps one may not even have had second level education. How many Senators read today's report in the health supplement of The Irish Times by Ms Katherine Holmquist about the level of education...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: As the Minister of State can imagine, I am delighted with this amendment having spent a great deal of time arguing that "podiatrist" should be the terminology used in the Bill. I thank him very much for the change. The change is important because a degree in podiatry will be recognised; that is covered in Schedule 3. If we are to recognise a degree in podiatry we are obliged to have that...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: Yes.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: These amendments seem reasonable. However, I again have concerns in regard to the situation of podiatrists. Section 9(3)(b)(iii) provides that one of the members of the council will be "representative of third level educational establishments involved in the education and training of persons with respect to the practice of the designated professions and is nominated by the Minister for...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: I welcome the amendments as they clarify matters. I also welcome other groups approaching various Senators and the Minister of State in order to be placed on statutory registers. We needed to go ahead with the then best organised groups as we could otherwise be waiting to get everyone moving forward in an organised way. One matter the groups are not clear on is that the various registration...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: These amendments are to be welcomed. I have some anxiety to ensure that the general public will be made very aware of which professions are on a statutory register. One will see advertisements for "registered osteopath" but what register is being referred to? We must ensure it is well known which people are on a statutory register. I am sure these osteopaths are perfectly fine people and are...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: That is disappointing. We are just getting into the matters.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: If the Leader was here, she would give us an extension.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: This House considered aspects of the issue regarding EU nationals who would get qualifications outside the European Union, but I am glad to see that we left something for the Dáil to do. These are important amendments. I wish to mention one of my disappointments with the Bill. I understand the way it was decided to protect just one name only for each profession and I want to return to that...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: I am sure the Minister of State can understand the gratitude, not only of those present, offered to him and his officials on the introduction of the Bill as it has been sought for almost 20 years. It is well that it is such good legislation because it is extremely important. It is important that the members of the professions covered by the Bill ensure publicity is used to show that they are...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: I thank Senator Cox for sharing her time. We are not taking enough interest in the social consequences of one-off housing and ribbon development outside towns. Such developments are fine when those who buy the houses in question are young, but as they get older the consequences of their being far from shops, churches, etc., can be very serious. They become totally reliant on cars. This should...

Seanad: Iraq War: Motion. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: It is an honour to second the motion. When I supported Senator Norris's recent call on the Order of Business for a debate on the situation in Iraq, I reminded the House of the iconic photographs of children in Vietnam burnt with white phosphorous and trying to flee. It was impossible for them to escape it, however, because this substance sticks to the skin. The world was appalled by those...

Seanad: Iraq War: Motion. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: It is interesting that many other countries are alarmed by this matter.

Seanad: Iraq War: Motion. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: Spain, England, Germany and many others have asked what is going through on some of these American aeroplanes. Were the cargo so innocent that it could be easily examined, all the Americans would need to do would be to say: "Come friends, for friends we are, and look inside". I am deeply concerned by this issue. It is important that we address the matter of American troops in Shannon. When...

Seanad: Iraq War: Motion. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: It would be a shocking situation and none of us wish to believe it could happen.

Seanad: Human Rights Issues. (23 Nov 2005)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Many Bulgarian nurses work abroad. Bulgaria is a poor country and they go abroad to earn money to send home to their families. In particular, they travel to the Middle East and north Africa. I wish to refer to what was initially a group of about 40 nurses who worked in the children's hospital in Benghazi, Libya. In February 1999, they were...