Results 301-320 of 1,311 for speaker:Sheila Terry

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Sheila Terry: While I welcome the menu of projects announced yesterday I do so grudgingly because we have heard these promises before. It will be scant comfort to commuters in Navan and in my own constituency of Dublin West because they will be forced to wait several years before any improvement is made to the transport infrastructure. The Minister for Transport should remember that it is possible to fool...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Sheila Terry: The timeframe for the delivery of this infrastructure must be short if it is to have any effect but we have heard these promises before. It is a case of too little, too late.

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Sheila Terry: He used the term "a crowd of wasters".

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: What is the situation with Seanad reform?

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: I seek a debate on that issue. It was suggested previously that Senators should be enabled to put down parliamentary questions to Ministers. Recently, I put down a parliamentary question through a Deputy, as that is the only way we can do it, about a health issue in my constituency. The reply was that it was not a matter for the Minister for Health and Children but that the new parliamentary...

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: Is there a great divide?

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: Let us not forget the Government's commitment of 2001 on child benefit. When he criticises the Opposition, the Minister had better know his own side.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: We see how the Minister has wasted our money. He may not be too proud of that.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: That badge of glory is well worn.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: One must take into account as well what there is today and look at the Government's spending on child care; then we will believe the Minister.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: I did not see any humility there.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: It is very funny to observe the Senators in this debate.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (26 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. I admire Senator Cox for her honesty and courage in standing up to the parties in Government as they have not been listening to us for many years. I believe it was the Taoiseach who admitted that he did not realise child care was such an issue until the two recent by-elections, which shows the Government was not listening. Child...

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill Amended by Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (25 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: I made points earlier on making the leave which is the subject matter of the Bill optional, although I understand that they will not be accepted at this stage. Nevertheless, I welcome the Bill as it will bring some equality to parents adopting a child. The legislation probably should have been enacted long ago. To repeat my previous statement, it is a missed opportunity in that this leave is...

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill Amended by Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (25 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Bill and the changes that are afforded to adoptive parents. There does not appear to be an option for a father to avail of this leave rather than a mother. Not to allow this option is a shortcoming and an opportunity missed by the Government. In the case of a natural birth it is right for a mother, having been through the pregnancy and given birth, to take the maternity leave....

Seanad: Homemakers Scheme. (20 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Seán Power, to the House. I raised this matter on the Adjournment as I believe there is a group of women being discriminated against in our society. Some of them were discriminated against in the past when forced to give up their jobs in the late 1960s and early 1970s because of the marriage ban. Subsequently,...

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: Many people would be at home if they were given the necessary care. The home help service is an integral part of this care. When services are cut or a home help person is told that no money is available to pay him or her, that person is lost. Usually, people in home help services have low incomes and need money. They cannot hang around if they do not know when they will be re-hired. It was...

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: As I presume that Senator Minihan was speaking on behalf of the Office of the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children and reflected her intentions on the matter, I am unsure what will remain for the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, to say. I disagree with the tenor of the Senators' comments and his assertion that all is rosy in his garden. While I accept that the Minister,...

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: Is Senator Minihan's father 93? The problem in terms of not providing this service is that some people remain in hospitals unnecessarily. The Minister, Deputy Harney, has indicated that she wants to provide such a service but the Government has not acted, even though it had sufficient time to do so. That is why beds are being blocked.

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Sheila Terry: The Government has had years to provide the service.