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Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2006)

Mary Henry: I hope the French do not hear that.

Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2006)

Mary Henry: It must be of great comfort to the Tánaiste to know that Members of the upper House are spending their evenings at home carefully scrutinising his legislation. I feared the original wording could give rise to a situation in which cruel and natural practices were inflicted by members of the medical profession, so I am glad my amendment has been accepted. With regard to amendment No. 18, it...

Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2006)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 17: In page 37, subsection (1), line 6, after "nail" where it firstly occurs to insert "clipping".

Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2006)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 18: In page 37, subsection (1), line 24, after "print" to insert ", iris identification".

Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2006)

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

Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2006)

Mary Henry: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Family Law Cases (28 Sep 2006)

Mary Henry: I, too, welcome the Minister back to the House. The Minister will be well aware that the family courts are some of the most important in the country and are, quite rightly, held in camera. He will also be aware that the Law Reform Commission report on the family courts published in 1996 expressed concern about the disadvantages of in camera hearings. Page 15 of that report reads: In the...

Seanad: Telecommunications Services: Motion (27 Sep 2006)

Mary Henry: I was fascinated by a phrase I saw recently, "connectivity is productivity", in the book The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas L. Friedman. For a country that boasts that it is to the forefront of information technology, we have been remarkably slow in rolling out broadband. We had considerable difficulty getting it in Dublin 4 on the Burlington Road and it was very costly. I go to...

Seanad: Office of Tobacco Control Annual Report 2005: Statements (27 Sep 2006)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister of State. Like all those in Washington who congratulated him, I applaud the marvellous effort by the Department of Health and Children, the then Minister for Health and Children, all those involved from ASH, the Irish Heart Foundation, Irish Cancer Society and all the institutions which pushed to get the legislation brought forward. I am utterly disgusted to hear it...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Mary Henry: Earlier this summer the report of the Inspector of Mental Health Services was published. I would be grateful if the Leader could arrange time for a debate on this and on the recently published report for 2005 on the Prison Service. I ask that the reports of the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention and of the visiting committees for the various prisons, be included in the debate....

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Mary Henry: I am sure the Minister's intent in these sections is to make more bearable the lives of ordinary people who are subject to harassment, "significant or persistent alarm, distress, fear or intimidation", or "significant or persistent impairment of their use or enjoyment of their property". From my dealing with patients, I have found harassment is not so widespread a problem. However, I cannot...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Mary Henry: Pointy-headed people?

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Mary Henry: I have a nice round head.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Mary Henry: I hope the new rules are expedited as quickly as possible so that the legislation for adults does not apply, as is the case at the moment. The rules should apply for the shortest possible time.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Mary Henry: Senator Jim Walsh raised a very interesting point. I will revisit an issue I raised on Second Stage which was not answered by the Minister. Under the Bill, an abuser means an individual believed by a person who has authority or control over that individual to have seriously harmed or sexually abused a child or more than one child. These people need not be convicted. This will be quite hard on...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Mary Henry: Pointy heads.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Mary Henry: I have never seen magnificent firework displays put on by children.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Mary Henry: Senator Mansergh said magnificent firework displays give a great deal of pleasure.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Mary Henry: That is fine, but they are put on in accordance with the law. It is fine to say that children have good fun with fireworks, but I do not want to incur the wrath of my colleagues in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. Every Hallowe'en children lose bits of eyes, part of their sight and fingers because they hold the fireworks in their fingers. It is all very amusing until something like...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Mary Henry: I know but we cannot take adults by the scruff of the neck and tell them what they must do with fireworks.