Results 41-60 of 105 for feel "party:" . (isset($parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")]) ? $parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")] : "$a[1]") speaker:Joanna Tuffy

Seanad: Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (15 Dec 2005)

Joanna Tuffy: ...that section 26 of the Coroners Act was in his view "a serious obstacle to the proper discharge of the statutory duty of a coroner in the more complex type of inquest". He continued, "If a coroner feels that the question of how the death occurred cannot be answered without further evidence, it seems remarkable that he cannot obtain it". The Minister mentioned that he had concerns about the...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2005: Second Stage. (9 Nov 2005)

Joanna Tuffy: ...as it is only a voluntary register for facilitating people to find a will. While various issues need to be explored, we must not get too bogged down. From the reply of the Minister of State, I feel his officials may be getting bogged down. The Bill refers to the definition of signatures, particularly an electronic signature. The testator must consent to the will being registered. Is an...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (30 Jun 2005)

Joanna Tuffy: ...Minister originally allowed for persons representing local community interests to be involved. To keep people happy, including people in my own party, he introduced this wording to clarify it. I feel strongly on this matter. Many people who pushed this seemed to forget that publicly elected representatives, such as ourselves and county councillors, represent local community interests. That...

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Jun 2005)

Joanna Tuffy: ...people and so on. People are going through a very difficult process in terms of what they have experienced and the fact they must go before the board. I hope the process will result in people feeling some relief afterwards but if they are not able to talk about it in the way we have outlined, it would not be helpful to them. We do not see the harm in allowing what we have provided for in...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Jun 2005)

Joanna Tuffy: ...those who have withdrawn from the DLCG but also those groups still within that process are not happy. The sectoral plan requirements are vague and do not go far enough. The disability groups feel strongly that every Department should have to prepare such a plan.

Seanad: Morris Tribunal Reports: Motion. (15 Jun 2005)

Joanna Tuffy: ...on policing reform because of his work in the North. He has said that there should be an independent one-person Garda ombudsman with its own independent staff. Deputy Rabbitte and the Labour Party feel that this has also been indicated by the Morris tribunal in a statement regarding the role of the Oireachtas in terms of implementing the recommendations of the Morris tribunal. Mr. Justice...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage. (31 May 2005)

Joanna Tuffy: ...accept the determination of the appeals process, they should have the right of ultimate resort to the courts. While points of law are allowed for, the provision does not go far enough. If a person feels a decision made through the appeals process is unfair or mistaken, he or she should be able to go to court to have the matter determined. While we expect to have the facility in every other...

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Statements. (25 May 2005)

Joanna Tuffy: ...parts of the world. Ireland should not have a subservient role in its dealings with the UK and the US. While Ireland should support such countries as best it can as a friend, it should make its feelings known when such countries are acting wrongly. It is an understatement to suggest that the Government should review the approach it is taking at Shannon Airport. I refer, for example, to the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Apr 2005)

Joanna Tuffy: ...that can come from the mouths of children and the importance of making them central to policy making and consulting with them about issues such as anti-social behaviour. The measures these children feel are necessary to address anti-social behaviour are common sense approaches and do not involve anything like anti-social behaviour orders. Rather, they involve investing in communities,...

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (16 Feb 2005)

Joanna Tuffy: ...also for the good of the economy because it encourages people to stay in the workforce. It probably discourages people from taking sick leave inappropriately or going absent from work because they feel they cannot be upfront with their employers regarding their reasons for seeking leave. If one has a flexible employer, one is more likely to work harder and want to remain in one's job. I do...

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (9 Feb 2005)

Joanna Tuffy: ...for the employer and the employee concerned to agree a shorter period. It puts the ball back in the employer's court. It does not give enough power to the employee to request flexibility and to feel he or she has the law behind them.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2005)

Joanna Tuffy: ...offences listed in Schedule 2 are to be regarded as terrorist offences and we agree that most of them are acceptable as such, for example, those related to explosives, murder and so on. However, we feel that the offence of assault causing harm is a lesser offence in comparison, having considered the fact that assault causing serious harm will be included. Therefore, we feel it is overboard...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: ...proposed power they will have to search is significant. How many campaigns around that issue have there been in terms of its implications for infringing human rights? A person who is searched could feel that his or her personal integrity is being infringed by the searcher. Down the line people could feel their rights have been infringed. That is a significant issue. The main point...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: ...can assert his or her civil rights in court. The Bill is giving people who would operate in this way the force of a legal statute behind them. It might actually take away people's rights if they feel their reputation is being impugned.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (15 Dec 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: ...Ireland is a different country with a much smaller population base and a reputation for a certain regime which tourists expect to encounter. We should take account of that. It could lead to people feeling their rights are infringed or their reputation is damaged in some way if, for example, there is a misunderstanding or difference of opinion as to whether a person refused to be searched...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: .... A major aspect of the Bill is to give people the ability to make a complaint about gardaí. These new powers are given to officers in the locations outlined who are not gardaí. If a person feels his or her rights have been infringed by such officers, what should he or she do? The Bill appears to give substantial powers of search and so on to those designated officers under the section....

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: ...—" in line 19 and substitute "Commission by any member of the public". The purpose of this amendment is to allow any member of the public to make a complaint to the ombudsman commission. I feel this would be a better situation and would promote more confidence in the Garda Síochána than the technical rule of the Bill, as it stands, on the issue of who can make a complaint. Section...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: ...subsection (5), lines 8 and 15, to delete all words from and including "but" in line 8. We have tabled this amendment because we do not agree with the exception provided in section 90 and we do not feel there is any logical reason powers under the Offences against the State Act and the Interception of Postal Packets Act should not be available to the ombudsman commission when it is...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (10 Dec 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 99: In page 45, subsection (3), line 22, to delete "has been". We feel the current wording is too broad and that it permanently protects any matter that ever went before a court or tribunal. For that reason, we propose the deletion of the words "has been".

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (10 Dec 2004)

Joanna Tuffy: ...of the commission's profile. While I am very happy the Minister is establishing an ombudsman commission, its operation as a three-person body should be reviewed down the line. The public likes to feel there is one person they can hold ultimately accountable. While the Supreme Court is a very different body, it is one with whose individual members people are generally not familiar beyond...