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Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (26 Jun 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the position regarding works being carried out to build a new train station at Fonthill, Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and when the works are due to commence and due for completion. [17501/07]

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (26 Jun 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 577: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children who have applied for places in junior infant classes in primary schools in Lucan, County Dublin; and the number of places available in junior infant classes in Lucan schools including any planned new schools for Lucan. [17498/07]

Written Answers — Local Government Elections: Local Government Elections (26 Jun 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 764: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding plans to adjust boundaries and seat numbers for local government electoral areas; and the basis on which adjustments would be made. [17499/07]

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (26 Apr 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to speak about the issue of the seven-day detention, which was raised by Deputy Howlin on Report Stage of this Bill in the Dáil. As the time allowed had elapsed, he did not get a chance to elaborate on it. The Irish Human Rights Commission raised the issue in its submission on the Bill and made it one of the four key areas causing concern for human rights. The commission claims...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I support the comments made by Senator Brian Hayes on the importance of supporting the families of the victims of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. I call on the Leader for a debate on the MacEntee report before the general election. I support Senator O'Toole's calls for a review of the Garda force. The various tribunals into Garda conduct have shown there is a culture in the Garda of circling...

Seanad: School Accommodation (4 Apr 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: My question relates to the need for additional secondary school places for the Lucan area. Can the Minister of State provide the current numbers for students in sixth class in primary school in Lucan and the corresponding figures for first year in secondary school in Lucan to establish if there is a shortfall of secondary school places in the area? What is being done to secure additional...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to share time with Senator Norris.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I might take less than ten minutes.

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: The Bill has welcome aspects, as did the Bill we discussed last week to establish the Health Information and Quality Authority and the office of the inspector. I cannot remember the exact title. Was it the "Office of the Inspector of Nursing Homes"?

Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Yes, but there was also an office of the inspector. A point I made during that debate is appropriate to this one, namely, that more needs to be done in terms of a patient's ability to have his or her grievances with the health system dealt with. There is a need for something along the lines of the proposal in the Labour-Fine Gael document, Patients First: An Agreed Agenda on a Patient...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I support the comments made by Senators Brian Hayes and O'Toole about the nurses' work to rule and threat of further industrial action. I stress the need for both sides to meet for the sake of everyone affected by the dispute. We should support all efforts made in this regard. I also support the call made by Senator Brian Hayes for a debate on the National Children's Hospital in Tallaght....

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Will the Deputy Leader ask the Taoiseach to come before the House to debate whether democracy is an overrated concept? I am interested in hearing the Taoiseach's views on this matter in light of Senator Fitzgerald's experience of democracy, courtesy of the leadership of Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: This is a democratic House and this topic would make for an interesting debate.

Seanad: Health Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I welcome the Bill because it improves the situation in our health system. The problem with the Bill is that it does not go far enough. It does the minimum in providing for the Health Information and Quality Authority and the Office of the Chief Inspector of Social Services However, it does not go as far as it should in terms of placing patients and their needs to the fore. What is needed...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Mar 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I, too, want to express my abhorrence at the letter sent on behalf of the Department of Education and Science warning claimants to drop cases against the State on abuse in schools or face significant bills. Apart from the insensitivity of that letter, given that the O'Keeffe case has been appealed to the Supreme Court, it is premature for the Department to make that kind of statement in...

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I hope Senator Norris does not mind me saying this, but the debate is like Ulysses in that it has gone on a long time. Is there a similar provision on directions in other legislation dealing with compensation?

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (20 Mar 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I broadly welcome the Bill. I welcome the idea of a national behaviour support service. It is important that it would be properly resourced. I am interested in the idea of behaviour support classrooms and the Minister might explain what those support classrooms would entail. Will these classrooms have staff who are specialists in this area as such teachers would need to be specially...

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Mar 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Did the Minister have discussions with prison governors on how they might ensure the implementation of this provision? Are they of the view it is likely it to be enforced? Senator Jim Walsh made the point that not every prisoner who would use a mobile phone would use it for malicious or criminal reasons. Many of us believe we cannot survive without a mobile phone, although that is not the...

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Mar 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank the Minister and his officials and I thank him for accepting some of the amendments tabled by the Opposition, including those tabled by my party, and for making amendments on foot of some of the issues raised on this side of the House.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 17: In page 19, subsection (2)(g), line 16, after "obtain" to insert "in advance". The first part of section 24 (2)(g) states that the plaintiff's version of events should be represented in the publication concerned. If we also allow "the extent to which a reasonable attempt was made by the publisher to obtain and publish a response from that person", that attempt should...