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Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: I have received notice that amendment No. 4 cannot be moved.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: May I speak on the amendment if it is out of order?

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: I regret the Chair has ruled this amendment out of order because it would impose a cost on the State. This is a matter of accountability and the amendment sought to make the Minister accountable to the Houses of the Oireachtas in order that Members would have necessary information. I regret it has been ruled out of order. Amendment No. 4 not moved.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, line 19, after "sentences" to insert ", including those imposed outside the State,". There is a presumption in our legislation against extra-territorial effect and to rebut this presumption very clear words must be used. I propose the amendment to guarantee that the Act applies to sentences imposed outside the State. I hope the Minister of State accepts the...

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: On a point of order, we have not been given the groupings list.

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 8: In page 5, subsection (2)(a), line 22, after "deemed to be," to insert "or is entitled to be," In the Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004, which is before the Dáil, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform places great significance on the entitlement to citizenship. Therefore, if we are to be consistent, the entitlement to citizenship...

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: With the permission of the House, may amendment No. 21 be discussed with amendments Nos. 25 and 26?

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 9: In page 5, subsection (2)(c), line 25, to delete "6 months" and substitute "one month". These amendments deal with subsection (2). They propose that persons with less than six months to serve will not be pursued. If we are committed to preserving and securing the integrity of the courts and the integrity of the sentences imposed, all those who have unserved sentences...

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 19: In page 7, subsection (6), line 36, after "any time" to insert "prior to the execution of the warrant". This amendment proposes that the section would state: " The Minister may at any time prior to the execution of the warrant apply to the High Court for an order varying the terms of, or revoking, a warrant issued under this section." The amendment is to ensure that...

Seanad: Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 25: In page 10, subsection (3)(a), line 6, after "State" to insert "at that time". This subsection deals with how we treat persons who have been sentenced to terms greater than the maximum term under Irish law. I suggest that the words "at that time" are inserted to ensure that the sentence at the time of conviction and not at the time the person is caught is applicable....

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: Pension provision has, correctly, been widely discussed in recent years. Occasionally, however, the pensions industry produces a crazy idea to encourage people to take out pensions. In recent days, the craziest proposal of all emerged from the Irish Insurance Federation. I understand the federation has met or will meet the Minister for Social and Family Affairs this week to discuss its idea...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: Yes. The Minister should dismiss the proposal for parents to fund their babies' pensions at a time when they are trying to pay a mortgage and numerous other expenses and perhaps fund education, or grandparents funding their grandchildren's pensions when their own pensions are inadequate due to mismanagement.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: It is different. It is not to be confused with pensions.

Seanad: Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan. I welcomed the Bill when it was first published and welcome its return to the Seanad. I have no difficulty with the amendments outlined today. At the time of Mr. Justice Flood's resignation, the leader of the Fine Gael Party, Deputy Kenny, asked that this Bill be brought forward. It is regrettable that it took the Government six months to...

Seanad: Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: We now find that there were flaws in it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: Does it carry a health warning?

Seanad: Report of National Advisory Committee on Drugs: Statements. (28 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister of State to discuss this important report and the problems associated with drugs. I will speak particularly about the problems in Dublin, the location with which I am most familiar. As the Minister of State probably knows, I live in a part of the city with a high level of drug abuse and, more important, with a large number of people who are in the business of supplying...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: I support the remarks of Senator Brian Hayes and others who called for calm on Saturday during the May Day celebrations. As a resident of the Castleknock area adjacent to Farmleigh, I must express concern at the level of security in the form of razor wire which has been erected around Farmleigh and other places, although I am not sure whether it will extend to the entire boundary of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: Like my colleague, Senator Finucane, I draw attention to the findings of the RTE "Prime Time" programme shown last night. I ask the Leader to invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to the House to address a number of issues that arose in that programme and which highlighted the plight of many immigrants...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (7 Apr 2004)

Sheila Terry: I wish to speak to my amendment No. 4. I support Senator Henry's amendments which seek that the Bill use the modern term "mental disorder" rather than "insanity". The Bill should be updated in every possible given that many years have passed since it was first drafted. It needs to be modernised. The definition of mental disorder is central to the legislation. I am concerned that the...