Results 901-920 of 1,311 for speaker:Sheila Terry

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (11 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: The Liu Chang case exposed serious defects in our immigration laws and left the State in a vulnerable position. I do not dispute the need to upgrade our immigration laws. We need to protect our citizens and those coming into the country and ensure their rights are upheld and I doubt anyone on this side of the House would dispute that. However, I have reason to question the Minister's good...

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (11 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: Perhaps it was Deputy Brian Lenihan. The Bill was dealt with in a shoddy manner in this House and in too hasty a manner in the Dáil also, which marked a low point in my time in this House. It is indicative of this Government's increasing disregard for the Seanad and it does not bode well for the future of democracy under the Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats coalition. It is not so long ago...

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (11 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: I am entitled to address the Bill in whatever manner I see fit in terms of how the Government has dealt with it. This is an opportunity for me to address how I disagree with the shoddy manner in which the Government has dealt with the Bill.

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (11 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: The Oireachtas consists of three organs, namely, the Dáil, the Seanad and the President. In order to be valid, primary legislation must be examined and considered by all three. The rationale behind this requirement is to ensure that the democratically elected representatives of the people are afforded a sufficient amount of time to give detailed consideration to every provision of every...

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (11 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: May we speak generally on the Bill at any point?

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (11 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: We cannot address the subject of the Bill in general terms.

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (11 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: I want to address the Bill, as presented to us by the Dáil. I expect that it will be passed in that form, even though I oppose it. I deserve to speak about the Bill and I should be entitled to do so.

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2004 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (11 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: I thank Senator Dardis.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: I support Members who expressed dismay at the way in which the Immigration Bill is being dealt with in this and the other House. It is reprehensible of the Minister and the Government to deal with the Oireachtas in such a shoddy fashion on such important legislation, given that the previous legislation was before the courts on a couple of occasions. I guarantee that this will go before the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: We are attempting to do our business and the Minister insults us by giving the same reply as he did last December. That is unacceptable.

Seanad: Proposed Stadium at Lansdowne Road: Statements. (5 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: There was no support for Abbotstown but there was support for Eircom Park.

Seanad: Hospital Services. (5 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Tim O'Malley, for coming to the House to deal with this motion regarding problems at James Connolly Memorial Hospital, of which I am sure he is aware. It is almost ten years since the health board and the Department of Health and Children convinced the members of Dublin County Council, as it then was, to rezone the...

Seanad: Proposed Stadium at Lansdowne Road: Statements. (5 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: The Minister of State is welcome to the House to listen to the debate on the national stadium. While one would have to welcome the fact that at last a decision has been made, and that it is the right one, we have to point out that it has taken five years of wasted time to make it. I heard one of the Senators on the opposite side say that five years to make a decision is not that bad. It is a...

Seanad: Proposed Stadium at Lansdowne Road: Statements. (5 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: That is true.

Seanad: Proposed Stadium at Lansdowne Road: Statements. (5 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: That is the most disgraceful aspect of the whole issue of a national stadium. Five years later we now have a proposal, which I hope will go ahead, but in the meantime our soccer and rugby teams will have to play their matches abroad. Irish supporters will have to leave this country and spend their money in the United Kingdom and elsewhere and we will miss out on the revenue which could be...

Seanad: Proposed Stadium at Lansdowne Road: Statements. (5 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: We certainly have pressures in Dublin 15 which could not cope with that stadium.

Seanad: Proposed Stadium at Lansdowne Road: Statements. (5 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: I would-——

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: Will the Leader arrange for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to come to this House, as requested on a number of occasions in the past two weeks, to present his proposals for the reform and restructuring of both the prison service and the prisons? In light of the decision made by the Government yesterday to replace Mountjoy Prison with a new prison somewhere in Dublin, it is...

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Second Stage. (4 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: They were different times.

Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Second Stage. (4 Feb 2004)

Sheila Terry: That could lead to abuse.