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Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: It is part of the package.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: It is a disgrace.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: The Minister has not tried one facility to see whether it would work.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: As some of the other Senators present have called for a debate on transport, I ask the Leader if she will organise a specific debate on transport in the Dublin area. As we have seen and heard over the past week, the Minister does not seem able to keep in touch with the grass roots regarding other organisations and units which provide public transport in the Dublin area. Given the fact that...

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Occupational Pension Schemes. (9 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: I have been asked to raise this on the Adjournment as a number of Departments have been unable to reply to my question on whether it is constitutional to compel people to take out a private sector pension. First, I asked my colleague, Deputy McGinley, to raise the matter with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform by way of parliamentary question. The Ceann Comhairle replied: "The...

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Occupational Pension Schemes. (9 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: I am extremely disappointed with the reply. It now seems the only recourse open to these people is to go to the courts. That is a shame. The Seanad adjourned at 11.50 a.m. until 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 15 October 2003.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Temporary Release of Prisoners) Bill 2001: Second Stage. (8 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: I welcome this Bill. It is clear and concise legislation which puts on a statutory footing the powers the Minister formerly exercised under statutory instrument. If this legislation is implemented wisely, with a couple of changes I intend to propose, it could have a good effect. Giving temporary release to prisoners should help their rehabilitation, something we all aim to achieve.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Temporary Release of Prisoners) Bill 2001: Second Stage. (8 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: I accept that I should have referred to the previous Minister but that is irrelevant now. Deputy McDowell is the Minister.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Temporary Release of Prisoners) Bill 2001: Second Stage. (8 Oct 2003)

Sheila Terry: Was the Government exposed in terms of damages?

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: When asked about the recent away day of the Pensions Board, the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Coughlan, stated she would not interfere in the matter as the event had been paid for by the occupational scheme and PRSA providers. Therefore, she said, the taxpayer had not paid for it. I ask the Leader again to raise the matter with the Minister. I have been contacted by many...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: The Minister is welcome back to the House. I have no problem with these amendments which effectively tidy up the legislation. We discussed at length the issue of children being present on licensed premises and I favoured the Minister's original proposal of a limit of 8 p.m. after which children would have to vacate the premises. However, having listened and spoken to others who had strong...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: I thank the Minister and the staff for the work they put into the Bill. The purpose of the Bill is to combat drunkenness and anti-social behaviour on our streets. I hope it will do that. It will certainly put a major onus on the publicans to ensure that people leaving their premises are not in a drunken state and on the individual not to be in a drunken state on the streets. When I spoke...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: I thank the Minister and ask him to consider, when working on the codification Bill, the possibility that we might re-examine the late closing on Fridays and Saturdays if, in the meantime, it continues to be a problem. I thank the staff and the Minister in particular for the work they put into the Bill.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: Is there a doubt? Question put and agreed to.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: I too wish to raise the issue of the report by Mr. Justice Kinlen which casts a grim shadow over the condition of our prisons. It calls for the demolition of Mountjoy and Portlaoise Prisons, given that it describes the conditions for prisoners there as unacceptable. We need an urgent debate on this matter and it is a pity we cannot have it before the summer recess. However, we should have one...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: I want to visit the prisons and members were promised such visits when I first joined the justice committee. I am still waiting for such a visit. However, I hope it will be better attended by members than was the trip organised to visit Templemore, when apparently I was the only member available to go.

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2002 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: The Minister has been on his feet explaining the amendments for more than 50 minutes. If so much time is required to explain their contents to the House, something is seriously wrong with the Minister's approach. There are 30 amendments running to 32 pages. This is not the first time the Minister has tried to ram through legislation as quickly as this. The practice of putting legislation...

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2002 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: The explanatory memorandum was left on a table – I do not know when – to be picked up by Senators as they entered the Chamber. What benefit is it to us to receive such an important document when entering the House? It would have been helpful if we had been given it in time to study it. If the Minister believes he is fulfilling his obligations by providing us with information as we come...

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2002 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: If this severe proposal is enacted, the Minister will ethnically cleanse the country. The conferral of powers to carry out such functions on immigration officers must be questioned. Surely this is work for the Garda. Will the Minister explain the reason they are being conferred on immigration officers? Section 5(3)(a) allows for people to be detained for a period of up to eight weeks prior to...

Seanad: Immigration Bill 2002 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages. (3 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: Introduced at the last minute.