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Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: I join Senator Brian Hayes and other speakers on this side of the House who oppose the manner in which the Leader proposes to deal with the Immigration Bill on Thursday. This is important legislation and to push it through the House in two hours would be unacceptable. I ask the Leader to reconsider. There are so many amendments that the legislation looks like a new Bill. I have not even seen...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: I was asking a question of the Leader. The matter has already been discussed and the Leader was asked to allocate more time.

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2003)

Sheila Terry: I wish briefly to address another important matter. This year approximately 12,000 students, including my son, have availed of the J1 visa when travelling to the United States. They are required to have a job within 20 days and provide their social security number, which is a new requirement. However, many do not have their number – in many instances it is taking months to get them – and...

Seanad: Military Neutrality: Motion. (25 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House for this important debate. I am proud that Fine Gael has led this debate, which is long overdue. When I was young, I believed in Ireland's neutrality. I believed that my father, my brother, my boyfriend and subsequently my sons should not go to war because I did not want to lose them. I was selfish about it, as were many other women. We are...

Seanad: Military Neutrality: Motion. (25 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: It is black and white. It is like asking somebody whether he or she is a virgin. One must be one or the other. That is the way neutrality must be dealt with. This country must wake up and deal with it. I believe in the principles of the United Nations – that must be foremost. We must continue doing as we are in terms of peacekeeping and humanitarian work and in the Petersberg tasks. It is...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: Before the Special Olympics began, I raised the issue of the many people who have disabilities. Those people were hoping that the Special Olympics would put the spotlight on them and it has. As Senator O'Meara said, the country really has risen to the occasion and this has focused attention on those with disabilities, but the Government must hang its head in shame over our treatment of them....

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: I second the amendment.

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages. (24 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House today. I did not table any amendments on Report Stage because they were dealt with on Committee Stage. I welcome the Bill despite the fact I am not entirely happy with it. I would have preferred if it had been incorporated directly into our legislation. I hope it will be of benefit to those who will need it.

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: I also have my name to this amendment. I propose that amendment No. 7 in my name, which is similar in intent, be considered with this amendment.

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: I agree with Senator Ryan that amendment No. 4 is at the nub of how we incorporate this convention into domestic law. Both amendments seek to include the courts in the definition of "organs of the State", set out in page 4 of the Bill. I understand the reason the Minister wishes to have them excluded because they have a duty to uphold the Constitution and the law. However, there is a good...

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: By excluding the courts and the State's obligations we are not giving our citizens the best opportunity to defend their rights. Section 5 provides that the High Court or Supreme Court may "where no other legal remedy is adequate . make a declaration . that a statutory provision or rule of law is incompatible with . the Convention provisions". In that case, the litigant can obtain no other...

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: I second the amendment. The question is that this convention become part of our domestic law, subject to our Constitution.

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: Like Senator Norris, I wish to ask the Minister of State, as I did the Minister yesterday, although I did not get a reply, why the Minister is standing alone on this issue and disregarding advice given to him by the Irish Human Rights Commission, the Law Society and the Bar Council. How often does the Minister disregard their opinion? I do not really expect an answer to that question. I...

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: I agree with the views expressed by other Senators on this issue. The Irish Human Rights Commission stated: It is unacceptable to place the courts in a position where they can identify a breach of human rights and not be in a position to give an effective remedy. The whole procedure set out in Section 5 of the Bill is of questionable constitutional validity. Moreover, the Commission finds it...

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: Senator Henry has summed up the issue well and it is important to include the suggested provision in the Bill. The points made by Senator Walsh are weak. The amendments will strengthen the Bill and ensure that our elected representatives will have an opportunity to be informed about what, if anything, the Taoiseach decides to do. That is democracy and it is the least we should expect of our...

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 21: In page 6, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following new subsection: "(4) The Taoiseach or other Government Minister shall within two months of the declaration of incompatibility make a statement to the Houses of the Oireachtas detailing what measures (if any) the Government proposes to take to remove the incompatibility and the proposed timeframe for achieving...

Seanad: European Convention on Human Rights Bill 2001: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: I am glad this amendment has been tabled by the Labour Party. I assumed that a pardon would be granted. I support this amendment and I hope that the Minister of State will take it on board in the spirit in which it is intended because such an anomaly should be corrected.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: When a person is in a drunken state, he or she can be very contrary and obstructive and will generally not accept he or she is drunk nor take kindly to being asked to leave a premises. He or she may have been getting drunk but not causing any trouble, yet when asked to leave, he or she could become troublesome. How does the Minister envisage publicans coping with such individuals? How long...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: We are in danger of tying ourselves in knots. I agree with Senator O'Toole's comments in relation to this amendment. In the case of a licensee who is unable to eject a drunken person and asks for the assistance of the Garda who arrive to find that person still on the premises, can the licensee be held accountable for having served drink to that person? Both the licensee and the drunken person...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Jun 2003)

Sheila Terry: I support Senator Henry's amendment. It would provide an ideal opportunity to get treatment for somebody who comes before the courts. I am not sure whether that would be possible and I look forward to the Minister's response. I am not trying to dilute Senator Henry's amendment, which is very useful, but I want to introduce another issue – advertising – which affects people's thinking...