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Seanad: Garda Síochána (Police Co-Operation) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (9 Apr 2003)

Sheila Terry: I accept that we cannot make changes today. However, I would like the Minister of State to keep in mind my proposal because retaining the one year clause may exclude someone who has great skill and who would be of great benefit in either jurisdiction. It is for that reason I proposed a three year period or, at least, more than one year.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Police Co-Operation) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (9 Apr 2003)

Sheila Terry: I support Senator Jim Walsh's suggestion. I am not sure how many women there are at a rank above inspector in the South.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Police Co-Operation) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (9 Apr 2003)

Sheila Terry: There are very few, if any. We are now eliminating the possibility for women to participate in this scheme. I support Senator Walsh's proposal that the rank should be lowered.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Police Co-Operation) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (9 Apr 2003)

Sheila Terry: I thank the Minister of State for spending so much time debating the Bill and replying to questions. The fact that the Bill has been put through so easily is a sign of the support for co-operation between the police forces, North and South. The benefits that will be gained, including the sharing of information and the joint tackling of crime, will be of enormous benefit to both jurisdictions....

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Police Co-Operation) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (8 Apr 2003)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister. I also welcome the Bill which must be welcomed by everybody. It implements the policing principles contained in the Good Friday Agreement and will bring about greater co-operation between the two police forces, North and South. No doubt, it will be a great tool in combating crime, whether terrorism, drugs related crime or trafficking. I join the Minister in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Apr 2003)

Sheila Terry: I join colleagues who have called for a continuing debate on Iraq. It upsets me greatly, as I know it does every Member of the House, to see the television pictures and newspaper photographs of the result of this terror on civilians in Iraq. The pictures show young children and their parents with distraught looks on their faces and terror in their eyes. It upsets me greatly that this war is...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: I read in the paper this morning that the Garda Síochána had detected 80,000 offences which were directly linked to alcohol. Could the Leader invite the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to discuss this issue of crime and under age drinking, which has got out of hand? I would like the Leader to ask the Minister today why he has not introduced the regulation under section 17 of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (26 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: It is a waste of money and detrimental to our environment.

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Child Abuse. (26 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Brian Lenihan, to the House. I raise an issue of great concern to many, including the Leader. We have learned this week that children who may have been sexually abused have to wait for up to seven months for assessment. A child who is deemed a priority case will be assessed at Crumlin or Temple Street Hospital...

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Child Abuse. (26 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I appreciate the effort that was put into it.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: Will the Leader of the House ask the Minister for Health and Children to come to the House to explain the reason there is an appalling situation in the Eastern Regional Health Authority where children who may have been sexually abused must wait for up to three months to be assessed at the special unit in Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin? That three month period relates to children on a priority...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: I support the call made by my colleague, Senator John Paul Phelan, and others for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to come to the House for a debate on crime. However, the Minister for Health and Children should also be invited to participate. A friend of mine was sent to St. James's Hospital last night and had to spend many hours in the out-patients department. While there,...

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: I thank the Minister of State for staying in the House for so long to listen to this debate. I sympathise with the families of the American and British soldiers who lost their lives in the war earlier this morning. I also extend my sympathies to the families of Iraqi civilians who have died. I regret to say it is likely that many more, on both sides of the conflict, will lose their lives in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: I also wish to raise the leaked report, which seems to concern many Senators. I am particularly concerned by the Garda report on the penalty points system, which is good and has been shown to save lives. If the situation is as reported, however, it is a serious concern. The system must run properly so that people have faith in it and lives are saved. We have raised the issue of Garda...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the official opening of the National Aquatic Centre yesterday by the Taoiseach. That facility was paid for by taxpayers' money. I seek a debate on something the Taoiseach said at the opening.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: He said it took him 16 minutes to get from O'Connell Street to Snugboro.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: The Minister for Transport should explain why it takes people one hour to get from Blanchardstown to the city centre while the Taoiseach can do it in 16 minutes.

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: I move: That Seanad Éireann Recognising –the important role the prison visiting committees should play in ensuring that the high standards of prisons in Ireland are maintained and that prisoners' rights are protected; –the need for greater transparency with regard to the operations of Government and political appointments in particular; –that there should be no objection to the...

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: We have waited almost a year.

Seanad: Prison Visiting Committees: Motion. (5 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: The Senator should focus on the content.