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Seanad: Order of Business. (6 May 2004)

Mary Henry: Yesterday Senators from both sides of the House raised concerns about the advertising of spurious cures for serious illness by some medical and non-medical practitioners. As Senator Feeney pointed out, if they are advertised by a medical practitioner, something can be done about it. However, there is little that can be done if they are advertised by a non-medical practitioner. There has been...

Seanad: Family Law: Motion. (5 May 2004)

Mary Henry: I am profoundly grateful to all the Senators who contributed in such a constructive manner on this debate. I am also grateful to the Minister of State for his remarks. Let me cheer Members up. Marriage is still incredibly popular. The marriage rate in Ireland is approximately the same as it was in 1951. Far fewer people got married then because of poverty and other reasons. The outlook, as...

Seanad: Family Law: Motion. (5 May 2004)

Mary Henry: I agree to that. I certainly do not want to divide the House after such a good debate.

Seanad: Family Law: Motion. (5 May 2004)

Mary Henry: They last much longer.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (5 May 2004)

Mary Henry: No.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (5 May 2004)

Mary Henry: It is not agreed.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (5 May 2004)

Mary Henry: Unfortunately, an amended Order of Business does not suit my seconder for the next motion.

Seanad: Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (5 May 2004)

Mary Henry: I do not wish to accept such an amendment.

Seanad: Family Law: Motion. (5 May 2004)

Mary Henry: I move: That Seanad Éireann calls on the Government to furnish the House with a report of progress to date and future plans aimed at securing the full compatibility of Irish family law with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, with particular reference to the Convention rights of non-marital and one-parent families. I apologise for being unable to agree to the proposal that...

Seanad: Ombudsman's Report: Statements. (5 May 2004)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister of State. The Ombudsman and her predecessors in the office have been praised, quite rightly, by all sides of the House. When they were appointed, we all knew the job they would have. However, no Member realised how they would seize it with such enthusiasm. Many people are grateful to the office of the Ombudsman when they were not in a position to seek legal advice or...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I thought we had managed to fix it up in the Mental Health Bill. This is a problem because when tribunals are being set up, allowance must be made for the inclusion of persons from another area. As I can see what the Minister means, I will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 91: In page 14, subsection (6)(j), line 4, to delete "Review Board" and substitute "Mental Health Tribunal". This again substitutes "Mental Health Tribunal" for "Review Board". We have discussed this substitution in other areas, and the Minister does not propose to use the mental health tribunals and save the taxpayer a great deal of money by having one organisation...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 104: In page 14, subsection (1), lines 29 to 34, to delete paragraph (b). This might indicate I am trying to get jobs for my friends. It is not suitable to have the governor of a prison acting as a consultant psychiatrist, which the clinical director would be. This section only encourages the use of prisons as places of detention for mentally ill people, which we all...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 128: In page 16, before section 13, to insert the following new section: 13.—(1) In relation to any person remanded into custody or sentenced to imprisonment, the Minister shall— (a) have the power to give a transfer direction if he or she is satisfied by reports from two registered medical practitioners, one of whom is a consultant psychiatrist on the staff of the...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I would be glad if the Minister were to do so because there are worries about the legality of this issue among those in the psychiatric service.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 131: In page 17, subsection (7), lines 14 and 15, to delete "or an officer or servant of the designated centre". I am concerned about sending an officer or servant of a designated centre to arrest an individual who may have absconded from a detention centre. The Garda has training in this area and unless some training is provided to an officer or servant of the centre,...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I would be grateful if the Minister reconsidered the amendment in these days of better communications with mobile telephones and the like. One frequently hears the Garda advising members of the public not to approach certain individuals because they are considered dangerous. I would not like psychiatric institution staff members to believe they had an obligation to arrest an abscondee and...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 132: In page 17, subsection (8)(a), line 22, after "custody" to insert "and the clinical director of the designated centre concerned may, if necessary, request the Governor of the prison from which the patient was originally transferred, or the Garda Síochána if the patient has not been in prison custody, to assist the members of the staff of the designated centre in...

Seanad: Work Permit Regulations. (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: This Adjournment matter refers to an administrative problem. Eurocollege Institute of Education operates as the only dedicated medical English-language training school in either Ireland or Britain. It is one of fewer than ten such specialist schools in the world. It has a close educational alliance with Trinity College's school of midwifery, which provides practical advice and assistance to...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (8 Apr 2004)

Mary Henry: Does the Minister think I am looking for jobs for my friends, such as two senior counsel and one junior, that sort of thing? Some people pretend to be mad and are very good at it. We probably have more trouble with that than anything else. One need not have them, if that is the case. Section 3(2) states "if he or she is unable by reason of..." Would it be better to substitute "incapable" for...