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- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: Senator Mansergh without interruption.
- Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (26 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: I ask Senator Norris to be brief as this Bill must be completed by 4 p.m.
- Seanad: Competition Authority Report: Statements. (25 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: I also welcome the report. Of course I had to look at it from the point of view of medical negligence claims and so forth. Some really spurious arguments have been brought forward regarding the effectiveness of litigation in reducing medical errors, for example, and there is absolutely no evidence of this. On a recent edition of "Prime Time" the director general of the Law Society stated that...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister to the House. We repeatedly read in the newspapers of cases before the courts in which no places of safety or treatment can be found for some of the most vulnerable people in our society. Children, adolescents and adults with serious conditions must be treated outside the country. Adults with mental illness, intellectual disorders or autism spectrum disorders or...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: I thank the Minister for his extended reply. I am well aware of the difficulty in getting staff for these institutions. However, the Minister must grit his teeth and try to do something for these troubled young children. He will have the support of all Members of the House. I look forward to receiving the detailed information from the Department.
- Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: I second the amendment. We do not want people blocking places if there is no need for them to be there.
- Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: I second the amendment. I have concerns about the provision and I seek clarification from the Minister. A child born on a vessel might end up being registered in the place from which the vessel departed, for example, Cherbourg. Is there any occasion on which a child born in Irish waters on a foreign vessel cannot be registered as born in Ireland, for example, if the child is born coming into...
- Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: Regardless of the domicile of the parents.
- Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: Pregnant women should be encouraged to travel in Irish vessels.
- Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: The Minister has clarified the point for me.
- Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: It has been brought to my attention that this wording is not the same as the wording in section 49 of the Status of Children Act 1987, which states "no person shall as father of the child be required to give information concerning the birth". Would it not be a good idea to keep the wording the same? The Bill is a very good one, but in these sections there are differences in wording compared...
- Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: Are there statistics for Dublin?
- Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: I have been told that the Dublin hospitals are a black spot in this regard.
- Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 19: In page 51, line 40, to delete "may" and substitute "shall be entitled". I propose this amendment because of the large number of people here who may refuse to allow people to look through registers which might be important to them. I know the Minister and Senator Mansergh said that the word "may" will be taken in law as meaning "must". We can compare this with section...
- Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: I second the amendment. Genealogists of the present and future generations will be thankful to the Minister.
- Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: When one looks at the list of Acts which have been repealed one sees how important the legislation is and the Minister and her officials deserve great praise in regard to it. Naturally, like Senator McCarthy, there are also things I would like changed. I was sorry that ethical bodies such as the Association of Irish Humanists were left out along the way as solemnisers of marriage. I never...
- Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: It is good to see how the Minister took this on. I could see that he and his officials had not thought of this. The bones of Senator Terry's amendment are here. It makes a very big difference to the situation regarding the employment of disabled people. The worst thing that could happen is that people would be employed as cheap labour.
- Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Equality Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)
Mary Henry: I second the amendment.