Results 1-20 of 1,966 for speaker:Mary Henry

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: The report of the Inspector of Mental Hospitals for 2001 has been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. I ask the Leader of the House to arrange a debate on the matter at the earliest opportunity.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion. (9 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: I have been advised by Senator White that I should not be repetitive. I was here for most of the debate as I was in the Chair. It is worthwhile pointing out that we can watch the debate on the monitors in our offices. That gives us the opportunity to shout abuse at whoever is speaking if we do not agree with what they are saying. It is worth repeating the few points which have been made about...

Seanad: Education Funding: Motion (9 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister to the House. He is as committed to his task as he was in his previous Department. He is welcome to set out the great achievements of the previous Government in education, but it would have been sad if, during what the Taoiseach described as one of the golden ages of Ireland, there had not been increased investment in education at a time of unprecedented prosperity. It...

Seanad: Education Funding: Motion (9 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: We had to pay staff and the students lost out badly. We are looking for people with these qualifications and what do we do? We cancel the course.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Recognition of Medical Qualifications. (9 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister of State. It is appropriate that we are debating this matter this evening because, as he will be aware, the European Commission has given a warm welcome to the ten candidate countries, indicated that they have fulfilled a sufficient number of the Chapters they were required to fulfil and stated that all that is needed is a "Yes" vote by the Irish in the referendum on...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Recognition of Medical Qualifications. (9 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister of State for his common sense reply and I hope common sense will prevail.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: Several Senators mentioned the increase in violence, especially among young people, and in under age drinking. I call on the Leader of the House to ask the Minister for Health and Children to come to the House to explain why, at very short notice, he cancelled courses in both Trinity College, Dublin and University College Dublin for clinical psychologists, the very people who deal with such...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: I said "cancelled".

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: On a point of information, the Minister for Health and Children cancelled them. That is what surprised me.

Seanad: European Union (Scrutiny) Bill, 2001 changed from European Union Bill, 2001: Second Stage. (16 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Labour Party's imaginative effort in bringing this Bill forward and congratulate the Government parties on accepting it. I have little patience with people who complain about the European Union being run by bureaucrats. It is our own fault if that happens. We are the representatives of the people and if we make no effort to take ownership of the process, it is our own fault. I...

Seanad: Recognition of Domestic Partnerships: Motion. (16 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: I support Senator Norris's motion and commend the Government on its amendment which does not take away from the motion. I am concerned by the possible suggestion that this project could, in any way, be an attack on the family because we must consider the fact that families are diverse in their composition. I speak as president of Cherish, an organisation set up in the early 1970s by single...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: I ask the Leader if the relevant Minister will come to the House to explain to us how widely the Stay Safe programme is being applied in national schools. I wrote to the former Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Woods, about the programme six months ago because it is not being applied in schools attended by many children to whom I talked about this. He said it was being applied only...

Seanad: Business of Seanad. - Digital Hub Development Agency Bill 2002: Committee Stage. (23 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: Amendments Nos. 6, 7, 13, 25, 26, 29, 31, 38 and 41 form a composite proposal and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (23 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: While I also wish the Minister of State well, he will be hearing from me regularly. I am glad he ended his speech by congratulating those who work in the acute hospitals. Never has there been a greater throughput of activity within these hospitals. What is being done on a day-care basis is amazing, but that is not to say I agree totally with all that is being done in this respect. Many...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Medical Indemnity Claims. (23 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Brian Lenihan, to the House. I declare an interest in this issue. The Medical Defence Union and the Medical Protection Society always have a few members of long standing on what are called their Irish advisory committees. I am currently on the Irish advisory committee of the Medical Defence Union. It is said the...

Seanad: Crime Levels: Statements. (24 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: I welcome the Minister. I, too, have many things for him to do. The previous Minister, a great enthusiast for prisons, initiated a very extensive prison building programme. We have now reached the top of the league in Europe in terms of many aspects of our penal system. For example, we have the highest throughput of prisoners in Europe, the highest recidivism rate – 89% – which is utterly...

Seanad: Crime Levels: Statements. (24 Oct 2002)

Mary Henry: I suggest that the Minister looks at these recommendations which strongly advise an increase in the number of remedial teachers and training of gardaí, prison officers and judges. One has to ask the value there is in putting the people under discussion in prison because doing so leads merely to their involvement with hardened criminals. Sadly, they are then led into further episodes of crime...

Seanad: Agriculture and Food: Statements. (6 Nov 2002)

Mary Henry: Go raibh míle maith agat.

Seanad: Agriculture and Food: Statements. (6 Nov 2002)

Mary Henry: I thank Senator O'Toole for sharing his time and what I have to say follows what the Senator has said. We are dealing with very old fashioned and complicated systems of animal identification, as Senator O'Toole has just said. I have asked the Department why it is not inclined to make progress with more modern methods of identification – for example, DNA testing methods such as Identigene...