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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.

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

Sheila Terry: They are suggestions.

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

Sheila Terry: Positions are not advertised.

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

Sheila Terry: If we introduce reforms, they will be in place for the next Government.

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

Sheila Terry: There is no such thing as an ordinary housewife.

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

Sheila Terry: I thank my colleague, Senator McHugh, for the wonderful compliment. I do not wish to boast about the reform that Fine Gael plans to introduce, but the purpose of this motion is to help to bring about such reform. I welcome the contribution of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell. I am happy with his speech, generally speaking, although I am disappointed that he...

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

Sheila Terry: He said he favours the Government amendment—

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

Sheila Terry: —but I believe he favours the spirit of the Fine Gael motion in his heart. He certainly wants to bring about the reforms that we have suggested and I welcome that. As Senator McHugh has said, the differences between Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats policies were obvious tonight.

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

Sheila Terry: It is obvious that times are changing. While I welcome a number of the points made by the Minister, I would like to raise some other issues. The Minister has said that he favours retaining the inspector and the visiting committees, but I am concerned that there may be some conflict between them if they are doing the same job. I asked the Minister if he does not trust the visiting committees...

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

Sheila Terry: Perhaps I will have to rethink my position in relation to the inspector. The Minister has already taken the steps to implement some of the suggested reforms by appointing people from the county in which prisons are situated or from adjacent counties. That is a welcome development. I ask him to continue making such reforms and to publish the prisons service Bill that he states is necessary. It...

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

Sheila Terry: Again, he is accepting one of the reforms we are suggesting and opening up the process for people who wish to serve on the committees. These people will not have to be followers or supporters of the Government. If they were all Government supporters, a good service would not be delivered and the committees would be at one regarding how things work in the prisons. The Minister called for the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Schools Building Projects. (5 Mar 2003)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister of State, who was present on the last occasion I raised a matter on the Adjournment. I achieved some success on that occasion and I thank him. I hope he will be able to deliver for me again on this occasion. I seek a guarantee from the Minister of State that the school at Castaheany will be built and ready to accept pupils in September 2004. The people of Little Pace...

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: 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...