Results 121-140 of 1,311 for speaker:Sheila Terry

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

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, between lines 44 and 45 to insert the following new paragraph: "(a)a senior Garda shall sit on the interview panel,". It is not clear what the make-up of the interview panel will be. We should ensure there is a senior member of the Garda Síochana on the interviewing panel. I would like to hear the Minister of State's comments on this.

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

Sheila Terry: I did not intend to put the amendment between lines 44 and 45. I cannot find where it should have gone but it is certainly in the wrong place. However, it was worthwhile in that it opened up a discussion. I accept the Minister of State's point that regulations can, perhaps, be introduced to provide for the intent of the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed: "That...

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

Sheila Terry: The questions I raised on Second Stage in relation to this section have been satisfactorily answered by the Minister of State.

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: Order of Business. (15 Apr 2003)

Sheila Terry: I support Senator Brian Hayes's request for a debate today on the escalating crime figures in our cities. A conference of Garda sergeants and inspectors is taking place in Galway at present. Yesterday they expressed their anger about the failure of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to provide the 2,000 additional gardaí that were promised before the election.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Apr 2003)

Sheila Terry: Senator Fitzgerald is not living in the real world. He should come and live here.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Apr 2003)

Sheila Terry: If the Senator's son was dying in hospital, he would not say that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Apr 2003)

Sheila Terry: This is a disgrace for Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Apr 2003)

Sheila Terry: Nobody here would dispute the success of the penalty points system. It has been a great success and responsible for saving lives but in the light of the comments made at the annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors yesterday in Galway about the inability to implement any further extension of the penalty points system, it is time the Minister for Transport came...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 May 2003)

Sheila Terry: I ask the Leader of the House to invite the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to this House to debate the Prison Service. I know he will be present on Thursday next for the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2002, but when the Minister was outside these Houses he was a great critic of the Prison Service. He has been in his current position for the past ten months or so and has...