Results 181-200 of 1,311 for speaker:Sheila Terry

Seanad: White Paper on Irish Aid: Statements (4 Oct 2006)

Sheila Terry: I do not remember that crisis.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)

Sheila Terry: I want to raise the same issue as Senator White. We share many interests. The decision of the European Court of Justice is a serious blow for women. A woman must take time off work to spend at least three months with her baby. We have fought for extended maternity and parental leave. In taking maternity leave, women will be discriminated in the workplace on the grounds that their length...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)

Sheila Terry: What about equal pay for an equal job?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Sheila Terry: I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on domestic violence as early as possible. It is some time since we held such a debate while recent reports inform us that the incidence of domestic violence continues to increase. While domestic violence affects women for the most part, I wish to recognise also that some men fall victim to it. In the upcoming budget, I would like the Minister for...

Seanad: Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Sheila Terry: I expected that the question I asked of the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children while she was in the House would be passed to the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley. Questions that are asked on Second Stage should be answered; a prepared script is inadequate. Questions remain unanswered.

Seanad: Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Sheila Terry: I expect the Minister who replies on Second Stage to answer the questions Members have posed.

Seanad: Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Sheila Terry: If we come in here to ask questions of the Minister of State they should be answered by him. I thank him for his detailed response but that was prepared before he came in here.

Seanad: Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister. We can only try to understand the level of suffering that 1,700 people and their family members have endured over the years as a result of receiving contaminated blood products. Nobody ever wants to see it happening again. I recognise that many steps have been taken to ensure it never happens again and that compensation and other measures have been put in place to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Jul 2006)

Sheila Terry: I spoke last Thursday about the traffic chaos in the vicinity of Dublin Airport and the difficulty in accessing the main airport building. I suggested we should examine the possibility of developing another airport in the eastern region because if a major incident occurred at Dublin Airport it would cause utter chaos, but little did I know then that such chaos would occur a few days later, as...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Sheila Terry: I support Senator Cummins's amendment. In the United States, for example, where there have been cases of gunmen killing numerous people, particularly in schools, we usually subsequently discover that these individuals have a psychiatric problem. If there was an awareness of this condition on the part of the authorities, these people would never be in possession of a gun. Anybody can purchase...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Sheila Terry: The Minister assumes that the garda issuing the certificate would know if there were a reason, based on medical grounds, why the applicant should not receive it. If the applicant is not well known to the garda how can he or she make such a decision? If it is left up to applicants to provide their medical histories, as the legislation seems to allow, an individual may not be inclined to...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Sheila Terry: Deer.

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Jul 2006)

Sheila Terry: In recent days, we have heard about the concerns of those who took out equity-based SSIAs. The return they will receive on those investments will not be quite as good as they first expected. I wish to use that example in the context of the old chestnut of pensions. It is a very good example to examine when we discuss making mandatory the payment of contributions to pension schemes. One in...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2006)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to deal with this important Bill, for which we on this side of the House have waited a long time. It is regrettable the Bill has taken this long but I congratulate the Minister and his officials on the work they have done preparing the legislation. I agree with many of its provisions and I hope they will make a difference to our society. It is...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2006)

Sheila Terry: Firewomen are employed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2006)

Sheila Terry: I agree with Senator Mansergh's comments about the frontloading of the provision of infrastructure. While Senator Finucane raised the matter of sewerage treatment plants around the country, the lack of public transport in Dublin is the issue of concern to me. This morning I had to bring two people to the airport at 5 a.m. While there was not much traffic around at that time, once I reached...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Sheila Terry: I was just thinking about how Senator Finucane rightly expressed his anger over what happened to the train, yesterday. It is about time that many of us got angry and demanded better services. I am also thinking of An Post. Every summer the same thing happens with our postal service. Postmen have to take holidays, but no system is put in place to ensure that the post is delivered every day....

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Sheila Terry: Will the Leader inform the Minister of the situation?

Seanad: A Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland: Statements. (28 Jun 2006)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister of State and many of the aspects of A Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland. One hopes the proposals will be implemented as soon as possible and one could ask why we have been waiting so long for them to be implemented. The Minister of State and everybody else will know very well that it is far cheaper to prevent cancer than to treat it, irrespective of the fact that...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Sheila Terry: I wish to raise the level of customs duty charged on gifts coming into Ireland from the US. I understand why duty is charged on goods bought by an Irish person from the US, but it is unacceptable for somebody in the US who sends a gift with a value of in excess of €45 to a family member in Ireland to be so charged. What can a person buy for €45 today? I bought clothes for my grandchildren...