Results 281-300 of 1,311 for speaker:Sheila Terry

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (16 Dec 2005)

Sheila Terry: This discussion has been worthwhile because it is one of the most important issues with which we are dealing. We must ensure that as many people as possible remain at home. Unfortunately, one of the problems in our hospitals is that too many people are in hospital because they do not have someone to care for them. Given the improvements in the budget, many people will make themselves...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (16 Dec 2005)

Sheila Terry: I thank the Minister and his staff for their considerable work on this worthwhile Bill. The payments under the Bill should improve the position of many and keep people out of poverty. That is the indicator we need to monitor to ensure we are doing what we are supposed to do in terms of helping many of our elderly people and those who are unemployed. I thank the Minister for the work he has...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (16 Dec 2005)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, before section 4, to insert the following new section: "4. —The Principal Act is amended in section 242 as follows: (a) in page 177, line 1, by deleting subsection (1)(a), and (b) in page 177, after line 28, by inserting the following new subsection: (4) Where a social welfare recipient is in receipt of a payment for a qualified adult or other dependent...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (16 Dec 2005)

Sheila Terry: I thank the Minister and hope that he will be able to resolve the issues holding this up. The homemaker's scheme, which was only implemented in 1994, will benefit many women in the future but it does nothing for the women who are retired or close to retirement and who spent 20 years or more caring for children. While it may not be appropriate at present to ask the Minister to consider the...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (16 Dec 2005)

Sheila Terry: No.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (16 Dec 2005)

Sheila Terry: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, before section 5, to insert the following new section: "5.—The Minister for Social and Family Affairs shall, within three months of the commencement of supplement to this Act, lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas, a report on the review the family income supplement.". This amendment proposes to bring a report on the FIS to the Houses within three...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Dec 2005)

Sheila Terry: Will the Leader arrange a debate during the next session on women's rights and sexual reproductive health? We have not had such a debate since I came into the Seanad and it would be timely to have it now. I was in Peru and Brazil recently with the Inter-European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development to look at the subject and the trip opened my eyes in many ways. There are many...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage. (15 Dec 2005)

Sheila Terry: Especially a well-fed one.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage. (15 Dec 2005)

Sheila Terry: I welcome many of the provisions in this Bill and compliment the Minister on providing the necessary increases. It is a good budget which, I hope, will address many of the inequalities in our society that force people to live in poverty. We will have to wait to determine the impact, if any, of these increases. Before addressing specific provisions, I want to discuss the extent to which social...

Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion. (14 Dec 2005)

Sheila Terry: I second the amendment. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The amendment is worthy of debate because it highlights a number of failures on the part of the Government on delivering services to the elderly. Of course, I welcome any funding which will help our elderly. It would be very small-minded of us if we did not do so. However, it is a drop in the ocean. Given the economic...

Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion. (14 Dec 2005)

Sheila Terry: We are facing reality.

Seanad: Care of the Elderly: Motion. (14 Dec 2005)

Sheila Terry: It cut the home help hours last year.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Dec 2005)

Sheila Terry: Will the Leader make inquiries with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding the current status of the Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004? We spent much time dealing with it in this House and it is a good Bill which we supported. It provides for parents of children up to the age of eight to take parental leave. At the moment parents with children between five and eight...

Seanad: Social Welfare Consolidation Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (16 Nov 2005)

Sheila Terry: I too want to thank staff for their work on this consolidation Bill. It was a major undertaking and I appreciate the tedious work they endured while drafting the legislation. It is important that past Acts have been consolidated into one document and the fact that this was not done since 1993 indicates the level of work involved. I also welcome the publication of any documents that would make...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Sheila Terry: I support Senator Brian Hayes's call for a debate on the latest and 18th gangland murder. It is only a matter of time before an innocent bystander is killed as a result of getting caught up in the crossfire. Last night's killing took place across the road from a pub outside which people were standing smoking, as they must. It is a miracle nobody else was killed. It is shocking to think that...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Sheila Terry: The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has said he will provide additional resources for the Garda Síochána, which I welcome. However, it is a little late for him to say at this stage that he will give it additional resources, which have been needed for many years.

Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (9 Nov 2005)

Sheila Terry: The Senator will have to come over here.

Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (9 Nov 2005)

Sheila Terry: I thank the Minister for staying for the entire debate and for his presentation. I also thank the Senators who contributed to this worthwhile debate. While I recognise that many Senators concentrated on particular areas that were of more concern to them than others, sharing our views is still valuable. I welcome the Minister's statement that he is examining how to make the payments directly...

Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (9 Nov 2005)

Sheila Terry: I move: That Seanad Eireann, condemns the Government for its failure to modernise the current social welfare system and specifically calls on the Government to address the following in the upcoming budget; —to honour its commitment in its programme for Government to introduce a personal pension entitlement for pensioner spouses currently in receipt of the qualified adult allowance, set at...

Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)

Sheila Terry: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. We should all share an interest in supporting this Bill because railway safety is of significant importance. I thank Senator Dooley for admitting that there were periods when the economy was not doing well and insufficient money was available to do all that we wished. In 1997, for example, the then Minister for Public Enterprise, Senator O'Rourke,...