Results 201-220 of 1,827 for speaker:Jillian van Turnhout
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: It was the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Fitzgerald.
- Seanad: Symphysiotomy: Statements (16 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also thank my Labour Party colleagues for providing the opportunity to Members of Seanad Ãireann to make statements on the scandalous medical malpractice of symphysiotomy, which was performed in Ireland at least 1,500 times between 1944 and 1992. I also extend the warmest of welcomes to the survivors of symphysiotomy who are present today in...
- Seanad: Symphysiotomy: Statements (16 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister, Deputy Reilly, himself acknowledged last March that symphysiotomy continued to be used in Ireland for some time after it had been all but discontinued in other developed countries and continued to be used for a longer period in particular hospitals, most notably in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. Rather than a procedure arising out of medical necessity, the evidence...
- Seanad: Symphysiotomy: Statements (16 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I would like to put on the record my full support for the setting aside of the statute bar to allow these women seek judicial redress. There is solid precedent in terms of this having been done in respect of clerical sex abuse.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: Yesterday the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children published the Childline annual statistics for 2011. The importance of listening to children cannot be overstated and in the past 23 years Childline has been providing this invaluable service for children. It is a service which is trusted and recognised by young people. In 2011, for example, it received more than 800,000...
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: Three amendments have been tabled, all of which have been ruled out of order as they are outside the scope of the Bill.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I am advised that all three amendments are outside the scope of the Bill.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Senator for sharing his knowledge.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I formally second the amendment to the Order of Business proposed by my colleague, Senator Mac Conghail. I come to the issue from a different perspective than Senator Mac Conghail. I am very interested in family history and my ancestry and I have done extensive work on it. I have had the pleasure of directly using the services of the National Archives and the National Library of Ireland....
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I agree with Senator Bacik's proposal for a debate on the future of the Seanad in light of the announcement concerning the constitutional convention. I also send my best wishes to those sitting the junior and leaving certificate examinations. I would not swap places with them but I wish them the very best, having dropped my nephew to his first exam today. I warmly welcome the announcement by...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to give us a date for publishing the consultation document? On 24 May, we raised the Government's arm's length policy on our cultural institutions which are being eroded. I am a keen family historian and on 1 June a notice appeared on the National Archives' website stating that its genealogy service has been temporarily suspended and...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, subsection (1), between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: " "reasonable excuse" shall include for the purposes of this Act consensual, non-exploitative sexual activity where there is an age difference of not greater than two years between the parties;". I welcome the Minister back to the House. I also take the opportunity to welcome his decision to...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (12 Jun 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister and my colleagues. This debate has been useful and I agree we cannot give a definition for all reasonable excuses. In moving the amendment, I knew it was not necessarily in the right place but I believed it was important to lay down a marker on the issue. I have a problem that there is a difference between the Children First guidelines and the Bill. The guidelines...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I recall that we had a debate on the issue on Second Stage so I will not repeat what I said then. I agree with Senator Bradford that the caveat could mean the public would not be fully informed of the intentions of the Bill. That reinforces the need for a clear information campaign. When the Bill passes through the Houses we must clearly inform the public so that there is no ambiguity on...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Jun 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister back to the House and the Bill before the House. It is five years since the publication of the Law Reform Commission's report in 2007. My understanding is that this country is the only remaining jurisdiction in the European Union and one of the very few in the Council of Europe area without a spent convictions scheme for adult offenders. That is regrettable given the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I support Senator O'Brien's proposal to deal with motion No. 9 today. It has been widely reported that the report of the independent review group on child deaths will be published later today. I greet this report with profound sadness and with a sense of responsibility and shame I bear as a member of a society that has systemically failed to protect our most vulnerable children. I commend...
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: Senator Quinn, without interruption.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: Senator Mary Ann O'Brien is speaking.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: Senator Thomas Byrne to continue, without interruption.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform: Motion (20 Jun 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: Is that agreed? Agreed.