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Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I support the passing of the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 and hope my colleagues will too. I support the Bill because 35 years after the eighth amendment was inserted into the Constitution it is time to reflect on its impact, consequences and morality. It has not stopped an Irish woman from having an abortion. It has just stopped a woman we know and a woman we do...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I have a lot to say on this subject, but I will be brief. There are people of conviction in this House today. They are good people. They are people I work with and respect. It is clear from listening to the debate over recent times that these people of conviction oppose abortion for any woman in any circumstances, anywhere and anytime. I fundamentally disagree with that. My life has...

Seanad: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 Apr 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Zappone, to the House. I welcome the drive, energy and hard cash that she has been investing in our young children since her appointment. As the Minister said in her speech, research has proven that access to good quality early childhood care and education, integrated with maternity, parental and paternal leave is good for children, especially in tilting the...

Seanad: Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I will share time with Senator Higgins. I thank the Minister of State and Senator Warfield, especially, for putting this important Bill before the House, which I was delighted to cosign. I welcome all the visitors to the Gallery today. This is a subject on which I feel deeply. It is close to home and close to my heart. When my son wanted to let his aunts and uncles, of whom there are a...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I welcome the Minister to the House. Today is a very good day for women, children and men, including young men and all those affected directly or indirectly by the horror of domestic violence. It is not always a matter of the person at the receiving end; it is also about the child looking on and learning terrible lessons for life. As a result of this ground-breaking Bill, soon to become...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: The Deputy is obviously not well prepared.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Deputy Buckley has been a total gentleman on so many occasions; that was a bit of a cheap shot. I thank the witnesses for being present. I have some questions on their submission but would first like to ask a couple of more discursive questions. The witnesses are focusing on the technicalities, numbers of people in and people out, who is approved, what is advertised and all of that, and we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Could Professor Murray point us in the right direction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Surely they will say that psychiatrists are great and we need more of them. What I am trying to get at is that we have a system based on a particular model and reliant on a particular profession. We are having huge difficulties in recruiting and retaining people from that profession, which has a huge bearing on the person who needs help. I am trying to find out if we can explore...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Is Professor Murray recommending that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I have a brief comment. It is like groundhog day. We go round and round in a circle about the fact that we do not have psychiatrists in a service that we are determinedly saying has to be psychiatry led. In the meantime real people are not getting the supports. We had a heartbreaking letter from a family who had to take their daughter in absolute abject distress through a carpark to get...

Seanad: Europe Day 2018: Statements (10 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, to the House. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on statements to mark Europe Day. The latest research from the European Movement Ireland confirms that Irish people are positively disposed to the European Union and are enthusiastic Europeans. Up to 92% of those polled agree that Ireland should remain a part of the EU and that it is...

Seanad: Europe Day 2018: Statements (10 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: How do we promote the Council of Europe? Is that something with which the Minister of State can help us?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: The first petition for consideration is No. P00017/18 from Mr. Mark Larkin who would like to see the voting age lowered to 17 years for the local and European elections in 2019. He believes that because many 17 year olds are in part-time employment, they are paying taxes and should have representation. It is proposed that the joint committee forward a copy of the response from the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: At a previous meeting we considered the issue of personal assistant services for individuals with a disability. To help us consider the matter further, I am pleased to welcome from the Department of Health Ms Patsy Carr; from the HSE Ms Marion Meany; from Áiseanna Tacaíochta Mr. Owen Collumb and Ms Eileen Daly; and from the Disability Federation of Ireland Dr. Joanne McCarthy and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I thank Ms Carr and invite Mr. Collumb to make his opening statement.

Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I ask Dr. McCarthy to conclude so that members will have enough time to ask their questions.

Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: All the presentations have been fantastic. I refer not only to the overview from the Department of Health, but also to the testimony of the lived experience of the benefits that accrue from access to a self-directed PA service, for example in respect of one's employment and one's social life. We have also heard about the bigger picture with regard to data gaps and the investment that is...

Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: We must move on.

Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: The level, extent and quality of the personal assistant service are critical.