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Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Second Stage (11 Jul 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, to the House on what I hope will be a good and historic day for a more inclusive Ireland. I welcome to the Public Gallery members of the Traveller community and Traveller organisations whom I thank for this Bill. The proposal for a Bill emerged after consultation between Oein De Bhairduin from my office, Bernard Joyce of the...

Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I am delighted the Minister is not opposing the Bill. I accept his invitation to work with him to develop the principles and spirit that have been captured in the Bill. As Senator Conway said, the Minister has significant powers in this area without the legislation. It is heartening to know that he will be using those powers, for example, with the audit he is proposing for the NCCA. I...

Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I wish to share my time with Senator Alice-Mary Higgins, with each of us taking two minutes.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Colette Kelleher: We had four minutes each.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Colette Kelleher: No.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Colette Kelleher: That is ample time. I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Simon Coveney, to this House again. Once again I add my voice to those of my colleagues in support of Senator Frances Black's Private Members' Bill, which I was honoured to co-sign and which seeks to prohibit the sale of Israeli settlement goods in Ireland. I also take this opportunity to yet...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I will be brief because I know others want to come in. I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Dr. Boylan said the timeline is challenging. It certainly is challenging for women when they find out they are pregnant and the clock starts ticking in a very real way. It is challenging for the women who are taking the pill today, as Deputies Coppinger and O'Connell have described. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I will take that as a "yes".

Seanad: Scoping Inquiry into CervicalCheck Screening Programme: Statements (25 Sep 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I have great empathy with the women concerned about and affected by the recent issues relating to CervicalCheck. I know the emotion associated with not being told something. I fully believe in the principle and practice of open disclosure. My brother died unexpectedly at the age of 19 after a routine appendix operation and my family never got answers. That still hurts and bothers us as a...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2018)

Colette Kelleher: There are 55,000 people with dementia in Ireland, which number is set to more than double in the next two decades. Approximately 50,000 people are carers, albeit the true number may be three times higher. Dementia is a progressive condition and, as such, it needs different responses from the time of initial diagnosis right through to a person's death. It is possible to live well with...

Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, line 12, to delete "traveller" and substitute "Traveller". I welcome the newly-appointed Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy McHugh, to his first week in the job, or first week in school as it were. I acknowledge the work of his predecessor, Deputy Bruton, whose support was evident in the progressing of this Bill. We have many visitors from the...

Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister for being here. I am delighted that his first day as Minister for Education and Skills is an interesting one. As a fellow community and youth worker in the past we have much in common already. The Minister spoke about the concerns raised by Senator Gallagher regarding the potential politicisation of the curriculum suggested in this Bill. I took on board these points...

Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I move amendment No. 2:In page 3, line 16, to delete “traveller” and substitute “Traveller”.

Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I move amendment No. 3:In page 3, line 5, to delete “traveller” and substitute “Traveller”.

Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2018)

Colette Kelleher: On Report Stage I may wish to introduce an amendment around a timeframe for the Bill. Senators will be glad to hear that I will not give a big speech on it. I am concerned that there have been significant policy time lags on Government commitments for the introduction of Traveller culture and history. I may introduce that on Report Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I, like many in this Chamber and around the world, was shocked by recent announcements coming out of Tanzania. Last week showed us that it is still not safe to be gay in our world.Homosexuality remains a crime punishable by 30 years imprisonment in Tanzania and, last week, Paul Makonda, the governor of Dar es Salaam - the country's economic hub - established squads dedicated to rounding up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation Expert Group (6 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I echo many of the points made by Deputy Ó Broin. What specific work does the working group envisage in a root and branch examination of the role of local authorities? Deputy Ó Broin referred to the underspend. I wish to put on record the underspend in Tipperary, the local authority in the eye of the storm. In the past 18 years they underspent by €4.7 million. That is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation Expert Group (6 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: It is over 18 years.