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

Colette Kelleher: Yes.

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

Colette Kelleher: It was not out in the public domain during all the heat.

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

Colette Kelleher: Peter Drucker is a well-known business guru who says culture eats strategy for breakfast every day and in the expert group's considerations and proposals on the law and policy, it is very important to be mindful of the kinds of things that undermine implementation at a very ordinary level, as alluded to by Deputy Ó Broin. One may have the perfect structures and the perfect law. The law...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I do not often get to talk about business but I am delighted to be here. I come from a long line of small farmers and shopkeepers so I have an appreciation of that sector. I was delighted to hear Mr. Walsh and Ms O'Toole kicking off the discussion. It is particularly commendable that they located their businesses near where they live. I also congratulate Senator Ó Céidigh on...

Seanad: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I welcome the Minister and commend the Government for this important legislation. As a former member of Mandate, I also commend its work in pushing for this legislation. Other trade unions have been involved too. It is a long overdue step in promoting workers' rights and a realisation of the plight that many workers in our workplaces, in the services, retail, hospitality, care, cleaning...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I welcome the Minister of State. I would like to share time with my colleagues, Senators Devine, Swanick and Humphreys. I know it is unusual, but we wish to outline a cross-party approach to the matter. We are all members of the all-party Oireachtas group on dementia. I thank Senator-----

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: It was submitted in all our names.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Yes, it was.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: It was submitted in all our names.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: However, I submitted it in all of our names.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I will speak on behalf of everybody else, but we all signed and it was an idea that came from the group.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: We have it worked that way.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: We appreciate the Leas-Chathaoirleach's largesse.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and the Clerk of the Seanad for allowing us the opportunity to raise this important issue. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, to the House. Dementia is an issue that affects every community throughout Ireland. An estimated 55,000 people live with the condition with this figure expected to more than double in the next 20 years. People with...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Dementia Strategy (21 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I am disappointed that all the Minister of State can say is that dementia advisers are being "considered" rather than committed to. This is after several budget submissions on our behalf and a clear evaluation by University College Cork. The national dementia strategy is welcome but it does not go far or fast enough. It is time for the Government to make good on dementia commitments and...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I acknowledge the bone fides of the Government in wanting to introduce safe abortion in Ireland. Having waited for 35 years we have come a very long way in a very short space of time. The Government wants to bring about positive change for women's health without delay, as Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell mentioned. This legislation falls within that context, but we have to get it right. The...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: She went on to write:I had an abortion. It was the only option for me at that moment in my life, after much deliberation and consideration. I am not a criminal and nor are those who helped me. The voting down of amendments to decriminalise is perhaps the most chilling of all the outcomes from the Dáil debates, and debating the length of the proposed sentence is to miss the point....

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Is a woman to risk life-changing injuries or disability as doctors debate when "harm to health" becomes "serious harm to health", with one eye on the 14-year prison sentence hanging over their heads? I conclude by asking the Minister, his officials and the Members to give due and respectful consideration to the matters raised and being put forward as practical amendments by myself and...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: -----and others. I was about to come to that. I would also like to acknowledge Senator Bacik's role in all of this. We first met many moons ago in London-----

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: -----when we were doing telephone lines, with people reversing calls from call boxes in rural Ireland, and trying to be a human face to women taking a lonely journey. This was well before the days of mobile phones. She and the committee has been brave and I commend the work of Senators Ruane, Gavan, Ned O'Sullivan, and Noone. I also mention Ailbhe Smyth. We would not be where we are...