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Seanad: Domestic Violence: Motion (8 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also give my full support to this motion and thank the Labour Party group and Senators Maloney and O'Keeffe in particular, who have proposed and seconded it. I can wholeheartedly endorse everything they have said. The first point I wish to raise pertains to the Istanbul convention, that is, the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and...

Seanad: OECD Review of Irish Pensions System: Statements (15 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister to the House. When the Minister has the opportunity, I look forward to her publishing and discussing her planned roadmap for long-term pensions policy in Ireland. This debate shows the interest we have in the policy. As time is limited, I wish to share my initial thoughts on the OECD review. I have two major concerns regarding the manner in which the pensions system...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I too wish to welcome former Senator Mary Henry to the House.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Senator has one minute left.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Follow that, Senator Noone.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: There are three more speakers who wish to contribute.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Jim Higgins, MEP (16 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I, too, join in welcoming Mr. Higgins to the House. He has history in this House and the Dáil. He recalled a fateful phone call, similar to one I received two years ago this Monday when I was in China. It was a great story. I will never forget the pride I felt when I got that phone call. I acknowledge the roles which have not been highlighted and in which he played a significant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Under head 1 on interpretation of reasonable opinion, why does it not also include for the life of the pregnant woman? If it were, it would give more of the equal esteem that is in Article 40.3.3° of the Constitution. Regarding heads 2 and 4, is there a reason there is no clause requiring consultation with the pregnant woman? We are ensuring consultations are taking place but not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Yet there is no statutory requirement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: The witnesses are all very welcome. I will not duplicate questions already asked. I was very interested to hear the Irish Medical Council propose that heads 2 and 4 should be merged. That was the conclusion to which I came following the January hearings. I went in with a different opinion but having listened to the submissions I questioned why we were differentiating. I am interested in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Deputy Conway has asked my question on specialists. This morning we heard from the Irish Medical Council and the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The institute, in particular, suggested that heads 2 and 4 should be merged because it does not differentiate in terms of logistical arrangements between physical or mental reasons for considering a termination. They did agree that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Is this in the UK?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Keep going.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank all the experts for their very compelling contributions. I have specific questions about head 4 of the Bill. I refer to the submission from the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland which proposes that the term "absence of clinical markers" is incorrect. This has already been referred to this morning. They talked about the absence of biological markers but that there are clinical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: My question has been asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: To take up where Deputy Conway concluded, Dr. McCarthy told us this morning that suicide in pregnancy is a real risk. He concluded by saying, "It does happen." Professor Malone spoke about the therapeutic alliance. My question is: has he ever involuntarily admitted a patient? Surely it could be argued that involuntarily admitting patients is in breach of a therapeutic alliance. Earlier,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the witnesses for attending the committee. My first question is for Dr. Kevin Walsh and Dr. Janice Walshe. I am trying to tease out the pathway for a woman making a decision. I imagine that she would have seen a specialist prior to finding out that she had become pregnant and must make a decision. The witnesses stressed that such cases are rare, but does Dr. Kevin Walsh agree with...