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Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister. It is great that we are listening to each other today. The Minister's statement was most encouraging and our debate is in the context of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill, which is rightly getting a great deal of our attention. The Bill itself is an existential matter for people who were adopted, either by force, legally or illegally. It is about identity...

Seanad: Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I am.

Seanad: Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I am sharing with Senator Ruane. I am honoured and delighted to second this important Bill and congratulate my colleague, Senator Dolan, for his work, with others, in bringing it before us. The Bill is to facilitate and enable people with disabilities to fully participate in their communities and do ordinary things in ordinary places, such as to be able to travel or go to the toilet and get...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Today is World Refugee Day and all of us in this House should reflect on what exactly this means. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, yesterday released its annual global trends report which found that 70.8 million children, women and men were forcibly displaced at the end of 2018, the highest number in the agency’s almost 70-year history. This is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I have done that but the Minister for Justice and Equality is not engaging. The Leader is my last hope.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Will the Leader invite him to the House to discuss it?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: In light of the recent letters originating from St. Luke's hospital in Kilkenny that have come into the public domain, declaring the hospital not to be an appropriate location to carry out abortion services, I would like to raise the issue of women's access to abortion services across Ireland. Under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, women have a legal entitlement...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: The Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019 seeks to amend the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions, RWRCI, Act 2015 and the nursing home support scheme. The Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-Gratia Scheme was established in 2013, as the Minister stated, to provide women who worked and resided in Magdalen institutions with access to both financial...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Abortion Services Provision (2 Jul 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State for coming here and I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting my Commencement matter. In light of recent media reports concerning St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny, I raise the issue of access to the full range of termination of pregnancy services there and in the 19 maternity units in Ireland. The obstetricians in St. Luke's have argued that the hospital is not an...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Abortion Services Provision (2 Jul 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I hope that the allocation of €12 million to the HSE has been, or will be, released in full. The Minister of State answered the question on access to abortions for women at risk of serious harm. How is refusal of care being managed to ensure those who do not wish to be involved in service delivery are not in a position to obstruct colleagues who are conscientiously committed to...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Chairman, An Leas-Chathaoirleach. As he did, I warmly welcome everyone here today. Gralti tome geels, a muni feins an beoirs ar crush ain nesdes talosk. I am sorry for ruining the language but I got those words from the lovely Oein De Bhairdúin. I thank people for coming here today from far and wide and for making what has been a record number of diverse submissions to...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colette Kelleher: There will be a cup of tea for everybody at 2.30 p.m. That is probably more important than anything else I will say today. When the State formally recognised the ethnicity of Irish Travellers on 1 March 2017, the then Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, stated: "I hope that today will create a new platform for positive engagement by the Traveller community and Government together in seeking...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Let him keep going.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colette Kelleher: All the speakers spoke so eloquently that I will not even attempt to capture it. We will have more conversations with the witnesses in drafting the report. Today we are only beginning a conversation. There are so many challenges and so many heartbreaking, hurtful and dreadful stories that people unfortunately feel obliged to share to move us and to make us move. I also want to hold on to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I welcome the Minister. I have a few general questions, as well as more specific questions, mostly on pillar 1 but some questions on other pillars as well. I want to confirm some of the numbers because I am new to the committee. From the most recent figures, 10,000 people are homeless and 4,000 of those are children, with roughly 1,000 single-parent families. Are those figures...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Is it 1,000 single-parent families?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Colette Kelleher: The Minister was talking about the importance of data, so of the single-parent families, does he know how many are in emergency accommodation because of domestic violence? How many are there because of eviction from the private rented sector? How many in direct provision centres, including children, have residency status but are unable to leave because of the housing shortage? The report,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Hubs are not homes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Given the homeless figures of 10,240 and that the number of children is almost at 4,000, I understand these are the highest levels of homelessness ever recorded in the State. Am I correct in that understanding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Colette Kelleher: They are not the highest.