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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Would the Minister consider having representatives of the Child and Family Agency attend when he gives the briefing? At our last quarterly hearing, I asked the former Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, to consider it. How does the committee interact with the Child and Family Agency? It is unacceptable that six months after its establishment we have had no interaction with it. At yesterday's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: We must find a way to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: The delegation is very welcome. As Deputy Ó Caoláin has said, today is the first step in us trying to scope and understand the funding arrangements. The more I look at sections 38 and 39 organisations the more questions I have. If I say something that is incorrect I expect the delegation will correct me. There has been huge focus on the salaries of senior management but I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I asked about the legal entities and who is funded. We have seen mixtures of organisations with regard to how companies are structured under section 38 and section 39. Are there specific requirements for the funding of organisations? I am thankful that Ms McGuinness has taken on board the difficulty with the public's perception about the funding of these organisations. There may be a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: It may be something to probe further.

Seanad: Situation in Gaza and Ukraine: Statements (31 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I am not naive in thinking that our debate here today will be the difference between continuing conflict or lasting peace. However, it would be grossly negligent, particularly with respect to the worsening humanitarian crisis, for one of our Houses of Parliament not to make a definitive statement in a formal capacity as we have done on previous occasions, most recently with regard to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: In July, the fourth periodic review of Ireland's compliance under the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights took place in Geneva. On 24 July, the UN Human Rights Committee published its report of concluding observations on Ireland's record in fulfilling its treaty obligations. Several of the committee's recommendations relate to issues in respect of which...

Seanad: Direct Provision System: Motion (17 Sep 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Direct Provision System: Motion (17 Sep 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister of State and welcome him to the House along with the visitors who are here today. I appreciate the constraints inherent to the Minister of State's office but I am confident he recognises and is committed to tackling the weaknesses and failures of the direct provision system in Ireland. The first conversation I had with the Minister of State after his appointment was on...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Section 9 refers to the failure to agree a surname and the subsequent registration of a surname. It is welcome that this section is in the Bill but, having read the Bill and discussed it with some groups, I feel time limits might apply to registering a child's surname. I am raising this point now in case I table an amendment on Report Stage. A child could be registered with one name at a...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 24: In page 36, after line 14, to insert the following:“Amendment of Adoption Act 2010 31. Section 89 of the Adoption Act 2010 is amended in subsection (2) to now read “A certificate referred to in subsection (1) must disclose that the person to whom the certificate relates is an adopted person.”.I thank the Minister’s officials for dealing...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I appreciate the constructive approach from the Minister. I will reintroduce it on Report Stage. We must ensure that people know they were adopted.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Irish Examinerfor warning the Leader in advance of the issue I wish to raise and on which I want to provide advice to the House. I am extremely concerned by the emergence in the alternative health arena in Ireland of a highly dangerous so-called treatment for children with autism. The offending products are called "Miracle Mineral Solution", MMS, and "chlorine dioxide CD...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (24 Sep 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 5: In page 37, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“Amendment of Adoption Act 2010 36.Section 89 of the Adoption Act 2010 is amended in subsection (2) to now read "A certificate referred to in subsection (1) must disclose that the person to whom the certificate relates is an adopted person.".".I thank the Minister of State, the Tánaiste and...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (24 Sep 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I did not intend it that way.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (24 Sep 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I said in some small number of cases.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (24 Sep 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Obviously, I am disappointed, but I am a realistic person who believes it is always good and positive to have consultation. Having taken the initiative to allow for consultation, the Minister of State should limit the period therefor because I do not want what is occurring to go on any longer. I agree that we need to find a balance. Perhaps I was not clear enough in my replies to some...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (24 Sep 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I join in the congratulations. I raised several issues on Second Stage before the summer recess, many of which came forward as Government amendments on Committee Stage. I acknowledge that. That is what is good about our legislative process. Today, I zoomed in on one particular issue but I do not want that to take from the really significant provisions contained in the Civil Registration...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I support Senator O'Donnell. I also attended a briefing by the graduate entry medical students. The debt burden among them is very high and it has been increasing. They have made a very compelling case for relief on repayment of loan products used to finance their graduate entry to medicine. We should be doing everything we can to encourage them to remain here in Ireland when in fact we...