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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: As always, the Minister, Deputy James Reilly, is very welcome, as are his officials. I acknowledge the considerable strides that have been made in recent years in the area of children. We should not forget that when we consider the strategy, the agency and the many commitments. My impatience is due for the need for us to move to the implementation and outcomes for children to ensure the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Yes, without a doubt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: A Minister can always change things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Or be done through the Garda-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: -----and up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I have heard that a good many times.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Excellent. I will push for more but the Minister's news is welcome.

Seanad: Report of Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas: Statements (19 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Senator should conclude.

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Second Stage (19 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister is very welcome and I thank him for his co-operation in helping us bring this Bill to the House. I would also like to extend a welcome to our visitors in the Visitors Gallery from Adoption Rights Alliance Ireland and Dr. Fergus Ryan. I thank Senator Averil Power for her tremendous work initiating the Bill and Senator Healy Eames for joining with us in bringing it forward today....

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: This is a normal, robust debate, but I ask Senator JOhn Gilroy to address the issue in question.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Please allow Senator John Gilroy speak without interruption as he is on the list to speak.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: You are not supposed to be doing that, Senator, although I have given you a little bit of leeway.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: It is not relevant.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I have three Senators indicating that they wish to speak and I need to call the Minister at 6.25 p.m. so I ask for Senators' co-operation. Senator Mullins has five minutes but I encourage him to speak more briefly than that.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

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

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Firearms Licences (25 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Harmony is restored.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV in Ireland: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I shall pick up on the Deputy's last point and state that awareness raising is overdue. Mr. Goulding spoke about the matter and I was saddened to hear his experience. We need a targeted awareness programme but we also need a broader awareness raising piece. There is a generation that knows about HIV but there is another generation that is awakening which does not necessarily know about...

Seanad: Homelessness: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister. According to the Simon Community, the official count for rough sleepers last month was 168. This represents a 30% increase in the period since spring of this year. The number is double that which obtained in November 2012. This is a time of many sickening firsts and all-time highs. For example, there are now over 1,600 adults and 680 children in emergency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Deep Brain Tissue Treatment: Health Service Executive (4 Dec 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: What is the timeframe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Best Practice Access Guidelines: Irish Wheelchair Association (4 Dec 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I join my colleagues in welcoming the deputation and thank it for the access guidelines which are most interesting to read. This is not an area about which I claim to know a great deal, other than having experiences, particularly with children's groups, when trying to access a venue or seeking to hold an event in a venue. Sometimes we are told venues are fully accessible, but when we arrive...