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Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I also thank the Leader of the House with regard to Report Stage.I welcome the clarity provided the Minister before our pause and since we have resumed. It is important and it is what I was looking for, that we would have absolute clarity. There is an outstanding question from me in regard to the guidelines and the timeline that will come into place. I am not putting the Minister of State...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I will not repeat the debate we have had. I have a question on how our amendments involve a charge to the Exchequer. I think Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell mentioned it earlier in respect of the two amendments we had tabled given that we were told it did not have material difference. However, I will put that one aside. I do not know if this is the appropriate section under which to raise...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State's commitment in respect of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill. However, the cases I cited previously in the context of Magdalen women seeking to access disability and social services illustrate that they cannot access them. It is obvious, therefore, that they require the assistance of personal advocates. I am of the view that this section of the...

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I second the amendment. I reserve the right to speak later.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I congratulate the ISPCC on its launch of the ISPCC shield yesterday. It has dedicated a month to an anti-bullying campaign and has produced an excellent toolkit for schools. The initiative has been launched on foot of the fact that 8,000 children rang Childline in 2014 because of their experience of bullying. The issue is not just prevalent in the workplace and is still very much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They have presented us with startling figures regarding the impact on the health service. In that regard I want to follow up on a question asked by Deputy Mitchell O'Connor about the evidence base for their figures. As someone who is active on social media, I have seen comments that the RCPI or others are scaremongering to encourage us to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I join others in thanking Dr. Holmes and Dr. Angus for coming here today and for the report we received yesterday afternoon. We have done our quick read, but we have not read it in detail. I will certainly give a lot more time to it. The questions raised by Deputy Ó Caoláin are probably ones we are going to be hearing more of as we go through the legislative process with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: We are discussing illicits.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: (Resumed) Alcohol Research Group (12 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Done through the pathway of alcohol.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I support the calls by Senator Bacik for a debate on undocumented migrants in Ireland and on child care, both of which issues deserve the attention of the Seanad. I rise today to raise an issue I have raised in the Seanad on several occasions, namely, the Diageo "Stop Out-of-Control Drinking" campaign. I welcome the additional resignation from that campaign. The first resignation was by...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister and her officials to the House. I thank her for the consultation in advance of the debate and the opportunity for pre-legislative hearings on the general scheme of the Bill in committee. My colleague, Senator Katherine Zappone, was very active in the committee on that issue. As a person who has advocated for children's rights for many years and has the privilege of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the delegates for their presentations. As I studied marketing in college, when Dr. Kenny began his presentation, it felt a little like I was back all those years ago. I found his presentation fascinating. When I was preparing a report on alcohol-related harm, I read about a strategy, I think, in California which asked the drinks industry to fund a public health campaign. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I concur with Senator Landy on the announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills of the two and a half resource hours for children with Down's syndrome. I question the continuing need for an assessment and I ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reconsider that. Why do we need a child with mild Down's syndrome to go through an assessment procedure? However, it is very...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: We move on to the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015 - Second Stage, and No. 2, motion pursuant to section 23 of the Referendum Act 1994 in regard to the proposal to amend the Constitution which is contained in the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015, will be debated in conjunction with Second Stage of the Bill but...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Senator is not allowed to name individuals in the Chamber.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I warmly welcome the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015, which sets out the wording of the amendment that will be put to the people in a referendum on 22 May 2015. If passed, the amendment will allow two people to enter into civil marriage without distinction as to their sex. For me this is a simple question - one of equality, fairness and civil...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: On a point of order, Senator Mullen has grossly misrepresented the quote of Geoffrey Shannon, who clarified at the Joint Committee on Health and Children that he did not say-----

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: It is. One is not allowed mention somebody's name and misquote them in the House. He spoke about all families being entitled to it.

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Oireachtas Joint Committee and Health and Children------