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Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Amendments No. 24 to 26, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: That is yesterday's business.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (11 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Amendments Nos. 27 and 28 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2015)

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

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (11 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. It was very interesting. Listening to them I realised, particularly in the case of the providers, how many of them are on the brink. I can feel the joy and passion for the work they are doing, but I can also see the stresses. I have seen that replicated in meeting many different providers. Part of me wonders if it is because the sector is so...

Seanad: Tackling Obesity in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister is always very welcome to the House. The time he has dedicated to today's debate shows that he has an understanding of the importance of this issue and the serious health concerns associated with it. There is no doubt that we are IN the midst of a full-blown obesity epidemic. It is shocking that 61% of adults and 22% of children between the ages of five and 12 are overweight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Our guests are all extremely welcome. These hearings have been very helpful to the members of the committee. I wish to declare an interest in that I am chair of Early Childhood Ireland. However, my role in that regard is one of governance. A point that has arisen at each of our hearings relates to staff and professional qualifications. Each of our guests touched on this point, but Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: It depends on geography. Some in the HSE are allowing services, but in some areas there is none available.

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (23 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Senator Keane without interruption. I ask Senator Craughwell to direct his comments to the Minister.

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (23 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: We will have plenty of time on Committee Stage to go through all the issues in detail.

Seanad: Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (23 Jun 2015)

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

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I am happy to add my name to the motion. I did not receive the e-mail. I have double checked and I did not receive it. I applaud the work of Ireland's top EU civil servant, Catherine Day, who has announced her retirement from the European Commission as of the end of August. She is an unsung hero for us as Irish citizens but also for the EU, particularly when she championed the enlargement...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I will do so. Could we have a debate at the earliest opportunity on the Government working group report on direct provision? It has been widely reported on in the newspapers. Senators and Deputies may be the last people to receive this 360-page report. My understanding is that it is going to Cabinet next Tuesday. Given the work we have done on a cross-party basis on direct provision - the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the witnesses. To make a declaration of interest, I am the chairperson of Early Childhood Ireland, but that is a governance role and I am not necessarily advocating its positions. My first question is in regard to inspections. Is consideration being given to bringing inspections together and to who should take the lead? There is a strong role there for the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Regarding the additional and special needs, I greatly appreciate the two days per week in one year and the three days per week in the following year. However, when the providers appeared before the committee, I asked them, from an employer's perspective, how they managed it. How does one get the staff? One has to know what is required as one goes down through the ratios of two days per...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I am conscious of that. This comes back to the value we accord to a primary school professional versus an after-school professional and looking at the qualifications of someone in the profession. The issue of professionals having to sign on for 14 weeks of the year also must be addressed. Has consideration been given, for example, to having continuing professional development days for part...

Seanad: Growing Tourism to 2025: Statements (1 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister. I am delighted to speak on how we can grow tourism, and will focus on one particular area which builds on what Senator Mary Ann O'Brien has said about heritage. Related to heritage is our genealogical trail and how people access genealogical records. In the late 1990s in Ireland, there were about 5,000 active genealogy enthusiasts. We reckon there are at least...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (2 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: As always, the Minister is very welcome, as are his officials. I appreciate the work of all the staff in the Department who supported and helped the young people in organising Comhairle na nÓg and ensuring their voices got heard in their campaign Let's Go Mental. It was very good to be part of something so positive regarding mental health. I congratulate those concerned. With regard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (2 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Early Childhood Ireland has a policy in this regard-----