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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome Mr. Jeyes and his colleagues. I welcome that we, as a committee, have put in train the process of holding quarterly meetings. It is good for all of us to understand the issues and carry out our oversight role. The first area I wish to deal with is that of resources, which has been raised by my colleagues. I am sure every State agency would say it needs additional resources, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: It is critical.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Will it be a 24-hour service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Will the out-of-hours service be a 24-hour service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: That is very worrying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: It is extremely worrying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Irish Blood Transfusion Service: Chairperson Designate (17 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I am sorry, but I was in the Seanad. I wanted to join the meeting to welcome Professor Staines.

Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister and warmly welcome the arrival of the Bill in the Seanad. I actively participated in the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill at the Joint Committee on Health and Children which produced a report on the matter in July 2012. I thank all of the organisations and individuals that participated in the pre-legislative scrutiny process and provided expert advice for the...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I support this amendment and, indeed, all of the amendments that have been tabled. The Group 2 amendments came out of the debate in the Seanad on the Bill. The Minister is making the Bill consistent and I thank him once again for accepting my amendment in the Seanad. I wholeheartedly support this Bill. The amalgamation of the three detention schools on the Oberstown site into one legal...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: It has.

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I invited Senator Leyden's party colleagues on the committee.

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Joint Committee on Health and Children visited the Oberstown site and all parties were represented. I commend the Minister on this Bill. It is a heavy burden to carry that we need this detention facility because it means we have failed children in so many ways, but the reality is we need it. What the Minister is doing here in creating the one site is important. We need to ensure the...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I second the amendment. It is with pleasure that I support Senator Mary Ann O'Brien, who introduced me to this issue. To my shame, I was not aware of its extent or nature until the Senator gave me a very compelling article from The Sunday Timesof 12 July 2015 about this Limerick girl and her family, who have suffered serious ill-health that they say is linked to pollution. I would advise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I wish to echo my colleagues' statements that representatives of St. Vincent's hospital should be before us today. I thank Mr. Cullen for coming in. In a previous life I worked in procurement, although it was in the office supplies business, so it is an area that I know a lot about. Unfortunately, I am not surprised at what the investigation by "Prime Time" came out with, having seen the...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:“ “emotional abuse” means behaviour (including an omission to behave in a particular manner) that significantly and seriously deprives a child of his or her developmental need for affection, approval, consistency and security and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing,...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: On Report Stage, I want to address the matter of the agency requesting mandated persons to assist with assessments. While I need to do some more exploratory work on this matter, we might need to ensure consistency between the agency’s functions under paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of section 8(1) in the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 and those set out in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 5:In page 20, after line 21, to insert the following: “PART 5 MISCELLANEOUSAmendment of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 28. The Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 is amended by substituting the words “child sexual abuse material” for “child pornography” in each place those words appear.”. I am...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister for proving that he is Minister for all children in his reply on transgender children. I know they will be heartened to hear what he has said tonight. I am familiar with the work of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in consulting with children and young people. The consultation process he is commencing will be invaluable to all of our understandings as we...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 6:In page 20, after line 21, to insert the following:“28. The Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 is amended by the substitution for section 24 of the following—“Abolition of common law rules in respect of immunity from criminal liability for punishing a child 24. Any rule of law under which any person is immune from criminal liability in...