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

Jillian van Turnhout: I absolutely accept the Minister’s bona fides on this issue and, as has been in evidence in the House tonight, we all share that objective. I acknowledge the work being done by the officials in the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and by the Attorney General. I am cognisant that it could be challenged in law, as any law could be but the likelihood is that will be by somebody...

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (30 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister is very welcome, and I welcome the opportunity to have a little influence on his thoughts as we approach the budget. I note the Minister's ongoing openness and engagement with individual Senators and with the House. As the Minister said, it is a time for political choices and options, and this is what we are trying to influence. I will focus on specific issues regarding...

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Before I call the Minister, I remind everyone to confine their comments to the scope of the Bill.

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Sep 2015)

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

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Sep 2015)

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

Seanad: European Council Decisions: Motions (1 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: This motion pertains to two council decisions of the EU establishing measures in the area or international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece of 14 September 2015 and 22 September 2015, also known as the relocation opt-ins. I welcome the relocation plan, a collective response and definitive action from the EU. It has been a long time coming. The civil war in Syria in which...

Seanad: European Council Decisions: Motions (1 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: This is a global issue but the EU must ensure that all member states uphold its values and look to the treaties of the European Union to look at the possibility of suspension of member states who are putting up barriers. That, for me, is a frightful sight which I thought was only part of our history. We need to ensure there are transparent legal pathways for refuge to safety in Europe....

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (6 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I extend congratulations to the Minister and her officials in the Department. Many of the aspects we see in this Bill were raised in the 2006 Law Reform Commission report. I know that the Cabinet gave the Minister approval for this Bill in 2014 and I say "Well done" to all involved. I could not have predicted in 2011 how important and relevant this Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Department of Children and Youth Affairs (8 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The witnesses are welcome and I thank them for-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Department of Children and Youth Affairs (8 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: She will. I thank the witnesses for all the work to get the legislation to this stage. It is difficult when we are on the eve of whenever the election will be. I had really hoped this measure could have gone through but at least the work members will do in these hearings should mean it will get an early start in the lifetime of the next Government. I have a few issues on which I seek to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Department of Children and Youth Affairs (8 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: We can explore the policy decisions made in the Bill as we go through the hearings and we will formulate our recommendations. Will the witness explain the nature of the US records handed over by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to the National Archives? What is the status of them? Are they currently being handed over to the agency? Where are they at present and how are we...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Gerald Nash, to the House and I welcome Oisín Coghlan and Eimear Hannon to the Gallery. I am honoured to speak on behalf of my colleague, Senator Fiach Mac Conghail, who regrets he is unable to attend this debate but has worked extensively on the climate action issue along with his colleagues on the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and...

Seanad: Marriage Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister is very welcome. I wholeheartedly welcome the Bill.Many speakers have outlined the different people who were involved. I do not want to fall into the trap, as the Minister said, of naming one or two and not appreciating the efforts made by so many - we can read their names - and by the country as a whole. The power of storytelling came back to life in Ireland throughout the...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: No. Both of those amendments are being taken together and the Minister is about to speak to amendment No. 2.

Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister, Deputy Reilly, is always welcome to the Seanad. He is, however, particularly welcome today. One of the first objectives I set when I became a Member in 2011 was for Ireland to repeal the defence of reasonable chastisement. When the Seanad took Committee Stage of the Children First Bill on 23 September, I tabled an amendment, with thanks to the expert help of Dr. Fergus Ryan,...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I second the amendment for the purposes of debate, but I appreciate, as I have said to Senator David Cullinane, that we probably have not had enough time to debate the issue in full. It is one I support fully in principle.

Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: It would be remiss of the Seanad not to congratulate the Minister wholeheartedly on the Bill. While we can say it is long overdue, it is before the House. The Minister has done the work to put child welfare and protection provisions on a statutory footing. We are solidifying good intentions, which has to be commended. This needs to be resourced and the Minister took positive steps in...

Seanad: United Nations Principles for Older Persons: Motion (21 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I second the motion. I thank my colleague, Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell, for tabling this motion and helping us understand the rationale behind it. We all know it instinctively but she has hit it home for us all. I have long been a believer in balancing our supports and the need to invest more in community services. We tend to put an overemphasis on the medicalisation of too many...

Seanad: United Nations Principles for Older Persons: Motion (21 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Senator is well over time.

Seanad: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 1:In page 6, after line 29, to insert the following: "Removal of court exemption to impediment on ground of age 7.(1) In this section "Act of 1995" means the Family Law Act 1995. (2) The Act of 1995 is amended by- (a) the deletion of section 31(1)(b), and (b) the deletion of section 33. (3) Section 2 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 is amended by the substitution...