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Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I propose that we extend the time by five minutes to complete Second Stage.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: There are no other speakers.

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Could the acting Leader deal with it?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (18 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: International Protection Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister and her officials for their engagement and taking on board my comments in the Seanad. I thank the Minister for raising the threshold in respect of children. Subsequent amendments take this on board so I thank her expressly in that regard also. She has tried to address some of my concerns. Obviously, the world is not ideal and perfect but the Minister has certainly...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Educational Reform (19 Jan 2016)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber for this Commencement debate. Recently, I had the honour of speaking at the launch of Equate, a new non-governmental organisation dealing with children's rights and education reform. I welcome Mr. Michael Barron and his team to the Visitors' Gallery. Equate wants to see an education system that reflects the diversity of 21st century Ireland and a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Educational Reform (19 Jan 2016)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister for personally attending the Seanad to take this matter. It is important that his Department has a key role in looking at our education policy and ensuring that both the voice of the child and the best interests of the child are not only heard, but play a key role. The structures that are being set up are doing that. It was very interesting for me, when we were before...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Jan 2016)

Jillian van Turnhout: As no other Senators are offering, I call the Minister to conclude.

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Jan 2016)

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

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Jan 2016)

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

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)

Jillian van Turnhout: I stand to welcome the news this morning from the Minister for Education and Skills that she plans to write to all schools telling them to cease allowing the drinks industry or Drinkaware to come into our schools, an issue I raised as a Commencement matter last May and which I am delighted to see come to fruition. It came as a result of a meeting with the Alcohol Health Alliance, which is...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 2:In page 6, line 14, to delete "child pornography" and substitute "child sexual abuse material". These amendments were also tabled on Committee Stage. As I have already articulated my views on this issue on Committee and Second Stage, I do not intend to be repetitive today. I appreciate that the amendments as drafted technically do not address everything that needs to...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister for her reply. I believe there are proposals at EU and Council of Europe level to look at this issue. I hope that Ireland will be at the vanguard and lead any change in that regard. I appreciate that the change cannot be made today, but I hope the Minister will accept the need for that change. It is an issue I feel strongly about and that has the support, as I said,...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister for bringing forward this amendment in response to my colleague, Senator Katherine Zappone, who raised this issue on Second and Committee Stages. I know she would have preferred if the Minister had taken the approach set out in amendment No. 45 in regard to the offence of abuse of the position of dependence and trust. but I appreciate what the Minister is doing.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)

Jillian van Turnhout: It is not.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)

Jillian van Turnhout: I, too, support amendment No. 28. I had not formed my opinion on this issue when I first entered the Seanad. It is something I have researched on my own and then met with others to form my opinion. The reality is that the 2009 Kelleher report stated 11% of those trafficked into Ireland for sexual exploitation were under 18 years of age. We know from the Ekberg report of 2004 that the...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)

Jillian van Turnhout: I wanted to make the record absolutely clear. Thank you.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 39:In page 26, to delete lines 12 to 14 and substitute the following:"(17)(a) This section and section 19B do not apply where a complainant or witness has expressly waived his or her right to non-disclosure of a relevant record without leave of the court. (b) No complainant or witness shall be deemed to have expressly waived his or her right to non-disclosure unless he...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)

Jillian van Turnhout: I very much welcome the Minister's response and her commitment to make these amendments. I was seeking to provide an additional layer of protection, as she advised, for children. I have heard all too often, particularly from parents of affected children, that because of the potential for counselling notes to be disclosed, they have not sought to bring charges for sexual offences. In...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (21 Jan 2016)

Jillian van Turnhout: We must ensure our law copperfastens this. I ask the Minister to take this on board in her further deliberations. I have heard all too often about that fear. I tried to balance rights in my amendments. I have heard from children who have been in counselling where they talk about their hopes, dreams and fears. This is not factual evidence. Children will say things they are repeating...