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Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colette Kelleher: There will be a cup of tea for everybody at 2.30 p.m. That is probably more important than anything else I will say today. When the State formally recognised the ethnicity of Irish Travellers on 1 March 2017, the then Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, stated: "I hope that today will create a new platform for positive engagement by the Traveller community and Government together in seeking...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Let him keep going.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colette Kelleher: All the speakers spoke so eloquently that I will not even attempt to capture it. We will have more conversations with the witnesses in drafting the report. Today we are only beginning a conversation. There are so many challenges and so many heartbreaking, hurtful and dreadful stories that people unfortunately feel obliged to share to move us and to make us move. I also want to hold on to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Abortion Services Provision (2 Jul 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State for coming here and I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting my Commencement matter. In light of recent media reports concerning St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny, I raise the issue of access to the full range of termination of pregnancy services there and in the 19 maternity units in Ireland. The obstetricians in St. Luke's have argued that the hospital is not an...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Abortion Services Provision (2 Jul 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I hope that the allocation of €12 million to the HSE has been, or will be, released in full. The Minister of State answered the question on access to abortions for women at risk of serious harm. How is refusal of care being managed to ensure those who do not wish to be involved in service delivery are not in a position to obstruct colleagues who are conscientiously committed to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: In light of the recent letters originating from St. Luke's hospital in Kilkenny that have come into the public domain, declaring the hospital not to be an appropriate location to carry out abortion services, I would like to raise the issue of women's access to abortion services across Ireland. Under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, women have a legal entitlement...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: The Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019 seeks to amend the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions, RWRCI, Act 2015 and the nursing home support scheme. The Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-Gratia Scheme was established in 2013, as the Minister stated, to provide women who worked and resided in Magdalen institutions with access to both financial...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Today is World Refugee Day and all of us in this House should reflect on what exactly this means. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, yesterday released its annual global trends report which found that 70.8 million children, women and men were forcibly displaced at the end of 2018, the highest number in the agency’s almost 70-year history. This is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I have done that but the Minister for Justice and Equality is not engaging. The Leader is my last hope.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Will the Leader invite him to the House to discuss it?

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I wish to share my time with Senator Alice-Mary Higgins

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Yes

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister. It is great that we are listening to each other today. The Minister's statement was most encouraging and our debate is in the context of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill, which is rightly getting a great deal of our attention. The Bill itself is an existential matter for people who were adopted, either by force, legally or illegally. It is about identity...

Seanad: Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I am.

Seanad: Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I am sharing with Senator Ruane. I am honoured and delighted to second this important Bill and congratulate my colleague, Senator Dolan, for his work, with others, in bringing it before us. The Bill is to facilitate and enable people with disabilities to fully participate in their communities and do ordinary things in ordinary places, such as to be able to travel or go to the toilet and get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Use of Reduced Timetables: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I am a guest today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Use of Reduced Timetables: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I hope this visit will be less controversial than my previous one. I promise to behave. I commend the committee on highlighting and examining this issue. It has been hidden in plain sight. This is a really important examination, as are the testimonies of those experiencing disadvantage, including Travellers, and those with autism. I refer to the impact of the reduced timetables. There...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that No. 14 be taken before No. 1. I refer to putting the Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 on the Order Paper. The Bill was developed by my colleague, Senator Dolan, and it is about the full participation of people with disabilities in their communities. One of the effects of this Bill would be to make...

Seanad: Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: First Stage (12 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to promote better provision in respect of the use by persons with disabilities of certain buildings and other places and transport services and for that purpose, to amend the Local Government Act 2001, the Planning and Development Act 2001, the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 and the Building Regulations 1997; to provide...

Seanad: Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: First Stage (12 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Next Tuesday.