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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Family Reunification Policy (30 May 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister for coming to the House today. Today I am raising the tragic situation faced by Lilav Mohamed and her family. Lilav fled Syria eight years ago having spent some years in Greece and, before that, in Turkey. Eventually, the family settled in Clones in Ireland. However, Lilav and her family remain separated from her sister, Jihan, Jihan's husband and their two baby...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Family Reunification Policy (30 May 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister. I have listened to his response and I commend the Irish refugee protection policy and programme. It is really good. I am part of a community sponsorship programme in St. Luke's myself. I am not sure, however, that the avenues the Minister has outlined will address the desperate situation faced by Lilav's family or that they will satisfy the 1,000 people in Clones who...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (21 May 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister for being here to bring forward this important Bill. As many of us have learned in school, it is interesting that we are still debating fair rent and fixity of tenure for people which is at the heart of this Bill, even more so as we still do not appear to have resolved some of the ideals of Michael Davitt from many decades ago. I am disappointed that rent deposit...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Colette Kelleher: The proportion of complaints has reduced but not the actual number-----

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Yes.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (18 Apr 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I stand here as a Taoiseach's nominee and shall raise two issues with him. He is very welcome here today. First, I wish to refer to the International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill that was mentioned by my colleague, Senator Higgins. The Bill was passed here this time last year and it passed Second Stage in the Dáil last December with a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I wish to begin by thanking the Cathaoirleach, the Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil, the Oireachtas HR section and others for taking up a key recommendation of the Oireachtas Women's Parliamentary Caucus and commissioning a confidential dignity and respect in the parliamentary workplace survey of all staff and Members in these Houses. This very important survey went live yesterday. It will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Traveller Education: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Chairman and the committee for giving time to this pressing issue. Every time I look at the statistics and consider them they continue to shock me. I do not think we can in any way as a society, committee or Oireachtas be satisfied with what is happening. The presentations have been excellent and very constructive, and it is nice that the Traveller culture, history and...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I move amendment No. 36:In page 73, after line 35, to insert the following:“Review of operation of Act 99. (1) (a) The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade shall, not later than 12 months after the commencement of any part of this Act, carry out a review of the operation of this Act.(b) The Minister for Health shall, not later than 12 months after the coming into operation of any...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister. I am assured and satisfied that the spirit of the amendment, as he stated, has been understood and respected. I appreciate that we are in unusual circumstances and that the omnibus nature of the Bill is unusual also.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Abortion Services Provision (7 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I welcome the Minister of State. Since the passing of legislation to regulate termination of pregnancy, early medical abortion has, for the most part, been provided to women by general practitioners and community providers. Clinical guidelines allow for the provision of early medical abortion in the community where gestation is less than ten weeks. These cases are being dealt with quietly...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Abortion Services Provision (7 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State. She stated, "Terminations of pregnancy carried out in maternity hospitals or units can be either medical or surgical." Can she confirm that they are both - as is the right pathway for the woman - because medical can be the right way to go or surgical can be the right way to go? I refer to the particularity of the pathway for a woman who is in her 11th week....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Abortion Services Provision (7 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I would welcome that.

Seanad: Traveller Accommodation: Statements (6 Mar 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I welcome Mr. Bernard Joyce, Ms Helen Grogan and Ms Brigid Casey to the Public Gallery, as well as the other guests, and I thank the Minister of State for his statement on this urgent matter. Since the first Traveller accommodation programme in 2000, the five-year mandatory plan in each local authority to provide accommodation, there has been much evidence nationally, as the Minister of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traveller Education (14 Feb 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I raise the matter of reduced hours timetables imposed by schools on Traveller children and young people. This approach is not new, but national Traveller organisations such as the Irish Traveller Movement report that managing behavioural problems is being used as a reason for the practice and that it is becoming more prevalent. The extent to which the practice occurs is unrecorded and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traveller Education (14 Feb 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I am encouraged by the commitment of the Minister of State. It is important to state that every child in the country, from whatever background, has a right to education. Reduced timetables must not be used as a behavioural management tool. It is important to reiterate this as it should apply to Traveller children or any other children. It should only arise in exceptional circumstances. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Last week during the Order of Business I drew attention to two reports, namely, the report on the inquest into the Carrickmines fire and the report of the Council of Europe’s European Committee of Social Rights. Both reports relate to gross inadequacies in Traveller accommodation and the dangers posed to people living in these circumstances and to Government breaches in relation to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Chairman and the committee for making time for detailed scrutiny of the Bill. I thank Senator Frances Black, my co-sponsor of the Bill who is sitting at the other side of the table, for being a very supportive person, along with other members of the Civil Engagement group. There is much common ground regarding the importance of family reunification and where we differ with the...