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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (18 Jan 2018)

Colette Kelleher: No, for people with dementia. There is a significant number of people who fall through the cracks because they do not fit in to the silos.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (18 Jan 2018)

Colette Kelleher: With regard to the CAMHS waiting list, where would CHO 4 like to be at the end of the year? If Mr. Reaney cannot answer that today, I ask that he forward the information to the committee in writing because it would be helpful for us to know. In terms of the increasing rate of homelessness and the crisis in that regard that all present know exists, to what extent have the services provided by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (18 Jan 2018)

Colette Kelleher: If Mr. Reaney writes to the committee in that regard, it will be able to support that initiative.

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I wish a happy new year to the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, and to all the Members of the House. I warmly and wholeheartedly endorse the committee's report and all the recommendations it contains. Sadly, crisis pregnancies are an everyday reality for women in Ireland. It is something we have to face up to. So far the debate in the Houses has been characterised by kindness,...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I have waited for 35 years and I am almost finished.

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Motherhood, when it came, freely chosen by me, has been the very best role I have ever had, by far. My daughter is here tonight. It has been exhilarating, exhausting, exciting and joyous. My daughter and my son have given me so many challenges, as well as learning and love. When I think of my lovely daughter, now a young woman, I see in her the attributes of someone who would be a...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Repealing the eighth amendment to the Constitution is a start to making Ireland that kind of country for women a reality; a reality denied to so many of us for so long. The question before us is not about whether we think abortion is right or wrong. The question is whether that decision should be left up to the woman with the advice and support of her doctor to hand. I truly believe it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (14 Dec 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I thank Professor Joyce O'Connor, Dr. Brendan O'Shea, Dr. John O'Brien and Dr. Brian Osborne, who have various titles and accomplishments. It seems to me that the pyramid that Professor Joyce O'Connor presented needs to be turned on its head, which we can do in our report. We often start either here or there when what we need to do is turn it on its head. That is where most people are and...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I move recommendation No. 2:In page 88, line 3, to delete “Dáil Éireann” and substitute “both Houses of the Oireachtas”.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Colette Kelleher: This recommendation is simple. It proposes that the promised report on a vacant and derelict property tax be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas and not just Dáil Éireann. As a matter of good practice when reports like this are produced they should be presented to all Members of the Oireachtas. Senators may remember that in February last I seconded the Derelict and Vacant...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I am disappointed by the lack of urgency I am hearing from the Minister of State. At a time when people are perishing on the streets because they do not have access to houses, we are talking about a report on a tax, rather than something that will bring properties into use. I am disappointed that the Minister of State does not seem to consider it important to bring the report in question to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (6 Dec 2017)

Colette Kelleher: Apologies have been received from the Chairman, Deputy Sherlock. As set out under Standing Orders 93(3) of Dáil Éireann and 81(2) of Seanad Éireann, in the unavoidable absence of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman shall perform the duties devolved upon and exercise the authority conferred upon the Chairman by Standing Orders. I am, therefore, proposing that as Vice Chairman of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (6 Dec 2017)

Colette Kelleher: The first petition for consideration is a petition No. P00021/16 from Mr. Michael Callanan entitled, Investigate circumstances relating to flawed implementation of fishing legislation. The committee initially agreed this petition at its meeting on 22 February. It was agreed to inform the petitioner that the committee is satisfied with the response from the Department in regard to all...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (6 Dec 2017)

Colette Kelleher: That is an inquiry we can make.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (6 Dec 2017)

Colette Kelleher: All of those responses and recommendations have been agreed. There is no further business.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I concur with Senator Ardagh-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I concur with Senator Ardagh with regard to the situation facing carers that was so well documented and highlighted in last night's "Prime Time" programme. The CSO has produced startling figures on carers under the age of 15 and over the age of 85. This is a demographic time bomb, particularly when it comes to those caring for people with disabilities. These carers simply have been...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2017)

Colette Kelleher: We are truly privileged to be here today to consider legislation and improve it. Across the House we have done our work with the Domestic Violence Bill and have made many improvements and amendments before the Bill goes onward from us to the Dáil. The two most significant amendments were those regarding the recognition in law of psychological abuse, where there are no black eyes only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I thank Mr. Parnell for a really clear presentation and a very good plan. It is particularly good to see that the plan is a dynamic one, and that the Department of Rural and Community Development is open to new themes, ideas and issues being absorbed into it as it progresses. That means that when we are speaking with the Department's officials we can flag issues that may need further...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Colette Kelleher: In regard to social care, the actions in the plan are welcome but I am concerned about scale. In light of the ESRI report I believe we need to scale up. While what is contained in the plan is welcome I am concerned that it is, perhaps, not adequate in terms of the range of issues with which people are currently presenting and the likely increased challenges in this regard given many of the...