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Seanad: Irish Sign Language: Motion (9 Oct 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. It is wonderful to see her in this Chamber. I am very supportive of the motion tabled by my friend and colleague, Senator Martin Conway, and well supported by Senator Keane. I am not that familiar with this issue, so in advance I seek forgiveness if I step on toes and say the wrong things. I have a great many questions because as I...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Oct 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Does the Acting Leader wish to propose a further suspension?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Oct 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Could we just proceed with the suspension?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Oct 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Irish Sign Language: Motion (9 Oct 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: We are dealing with motion No. 9 of No. 43 on the recognition of Irish Sign Language. Before we commence I welcome the members of the Irish Deaf Society. I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for making arrangements for sign language interpretation to the Gallery for this important debate. We are all very supportive of the initiative. It is great to see it in the Chamber. I invite Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I also wish to comment on the report on direct provision centres referred to by Senators Hayden and Crown and reported on by Carl O'Brien today in The Irish Times. I have raised this issue on numerous occasions in this House, as have some of my colleagues, most notably Senator Ó Clochartaigh. We have continually called for clarification on many issues. I still have a concern about the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I raise with the Leader, and the Cathaoirleach, a decision made by the Dáil Committee on Procedure and Privileges, CPP, yesterday to cease allowing Members to invite non-governmental organisations to host briefings in the AV room. I learned of this not as a member of the Seanad CPP. I learned it from Deputy Thomas Pringle's tweet. He tweeted, "Dáil CPP closes down presentation...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 Oct 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I second the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: That is crazy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I must make a declaration of interest as I was a former chief executive of the Children's Rights Alliance and a former president of the National Youth Council of Ireland. They say that every day is a school day and the figure Ms Tanya Ward gave initially, which Deputy Ó Caoláin just missed, was that there has been a 13.4% increase in the child population since 2006. We have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: The witnesses are doing great work and I will try not to duplicate the questions. With regard to the Irish Hospice Foundation and children's palliative care, I was at a launch a few years ago and the HSE was very positive about how it would make the process sustainable. Will Ms Edghill clarify when the wheels came off that commitment? I thought sustainability was on track so where is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (26 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the witnesses. I agree with my colleagues that the presentations were very clear. Deputy Healy picked up the point on community care. It is a strand that runs through all, as does the concept of rights and not charity. The fair deal scheme, respite care, the carer's allowance and even the policy decision Mr. Dunne talked about in Kilkenny all come together. When we try to raise...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. David Begg (25 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I too wish to join in the welcome to David Begg and thank him for his very interesting address. Like all Members I have plenty to say about how present-day Ireland compares with the Ireland of the 1913 Lock-out. I refer to areas such as child poverty, socioeconomic disparities, the promotion and protection of economic, social and cultural rights, sub-standard housing and accommodation -...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act (Commencement) Order 2013: Statements (24 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister is most welcome. It is very useful to have this opportunity to clarify the provisions we are discussing. People throughout the country are eager to know what form the banking inquiry will take. It is a welcome development that this House is being used as a forum to allow the Minister to set out exactly what is proposed. I echo Senator Thomas Byrne's comments on the Committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medicines and Medical Products: Discussion with Irish Medicines Board (24 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: What does Mr. Lynch mean by "lifestyle"? It that about a person's health?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medicines and Medical Products: Discussion with Irish Medicines Board (24 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: In regard to the 2%, have they all bought medicines?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Medicines and Medical Products: Discussion with Irish Medicines Board (24 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the delegation. I wish to add to the comments of my colleague, Deputy McLellan, on the illegal importation of drugs. That 758,000 dosages were intercepted by customs is alarming because although I realised we had a problem, I did not realise the scale and nature of it. Were the drugs imported for individual use or were they intended to be traded? The IMB stated in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Last Thursday, in the light of the introduction of a ban by the French Senate, I expressed my opposition to the child beauty pageant due to take place in Dublin. I am delighted to say the hotel where it was planned to be held cancelled the booking and that no other hotel in Ireland would take the event. Eventually, it was a rushed event in a bar in County Monaghan. I thank all of the...

Seanad: Directive of European Parliament on Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children: Statements (19 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: It would be shame if a Sinn Féin representative did not get to speak.

Seanad: Directive of European Parliament on Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children: Statements (19 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I too welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for his comprehensive presentation on the EU directive. I could say a lot on issues related to the directive, but I intend to focus on article 25 which relates to child abuse material online. I welcome the commitments the Minister has given this morning. Among the wide-ranging provisions relating to criminal offences and sanctions in...