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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I support Senator O'Brien in his call for No. 2 to be discussed. It is something we should do to ensure any inquiry is as we intend it and as we would expect. Perhaps it cannot be facilitated today but if there were a commitment, I would be supportive of it. I commend the French Senate, which yesterday banned beauty pageants for children under 16 years. In fact, it will impose prison...

Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I also wish to support my colleagues, Senators O'Donnell and Mac Conghail in the tabling of this motion, which I fully support. I do not wish to get tied up in knots about terms like "core" or "compulsory" because I welcome the junior certificate reform. My own background is in youth work and much of what we practice in non-formal education is being brought into the classroom and the formal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Work Programme, Disability Services and Related Issues: Discussion with HIQA (12 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Department of Justice and Equality and the HSE. I have done quite a lot of work in the area, but the answers I have received from the Government to date are not appropriate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Work Programme, Disability Services and Related Issues: Discussion with HIQA (12 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: There is a lack of accountability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Work Programme, Disability Services and Related Issues: Discussion with HIQA (12 Sep 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I echo the welcome to our guests. I look forward to a discussion of the corporate plan at a future date. The new inspection process will begin with inspections of residential services for children and adults with disabilities. I have a supplementary question following from Deputy Ó Caoláin's question. Does HIQA envisage a timeline for the inspection of all 1,700 centres? These...

Seanad: SI 325 of 2012 - European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012: Motion (20 Aug 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State. Today we are being asked to annul SI 325 of 2012 which gives effect to the European Union directive on standards of quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation. We all know that Ireland was legally obliged to legislate under EU law to ensure a common set of standards throughout the European Union and that is something we can all agree on....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I also wish to extend my thanks to Ms Mary Lindsay and to congratulate Mr. Tony O'Brien. I welcome the significant publication of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 and look forward to our consideration of it. The Minister is right to acknowledge his personal initiatives on the tobacco front as well as the Department's. I have two concerns in this regard. The first has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Question No. 3 relates to Health Ireland: A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013-2025. I attended the launch, where there was great fanfare about it being a superb initiative. However, I was disappointed. It is all about joined-up government and working together to have a healthier Ireland. Despite this, the Department of Education and Skills has reduced the number of physical...

Seanad: An Bille um an Tríú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cúirt Achomhairc) 2013: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An Bille um an Tríú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cúirt Achomhairc) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An Bille um an Tríú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cúirt Achomhairc) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister to the House. Unlike the arrangements in other common law jurisdictions, the Irish Supreme Court is the court of final appeal in all appeals from the lower courts. According to recent figures published by the Courts Service and reported in The Irish Times, the Supreme Court received 605 appeals last year, a 21% increase on 2011. It issued 114 judgments, up 56% from...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I would like to join Senators in heaping plaudits on Senator Quinn. He has shown us a fine example of how the Seanad can work. He mentioned that 1,168 days have passed since he introduced this Bill. We certainly hope the subcontractors will be paid much more quickly as a result of this legislation. Many of them may have been waiting for the length of time he mentioned. I congratulate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Agency: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I apologise for being slightly distracted, but I anticipate that there will shortly be a vote in the Seanad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Agency: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I warmly welcome Ms Gibbons. Her experience and expertise are evident. I did question the principle of appointing a chairperson and would have preferred if the post had been advertised, but I have no difficulty with her nomination. Will the terms of reference for the chairperson and board members be published? Its publication would help us all to understand the roles and powers of the...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Tuarascáil (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: It is always wonderful to listen to Senator Ó Murchú, whose interventions are always very thoughtful and considered. I hope what he said today will be reported. I had not intended to speak but earlier events have encouraged me to do so. I take my role as a legislator very seriously. In addition to being a legislator, I am a citizen who is directly affected by the legislation we...

Seanad: Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: A referendum would not be necessary to reduce the voting age for local and European elections.

Seanad: Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister and I agree with his statement that the Bill takes a pragmatic approach. My comments concern participation in elections and I will let my colleague, Senator Fiach Mac Conghail, speak to the issues around the amendment we have put forward as a group. When the Bill was being drafted, was any consideration given to the Constitutional Convention and its results? It is a...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Amendments Nos. 14 and 15 have been ruled out of order, as they involve a potential charge on the Exchequer.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Amendments Nos. 8 to 13, inclusive, and 16 to 18, inclusive, are related may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Senator Barrett-----