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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Senator Wilson, without interruption.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Senator Wilson, without interruption.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: The 2002 referendum was my first referendum vote. I worked in the private sector for 15 years and then headed up different children and youth NGOs, both in a voluntary and professional capacity. In these roles, I have always listened to the debate but I have never had to actively formulate a position. I am a little nervous now because this is the first time I am publicly stating how I feel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: He had only two minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I will not get into a debate on Supreme Court judgments. My role as a legislator is to uphold the Constitution. I refer to head 4. Many legal debates occur about the X case but I am very conscious that it was about a 14 year old girl. That is what we are discussing. As Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness noted, it is about that human life. In regard to head 4, to exclude suicidality is to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Briefly, on the question on the merging of heads 2 and 4, Dr. Mills indicated he would revert to that question and I specifically asked that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the panel for their expertise. I would like to raise head 12 on conscientious objection, because it has come up several times and all of the experts have testified to their appreciation of the right to a conscientious objection. However, it seems it has always been seen from the perspective of the doctor or the consultant. Does a patient have a right to know if their medical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the witnesses for attending the committee. My first question is for Dr. Kevin Walsh and Dr. Janice Walshe. I am trying to tease out the pathway for a woman making a decision. I imagine that she would have seen a specialist prior to finding out that she had become pregnant and must make a decision. The witnesses stressed that such cases are rare, but does Dr. Kevin Walsh agree with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: To take up where Deputy Conway concluded, Dr. McCarthy told us this morning that suicide in pregnancy is a real risk. He concluded by saying, "It does happen." Professor Malone spoke about the therapeutic alliance. My question is: has he ever involuntarily admitted a patient? Surely it could be argued that involuntarily admitting patients is in breach of a therapeutic alliance. Earlier,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: My question has been asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank all the experts for their very compelling contributions. I have specific questions about head 4 of the Bill. I refer to the submission from the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland which proposes that the term "absence of clinical markers" is incorrect. This has already been referred to this morning. They talked about the absence of biological markers but that there are clinical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Keep going.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Is this in the UK?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Deputy Conway has asked my question on specialists. This morning we heard from the Irish Medical Council and the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The institute, in particular, suggested that heads 2 and 4 should be merged because it does not differentiate in terms of logistical arrangements between physical or mental reasons for considering a termination. They did agree that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: The witnesses are all very welcome. I will not duplicate questions already asked. I was very interested to hear the Irish Medical Council propose that heads 2 and 4 should be merged. That was the conclusion to which I came following the January hearings. I went in with a different opinion but having listened to the submissions I questioned why we were differentiating. I am interested in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Under head 1 on interpretation of reasonable opinion, why does it not also include for the life of the pregnant woman? If it were, it would give more of the equal esteem that is in Article 40.3.3° of the Constitution. Regarding heads 2 and 4, is there a reason there is no clause requiring consultation with the pregnant woman? We are ensuring consultations are taking place but not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Yet there is no statutory requirement.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Jim Higgins, MEP (16 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I, too, join in welcoming Mr. Higgins to the House. He has history in this House and the Dáil. He recalled a fateful phone call, similar to one I received two years ago this Monday when I was in China. It was a great story. I will never forget the pride I felt when I got that phone call. I acknowledge the roles which have not been highlighted and in which he played a significant...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?