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Seanad: Early Intervention and Economic Benefits: Statements (6 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: As always the Minister is more than welcome to the House and we are delighted that she is here. Her statement and speech to us today are seminal. It should be circulated generally. She was very fair in trying to give us a summary of what she has said to us today and it lays a strong foundation for a new home for children. I cannot commend enough what the Minister has said. More people...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Last December I tabled an amendment to this Bill at a time when the House was debating the Social Welfare Bill. At that time I was particularly downhearted about the role of the Seanad Members as legislators. I was all the more encouraged when the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, said that he would take the amendment and look to bring it back within the Finance Bill later in the year....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank Gordon Jeyes and all of his team. It is good that we have the hearing today and it is great that we have received additional information. This is an area where there is cross-party and cross-group agreement with agencies about what the new agency should be. We are all very supportive of that. My difficulty lies in understanding its component parts and composition because I have no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I spoke recently to an aftercare worker who told me that to get one night of emergency accommodation, one had to go through five levels of management. I was trying to calculate the time, which is probably expeditionary in respect of what that one night of emergency accommodation costs. Will that reform in the new agency empower workers and make them accountable? It needs to be a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. In the lead-up to today's meeting, I had contact with several organisations and practitioners who would also like to have a voice on this important issue. The witnesses, however, have given us a good cross-section and representative sample of some of the key components that need to be part of the new agency. I have made my views on the agency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Will they be given a budget of 20%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I would like to get clarification on the figure. I do not want to misrepresent the figure, so perhaps Ms Flaherty could clarify what that was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I will leave it at that because I am conscious of time.

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I must ask the Senator to adjourn the debate.

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: For the information of the House, it is proposed to adjourn at 7.30 p.m. I have a long list of speakers.

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Yes, if we adjourn, statements will resume next week.

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I call Senator Mullen and he has eight minutes.

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I also welcome the publication of the report. I begin by asking that the Department of Justice and Equality ensures that copies of the report are provided to those survivors who do not have Internet access, including some who provided testimony to the committee and who have yet to receive a copy. I wish to pay tribute to the Minister of State's own personal conviction and courage on these...

Seanad: Report on Child and Family Income Support: Statements (26 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister and thank her for keeping her promise to bring the report before the House. This is a welcome report as it provides us with a strong evidence base, thus allowing us to move from an anecdotal discussion to one based on evidence. I understand this debate will be the first in a series of discussions in the Seanad on this report. I note also that other Senators in my...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Social Entrepreneurship: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I, too, thank One Foundation for its ten years of funding. Having worked for an organisation that benefited from an investment by One Foundation, I say that from the heart to the foundation and Mr. Declan Ryan, in particular. Having listened very carefully to what Ms Mortell said, I note that much activity surrounding social entrepreneurship and the examination of social change and its...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank everyone who attended a joint briefing I organised on the Magdalen report with Amnesty International, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and Justice for Magdalenes. I hope we will debate the issue at the earliest opportunity, and I hope that today is day one of justice. When we have the debate I ask for appropriate time to scrutinise any proposed redress scheme; there should not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: No, John.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the delegation for the presentation. I wish to express particular thanks to the team leaders who are Ms Charlotte O'Connell, Mr. Gavin Walker, Ms Deirdre Halford, Mr. Gregg Starr and Ms Monica Percy. I also wish to thank the boy named Aaron. With my children's rights background I am particularly passionate about childhood obesity. His mother and him were very honest. The...

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: We can go for renewal of the licence, we do not have to go for the upfront payment. The Minister has put that argument forward about the upfront payment but we could apply for the renewal of the licence.