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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Child Pornography (30 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to take this Adjournment matter. In February last the Independent group tabled a Private Members' motion in the Seanad seeking to block child abuse material on the Internet, at which time the Minister for Justice and Equality gave a clear commitment that the matter would be fully considered in the context of the proposed Criminal Law...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. Obviously, the overall rationale for my amendment is that the original rehabilitative periods put forward in this Bill of five to seven years for relevant custodial sentences and three to five years for relevant non-custodial sentences were too long. The Government's own amendment, which reduces these periods to four to five years and two to four...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: We agree on this issue. The fact the new spent conviction arrangements would not apply to multiple convictions arising from a single offence or incident was raised on Second Stage. Today's amendments Nos. 22 and 23 seek to address that. I felt there was a danger that combining convictions of this nature could have had the effect of combining two minor sentences into a more serious...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: No, but I reserve the right to bring it back on Report Stage.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Yes, this is my amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: While I fully support these amendments, I seek clarity in respect of consistency in the Bill. Do Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 to the Bill about "relevant work" still stand? While I agree with the Government's proposal that they should be removed from the Bill because the matter is addressed in the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act, when I look to Schedule 3 on...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: That is good.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister of State for her response. It is good that we are all broadly in strong support of the Bill, although we are trying to make it that little bit better. It is good to have such a constructive atmosphere for this debate. There was only one comment with which I did not agree - it referred to recidivism rates in Ireland. In 2008, a report by UCD's Institute of Criminology,...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 3: In page 5, line 31, to delete "12 months" and substitute "2 years".I welcome the Minister of State to the House. On Second Stage I expressed my full support for the Bill and the amendments I have tabled are to strengthen it further. The Bill brings Ireland in line with the rest of its EU partners and the vast majority of the Council of Europe states. It is a mark of...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Gay Mitchell, MEP (24 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: He is the expert.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Gay Mitchell, MEP (24 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome Mr. Gay Mitchell, MEP, to the House. I ask my question in light of the fact that Mr. Mitchell has twice won the title of MEP of the year for development. I did not necessarily know that he was the leading figure who successfully negotiated the development co-operation instrument in 2006. While that may sound like nothing much, that co-operation instrument has a budget of ¤16.9...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I have two questions that relate to the testimony we heard yesterday from the medical professionals, who clearly asked for legal clarity. Professor Fionnuala McAuliffe went further to say that without our proximity to Britain, the questions we would face here would be very different. We have had considerable discussion on the threat to life, suicide ideation and intent. Do we need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: My question has been asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the three witnesses. My understanding is that no one disagrees with the repeal of sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act but I wish to confirm that. Yesterday there was considerable discussion here, as there has been in the media, about suicide ideation or suicidal intent. Having listened yesterday and considered the matter overnight and having re-examined the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (8 Jan 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I am conscious of the time constraints and I will not, therefore, repeat questions which have already been asked. I thank our guests for their presentations. It is clear that we are operating within the parameters of the proposed legislation and supporting regulations. In that context, will our guests indicate what they think should be the role of psychiatrists in this area? Should it...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 3: In page 9, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:" "Act of 2003" means the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003;".I referred to this on Second Stage and I do not want to take up too much time today. The Minister stated that in principle the properties that I have raised in these categories, those held by trusts for children and youth activities,...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I appreciate the Minister's answer and I will await the finance Bill.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Fifth Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: There are many things I would like to be able to say, but I am conscious of the time constraints and the need to allow my colleagues to speak. The Seanad has had a couple of bad days. Senators Marie Louise O'Donnell and O'Brien expressed views which are very much my own. I listened carefully to what Members had to say and then recalled that on 26 September our group had tabled a Private...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Report Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: On a point of order, Article 21.1.2° of the Constitution states: Every Money Bill passed by Dáil Éireann shall be sent to Seanad Éireann for its recommendations. ...and under Article 21.2 1°: Every Money Bill sent to Seanad Éireann for its recommendations shall ... be returned to Dáil Éireann, which may accept or reject all or any of the recommendations of Seanad Éireann.The Seanad...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Report Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: The ruling was not made by the House.