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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I echo everything said in the Chamber this morning about St. Patrick's Institution. There is a need for greater urgency because, as has been said, there are still 17 to 21 year olds detained at the institution. Therefore, the problem has not gone away. I ask for an update on the development of a detention school at a site located at Oberstown-Lusk. We need to ensure that when children are...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Yes.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I wish to address with the Minister of State a specific aspect of the legislation relating to small businesses that often gets overlooked - that is, the area of child care. Currently, there are 4,700 notified early childhood care and education services in Ireland, which employ 22,000 staff and provide sessional full-day and after-school care for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: It is voluntary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Some products are highly processed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. We have had many deliberations already about the need for a multi-faceted approach to this problem. Part of me worries that we are over-analysing and over-complicating the problem. I never thought I would refer to Ms Ann Widdicombe in this context, but she said that she would love to write a book on obesity and losing weight but the only...

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Motion (4 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Senator's time is up.

Seanad: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Amendments Nos. 14 to 16, inclusive, will be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: We have discussed those amendments collectively and I shall not reopen the discussion. Perhaps the Minister wishes to reply directly to the Senator.

Seanad: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Is it agreed to discuss amendments Nos. 13 and 19 together? Agreed.

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, on her achievement in bringing this proposal through the Oireachtas. Many have promised, but it is she who has delivered. The word "historic" is overused, but, like Senator Cáit Keane, I am minded to clap as the legislation completes its passage through the Houses, ready to go before the people on 10 November. The Minister took the...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Okay. Will the Minister confirm that homeless children who are being provided with accommodation under section 5 of the Child Care Act will be covered? On Second Stage I raised the importance of mediation. It is clear from the debate we are having that we hope we do not end up in the courts in many family cases. The hope is that we can solve the cases prior to their going to court. I...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I know. I am slightly, but I am talking about a case being brought by the State or the State being a party to it.

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I know. I was trying to circumvent it. I appreciate and understand what the Sinn Féin amendment is trying to do. It will not necessarily address the issue. The current wording does not limit us in legislation. On the issues raised by my colleague Senator Ó Clochartaigh, there is a significant onus on us to introduce legislation to address the shortfalls mentioned.

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: Having looked at the amendment, and being very conscious that the Cathaoirleach is keeping us to the amendments, if we consider the Dáil debates last week and the debate yesterday, speakers cited the Kilkenny, Roscommon and child death review group reports. The provision in the current wording and, equally, in the Sinn Féin amendment will not remedy the failure of the State to act on the...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: That is not intended.

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I said yesterday I wanted to make a few points on this provision. I have stated on several occasions that I hoped the wording of the amendment would include the word "proportionate" and it is significant that the Minister has included it. This will perhaps address some of the concerns Senator Mullen has raised. I also very much welcome the removal of the specification of failure "for...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I apologise for arriving late for the debate, but I was launching a report produced by the One in Four organisation. There is considerable potential in the proposed Article 42A(1) and how it is interpreted will be important because it is the bedrock of the entire constitutional amendment. In the event that the courts seek to establish the intention of the framers to guide their...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Accommodation for Asylum Seekers (2 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I will pursue this issue. The standards should apply to these centres, as the RIA is a statutory agency. I do not agree with the interpretation put forward, but I will pursue it with the Minister. Equally, when he seeks the numbers of children from me - I note the date of January 2005 - I will point out that, potentially, children over the age of seven years are Irish citizen children but...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Accommodation for Asylum Seekers (2 Oct 2012)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, to the House. The Reception and Integration Agency, RIA, of the Department of Justice and Equality is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision. According to RIA's latest monthly report, that of June 2012, there were 4,900 people in its live system, that is, living in...