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- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I am advised that all three amendments are outside the scope of the Bill.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Senator for sharing his knowledge.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: Yesterday the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children published the Childline annual statistics for 2011. The importance of listening to children cannot be overstated and in the past 23 years Childline has been providing this invaluable service for children. It is a service which is trusted and recognised by young people. In 2011, for example, it received more than 800,000...
- Seanad: Symphysiotomy: Statements (16 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also thank my Labour Party colleagues for providing the opportunity to Members of Seanad Ãireann to make statements on the scandalous medical malpractice of symphysiotomy, which was performed in Ireland at least 1,500 times between 1944 and 1992. I also extend the warmest of welcomes to the survivors of symphysiotomy who are present today in...
- Seanad: Symphysiotomy: Statements (16 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister, Deputy Reilly, himself acknowledged last March that symphysiotomy continued to be used in Ireland for some time after it had been all but discontinued in other developed countries and continued to be used for a longer period in particular hospitals, most notably in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. Rather than a procedure arising out of medical necessity, the evidence...
- Seanad: Symphysiotomy: Statements (16 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I would like to put on the record my full support for the setting aside of the statute bar to allow these women seek judicial redress. There is solid precedent in terms of this having been done in respect of clerical sex abuse.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: It was the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Fitzgerald.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: My colleague, Senator Quinn, raised the matter of the missing children's hotline, 116000, on the Order of Business yesterday. The theme of this year's international missing children's day, which is 25 May, is child abduction safety. Senators will be aware that 25 May will also mark the first anniversary of this Seanad. It would be fitting if the hotline could be in place and operational by...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister and commend him for initiating the Bill in the Seanad. The seriousness of the subject matter cannot be overstated and I assure him of my full support. When I look at Schedule 1 offences against children, including murder, rape, incest, child trafficking and child pornography, the gravest offences against the bodily integrity and well-being of a child, I find it...
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Second Stage (9 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Second Stage (9 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: Is that agreed? Agreed. Committee Stage ordered for Wednesday, 6 June 2012.
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Second Stage (9 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Second Stage (9 May 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I support the Bill and welcome the Minister to the House. I thank my colleagues, Senators Crown and Daly, for their collaboration on and commitment to this important public health and children's rights initiative. I echo Senator Crown's words on young Fionn O'Callaghan who, if he were present, would certainly convince everyone in this Chamber of the reason this Bill needs to be enacted...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I support the amendment to oppose section 12. In the interests of time I will simply say that I concur fully with the views expressed by Senator Zappone.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I am sitting at my voting seat, which may be appropriate, because I oppose the section. I am not going to rehearse all the arguments we had on Friday
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister has compared the proposed position with that of other countries, but in reality, wrap around services are available and there is a smooth transition between the services in that they provide school meals as well as after-school care in other countries. We need to look at such a service in Ireland. Members have spoken about the provision of child care and after-school care. I...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I will speak on the section.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I support the amendment. As I said earlier, if the compromise proposal had been accepted, I would have been willing to support the section. I am disappointed we did not receive an answer to our compromise proposal; therefore, I support the amendment on three bases - the issue of child poverty; the employment proposals before us; and the lack of provision for child care and after school...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: There are better ways of spending the same money and getting better outcomes. Many countries have been cited. A country I know well, the Netherlands, has policies designed for all children. My sister-in-law, who has an 11 year old and an eight year old, has wrap-around services and flexible working arrangements. A Dutch person will say he or she works 80% time or 40% time. We do not have...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2012)
Jillian van Turnhout: I support amendment No. 2. I acknowledge the country faces serious financial difficulties and I have voted in this House for the household charge and the septic tank charge with a heavy heart. This issue, however, for me is far too much. I realise difficult decisions must be taken and cuts must be made but whom the cuts affect is ultimately a political decision. In Ireland we believe we...