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Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: It was introduced by the late Brian Lenihan.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: I acknowledge that.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: No, the Senator can proceed.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: We are very happy to allow Senator Paschal Mooney to speak first.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: This is the Social Welfare Bill we are discussing.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: It was reported in today's The Irish Times that the former Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, Seán Aylward, was appointed to the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture. I am flabbergasted by this decision. The committee carries out periodic visits, at any time and without notice, to any place where persons may be deprived of their liberty....

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: After examination of the applications by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, three candidates were put forward by the Department, namely, Seán Aylward, Dr. Mary Rogan and Donncha O'Connell.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: They are on the public record. The names have been reported in the news.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: Everything I have said -----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: I will mention no more names. The nominations were considered by the Parliamentary Assembly but the Committee of Ministers, which comprises ambassadors from members states, did not choose the Assembly's preferred candidate. This obsession with finding positions for former Secretaries General has to stop.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: It went to four rounds of voting. Ireland's reputation was deeply damaged. I ask the Leader of the House to invite the Minister for Justice and Equality to the House to inform us of the instructions he gave to the Irish ambassador. Did Ireland disregard the decision of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe? This is very unusual. I spoke to many people in the Council of...

Seanad: Budget 2012: Statements (6 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: When I was speaking earlier this morning, I should have wished a happy St. Nicholas day to my colleagues in the Netherlands, for whom today is gift-giving day. I do not think the same can be said for here. I can understand now what people mean when they say that something was a game of two halves. There are many aspects of the budget about which we can speak positively, and there are some...

Seanad: Budget 2012: Statements (6 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: This morning I raised the issue of the disability allowance for young people. The rationale is that we do not want young people with disabilities to be dependent on an allowance. However, many of these young people have profound and multiple disabilities. They are not going into training schemes or work placements, irrespective of their desire to integrate and participate fully in society....

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: No, Senator Landy has the right to the floor.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: All of the talk of Ireland having experienced four years of hardship conjures up a notion that, before that, we had a shared prosperity. That simply is not true. Long before the economic downturn and subsequent slide into full-blown recession, tens of thousands of people lived in hardship, in poverty or at risk of poverty, struggled to raise families and care for elderly and disabled...

Seanad: Address by Dr. Mary Robinson (24 Nov 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: On behalf of the Independent group of Taoiseach's nominees, I warmly welcome Dr. Robinson back to Seanad Éireann and congratulate her on her truly formidable career to date. I thank her so much for her inspiration. She has clearly articulated and illustrated to us the tremendous role she has played as a human rights activist. I commend her particularly for her steadfast and committed work...

Seanad: Health Awareness and Physical Fitness: Motion (23 Nov 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: I am not accepting it as a point of order.

Seanad: Health Awareness and Physical Fitness: Motion (23 Nov 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: I call Senator Healy Eames.

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements, Questions and Answers (17 Nov 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister is responding.

Seanad: Social Protection: Statements, Questions and Answers (17 Nov 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: I do not have any other Senators on the list of speakers, therefore, I will ask the Minister to respond.