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Seanad: European Council Decisions: Motions (1 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: This motion pertains to two council decisions of the EU establishing measures in the area or international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece of 14 September 2015 and 22 September 2015, also known as the relocation opt-ins. I welcome the relocation plan, a collective response and definitive action from the EU. It has been a long time coming. The civil war in Syria in which...

Seanad: European Council Decisions: Motions (1 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: This is a global issue but the EU must ensure that all member states uphold its values and look to the treaties of the European Union to look at the possibility of suspension of member states who are putting up barriers. That, for me, is a frightful sight which I thought was only part of our history. We need to ensure there are transparent legal pathways for refuge to safety in Europe....

Seanad: Pre-Budget Outlook: Statements (30 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister is very welcome, and I welcome the opportunity to have a little influence on his thoughts as we approach the budget. I note the Minister's ongoing openness and engagement with individual Senators and with the House. As the Minister said, it is a time for political choices and options, and this is what we are trying to influence. I will focus on specific issues regarding...

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Before I call the Minister, I remind everyone to confine their comments to the scope of the Bill.

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Longer Healthy Living Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Sep 2015)

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

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:“ “emotional abuse” means behaviour (including an omission to behave in a particular manner) that significantly and seriously deprives a child of his or her developmental need for affection, approval, consistency and security and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing,...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: On Report Stage, I want to address the matter of the agency requesting mandated persons to assist with assessments. While I need to do some more exploratory work on this matter, we might need to ensure consistency between the agency’s functions under paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of section 8(1) in the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 and those set out in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 5:In page 20, after line 21, to insert the following: “PART 5 MISCELLANEOUSAmendment of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 28. The Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 is amended by substituting the words “child sexual abuse material” for “child pornography” in each place those words appear.”. I am...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister for proving that he is Minister for all children in his reply on transgender children. I know they will be heartened to hear what he has said tonight. I am familiar with the work of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in consulting with children and young people. The consultation process he is commencing will be invaluable to all of our understandings as we...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 6:In page 20, after line 21, to insert the following:“28. The Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 is amended by the substitution for section 24 of the following—“Abolition of common law rules in respect of immunity from criminal liability for punishing a child 24. Any rule of law under which any person is immune from criminal liability in...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I absolutely accept the Minister’s bona fides on this issue and, as has been in evidence in the House tonight, we all share that objective. I acknowledge the work being done by the officials in the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and by the Attorney General. I am cognisant that it could be challenged in law, as any law could be but the likelihood is that will be by somebody...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Procurement Practices for the Purchase of Hospital Supplies and Equipment: Beacon Hospital and Health Service Executive (23 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I wish to echo my colleagues' statements that representatives of St. Vincent's hospital should be before us today. I thank Mr. Cullen for coming in. In a previous life I worked in procurement, although it was in the office supplies business, so it is an area that I know a lot about. Unfortunately, I am not surprised at what the investigation by "Prime Time" came out with, having seen the...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister and warmly welcome the arrival of the Bill in the Seanad. I actively participated in the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill at the Joint Committee on Health and Children which produced a report on the matter in July 2012. I thank all of the organisations and individuals that participated in the pre-legislative scrutiny process and provided expert advice for the...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I support this amendment and, indeed, all of the amendments that have been tabled. The Group 2 amendments came out of the debate in the Seanad on the Bill. The Minister is making the Bill consistent and I thank him once again for accepting my amendment in the Seanad. I wholeheartedly support this Bill. The amalgamation of the three detention schools on the Oberstown site into one legal...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: It has.

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I invited Senator Leyden's party colleagues on the committee.

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Joint Committee on Health and Children visited the Oberstown site and all parties were represented. I commend the Minister on this Bill. It is a heavy burden to carry that we need this detention facility because it means we have failed children in so many ways, but the reality is we need it. What the Minister is doing here in creating the one site is important. We need to ensure the...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I second the amendment. It is with pleasure that I support Senator Mary Ann O'Brien, who introduced me to this issue. To my shame, I was not aware of its extent or nature until the Senator gave me a very compelling article from The Sunday Timesof 12 July 2015 about this Limerick girl and her family, who have suffered serious ill-health that they say is linked to pollution. I would advise...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, to the House. I apologise that I was not here when the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, was giving her overview of the legislation. I was attending a meeting of the Joint Committee on Health and Children which was engaging with the Child and Family Agency. While I appreciate the desire to have certain legislation passed through...

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