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Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Apr 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister of State is welcome, as always, to the House. I will support the Bill today but I will look at amendments that are put forward on Committee Stage. I would prefer if we could go further with payments and restore them to the fullest extent. We shall debate a motion later in this House and, therefore, I shall mainly deal with my issues regarding lone parents later on. However,...

Seanad: One-Parent Family Supports: Motion (15 Apr 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Tánaiste. It is with pride that I second the motion. The result of inadequate income for many one-parent families is food poverty, fuel poverty, over-indebtedness, difficulty with education-related costs, cutting out extra-curricular activities and children's hobbies, living in poor quality housing, risk of homelessness, and homelessness. The latest SILC data for 2013...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I support the workers of Dunnes Stores. When reading the details of their existing conditions, it is extremely difficult to support any other side. Normally I can see the two sides of an argument, but in this case the Dunnes Stores workers seem to have been treated appallingly. I hope the people will stand with them in seeking appropriate working terms and conditions. Yesterday morning on...

Seanad: Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Effective Date for Certain Bodies) Order 2015: Motion (2 Apr 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: No. 2 is a motion regarding the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Effective Date for Certain Bodies) Order 2015. No. 3 is a motion regarding the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Exempted Public Bodies) Order 2015. The motions can be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed. Members should note that only group spokespersons will be called.

Seanad: Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Effective Date for Certain Bodies) Order 2015: Motion (2 Apr 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: It is group spokespersons-----

Seanad: Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Effective Date for Certain Bodies) Order 2015: Motion (2 Apr 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: That is appreciated. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Exempted Public Bodies) Order 2015: Motion (2 Apr 2015)

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

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I wish to speak on the child care law reporting project that has produced 30 new case reports today. Carol Coulter and her team are providing an invaluable service to us. One of the issues highlighted in the reports is the lack of specialised mental health services for children so I reiterate my call for a debate on children's mental health services. We are seeing far too many reports...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (31 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I stand in support of the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015. I too was a member of the Constitutional Convention so part of me is disappointed because it made two recommendations, namely, that the voting age be lowered to 16 and that the Presidential term be not...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (31 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: There are many people with HIV, including people who are not gay.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I do not support the amendment. We have had a long process of pre-legislative scrutiny to get to this point. The Bill is very much based on children's rights. We are at last providing for a regulated framework, which means that children's rights will be extinguished if we do not bring forward this legislation. That is why I believe the Bill is centred on children's rights, including the...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I want the record to show that because many things have been said on the floor of the House. The Bill is centred on children's rights.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: We might have that discussion on another day. The House did not agree to the grouping of the amendments.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The House did not agree to the grouping of the amendments.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Senator David Norris has the floor. I assume he is not seconding the amendments.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I was waiting for somebody to do so. I did not know who was going to second it and nobody else had indicated. Is there a seconder?

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Will Senator Jim Walsh formally second the amendment?

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Will the Senator reserve his right to speak and let Senator David Norris finish?

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister to continue, without interruption.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Will the Senator, please, allow the Minister to continue, without interruption?