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Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: No. Senators will have plenty of time to debate the legislation on Committee Stage.

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015)

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

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (19 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister is very welcome. I also welcome his officials. I particularly welcome Dr. Fergal Lynch in his new position as Secretary General. I wholeheartedly endorse what Deputy McLellan said on the issue of direct provision. There is a need for independent oversight and a complaints mechanism. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs should have a role in ensuring the Ombudsman...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (19 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I wish to clarify one thing and ensure there is no misunderstanding on what I said with regard to the special rapporteur on child protection. I do not expect the Department to accept a report and take on board all the recommendations. I have a specific question. When the Minister came to his decision not to act, had he or his officials consulted with the special rapporteur on child...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 2: In page 7, to delete lines 3 and 4 and substitute the following:“(a) where the child is, was or has been placed (including placement in foster care) with a person or body under the Child Care Act 1991 or equivalent legislation,”.These amendments are purely designed to make some grammatical changes and to take account of the fact that a person may have...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 3: In page 7, line 5, to delete “is placed” and substitute “is, was or has been placed”.

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 4: In page 7, line 5, after “2001” to insert “or equivalent legislation”.

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 5: In page 7, line 6, to delete “has been placed” and substitute “is, was or has been placed”.

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 7: In page 7, line 28, after “2010),” to insert “former and surviving spouse, former and surviving civil partner, former and surviving cohabitant,”.This amendment serves to ensure that a person's former and surviving spouses, civil partners and cohabitants are included in the definition of a relative.

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister. I very much appreciate the spirit in which he has come into the House in not opposing the Bill today. As Senators Power and Healy Eames said, I would hope that we could move this Bill forward because people are ageing. This is an issue to which I first came when I started working in the Children's Rights Alliance and people, including mothers and those who were now...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: It is substantive.

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 13: In page 12, line 7, after "address" to insert "(other than an address listed for a natural parent in the relevant entry in the register of births)".The purpose of these amendments is to bring clarity to the Bill. Amendment No. 15 seeks to ensure access to information on a birth certificate. The amendments are technical in nature but would, we believe, add clarity...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 14: In page 12, line 8, to delete "or a" and substitute "and a".

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 15: In page 12, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: "(5) For the avoidance of any doubt, nothing in this section shall prevent the release to a person under section 4 of any particulars contained in an entry in respect of that person in the register of births.".

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 16: In page 12, lines 19 and 20, to delete "adoptive parents" and substitute "adoptive family".We have engaged with a number of people on the Bill. The reality is that many of the adopted children about whom we are speaking are now adults. Therefore, we believe a reference to "adoptive family" rather than "adoptive parents" is more appropriate.

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 17: In page 12, line 26, to delete "adoptive parents" and substitute "adoptive family".

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 18: In page 13, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: "(d) a body of persons or society that was, at any time, an "accredited body" as defined by section 10 of the Act of 2010 or that was, at any time, a body of persons or society registered in the Adoption Societies Register maintained under section 35 of the Adoption Act 1952,".

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 19: In page 16, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: "(9) Where an adopted person wishes to communicate in writing with his or her natural parent or where a natural parent wishes to communicate in writing with the adopted person, the Authority shall make arrangements for the exchange of such communications, provided that in making such arrangements for the...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 21: In page 16, line 33, to delete "adopted person" and substitute "natural parent".The purpose of this amendment is to correct a typographical error on our part.

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 22: In page 16, line 35, to delete "adopted person" and substitute "natural parent".