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Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (11 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I indicated when I spoke earlier.

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (11 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State. I thank Senators Hayden and Landy for tabling this motion. I also thank my colleagues for the amendments they tabled which allow us to have a wider and richer debate. When I first saw the motion I thought of the 150 families with children in emergency hotel accommodation, the majority of whom have been forced out of the private rental sector by spiralling...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I support amendment No. 35 proposed by Senator Zappone. It seems quite simple and straightforward but is greater because it involves the State sending out a clear signal about public facilities and that it wishes to build a respectful and inclusive society. It would be regrettable that we would ever think somebody had to prove his or her gender in order to use State public facilities....

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 40: In page 12, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:"(2) Inclusion in the Register established under this Section shall not be construed by any Minister of the Government or any public body as extinguishing or limiting or otherwise affecting in a negative manner the entitlement of any person or body so included to apply for or to be considered for any of the...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: What about section 5?

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the clarity that has been given by the Minister. I know the organisations that contacted me will be equally thankful for what the Minister has put on the record. I will withdraw the amendment on that basis.

Seanad: Mediation Services: Motion (4 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I also welcome the Minister of State and join in commending Senator Conway on putting this motion on the agenda to give Members an opportunity to discuss this matter in the Chamber. I certainly concur with Senators O'Donovan and Bacik about urging the Minister to bring the Bill before the Seanad first and I hope a clear date will be given in this regard. I believe the Seanad is highly...

Seanad: Mediation Services: Motion (4 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: She has an outstanding record in this area. The Law Reform Commission report from 2010 contained 108 recommendations. I do not plan to read them all out but when one goes through the recommendations, what is interesting is that many of them have been done or are near completion because the profession itself can develop them and is doing the work in these areas. In this context, for...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2015: Second Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Bill, although I have to admit it was not one to which I was paying particular attention. That speaks to the issue Senator Bacik mentioned about the Title. In a previous life I worked in the private sector for quite a long time. I was a director of human resources and logistics in a small to medium business where we had, on average, 50 employees. Once I started reading this...

Seanad: Workplace Relations Bill 2015: Second Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister. I welcome the guests of the Leas-Chathaoirleach, who are in the Gallery. They are: Terry and Jackie Kroeger, who are visiting from the United States, Johnny O'Hanlon from Cavan, and Enda Buckley from west Cork. They are more than welcome to the Seanad.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I will withdraw it and re-table it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: -----and shall, as far as practicable, by its laws protect and vindicate those rights. For me, this is a very specific case. Leading up to the referendum I felt at last we were no longer saying to children to sit and wait in the corner, as it were, because we were going to deal with the adult stuff first, sort our lives out first and make children wait. We were dealing with these problems...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I am speaking on the issue. I am entitled to comment on Committee Stage.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I know.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I am responding. We are on Committee Stage and I suggest the Acting Chairman looks at the fact that amendments have been grouped. The Minister of State has said that the provision is based on the advice of the Attorney General, so we are saying one person will make this decision. Will he go back to Government and ask whether we really are willing to exclude? Will he ask whether this means...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I am conscious of the time and that I have outlined all of my arguments. I am disappointed, as I was co-operative in how I tried to put forward my position and explain what we are trying to do on an evidence basis as well as a human one. That is part of our job. The Minister of State is right in that we can consider other laws, but some of those were drafted a long time ago. Malta is...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Feb 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“ “child” means a person under the age of 18 years;”.I welcome our visitors to the Visitors' Gallery and I congratulate Senator Zappone. I did not speak on that amendment because I intend to say a great deal on this substantive point. I do not plan to speak on other matters, but...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (29 Jan 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Exactly.

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (29 Jan 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I will lobby the Minister. I am being upfront about why I want to lobby him. What the Minister is trying to do is really good. I want to be as supportive of it as I can to ensure we bring in this legislation and he can commence it as soon as possible.

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (29 Jan 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I join previous speakers in welcoming this important and overdue Bill. I congratulate the Minister on its introduction. He did not face an easy challenge but his personal commitment to this issue has been evident. As he stated, this legislation is part of a suite of reform measures. I view the Bill in that context. I must confess that I have only given the legislation a cursory glance...