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Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Second Stage provides that opportunity.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I am giving the Senator a little latitude.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage (11 Dec 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: As always, the Minister of State is very welcome. I welcome the Bill, in particular the increase in child benefit, the introduction of the back-to-work family dividend, the increase in the living alone allowance and the Christmas bonus and, in particular, the retention of the earnings disregard for one parent families and the doubling of JobsPlus payments. I add to the appeal of Senator...

Seanad: Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2014)

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

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I will circulate it.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I would like to add my voice to those who were ashamed and horrified by what we saw on the recent RTE "Prime Time" programme. I want to update the Seanad that at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children this morning we decided to invite representatives of the HSE to a meeting next Tuesday to examine care home settings. I am sure all Oireachtas Members are welcome...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (10 Dec 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Best Practice Access Guidelines: Irish Wheelchair Association (4 Dec 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I join my colleagues in welcoming the deputation and thank it for the access guidelines which are most interesting to read. This is not an area about which I claim to know a great deal, other than having experiences, particularly with children's groups, when trying to access a venue or seeking to hold an event in a venue. Sometimes we are told venues are fully accessible, but when we arrive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Deep Brain Tissue Treatment: Health Service Executive (4 Dec 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: What is the timeframe?

Seanad: Homelessness: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister. According to the Simon Community, the official count for rough sleepers last month was 168. This represents a 30% increase in the period since spring of this year. The number is double that which obtained in November 2012. This is a time of many sickening firsts and all-time highs. For example, there are now over 1,600 adults and 680 children in emergency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV in Ireland: Discussion (27 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I shall pick up on the Deputy's last point and state that awareness raising is overdue. Mr. Goulding spoke about the matter and I was saddened to hear his experience. We need a targeted awareness programme but we also need a broader awareness raising piece. There is a generation that knows about HIV but there is another generation that is awakening which does not necessarily know about...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Firearms Licences (25 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Harmony is restored.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

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

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: You are not supposed to be doing that, Senator, although I have given you a little bit of leeway.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: It is not relevant.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I have three Senators indicating that they wish to speak and I need to call the Minister at 6.25 p.m. so I ask for Senators' co-operation. Senator Mullins has five minutes but I encourage him to speak more briefly than that.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: This is a normal, robust debate, but I ask Senator JOhn Gilroy to address the issue in question.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Please allow Senator John Gilroy speak without interruption as he is on the list to speak.

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Second Stage (19 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister is very welcome and I thank him for his co-operation in helping us bring this Bill to the House. I would also like to extend a welcome to our visitors in the Visitors Gallery from Adoption Rights Alliance Ireland and Dr. Fergus Ryan. I thank Senator Averil Power for her tremendous work initiating the Bill and Senator Healy Eames for joining with us in bringing it forward today....

Seanad: Report of Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas: Statements (19 Nov 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Senator should conclude.