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Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: The changes, particularly in amendment No. 30, in regard to eligibility for legal aid are welcome, especially the acknowledgement that where the applicant is a relevant person he or she should not have to meet the requirements for financial eligibility in order to receive legal aid. This is vital to ensure effective access to justice under the Bill for people who are at risk of having their...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I also welcome the amendment because it brings scope for potential applicants to review the situation of those who are in the wardship of the court at the time the Act is commenced. It is great to see the Minister of State taking it on board and I commend my colleagues on proposing the amendment on Committee Stage.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 71:In page 78, to delete lines 13 to 22. I outlined my rationale during the discussion on Committee Stage, and I will not repeat it. I tabled the amendment again because I was not satisfied. I have had a series of engagements with the Minister of State and her officials in the Department of Health. While the Bill is bringing a significant group advance in the advance...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I am entitled to comment further on Report Stage.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: As the Minister of State will keenly appreciate, the difficulty is that if a person is involuntarily detained, he or she will already feel as though his or her rights are diminished. That is where the difficulty lies for me because we are excluding this group further and we are diminishing their rights further.I believe that amendments will have to be made and that the situation will have to...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I wish to say a final word because I tabled several amendments. Today is a great day because we have repealed the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act of 1871. Even more important, we strove in this House, as have all of us with the Minister of State taking the lead, to stress the importance of assisted decision-making, how we look at people in very complex and human situations and ensuring that...

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: It is a historic day for children's rights, juvenile justice and the progressive reform of Ireland's penal policy. However, I wish to raise a note of caution. There will be a perception that the detention of children in adult prisons has ended. I reiterate my concerns with regard to the 17-year-old children remaining in Wheatfield. However, I support and welcome entirely the complete...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 1:In page 6, line 14, to delete “child pornography” and substitute “child sexual abuse material”. As set out during Second Stage in October, tackling child sexual abuse material on the Internet has been a consistent priority for me throughout my time in the Seanad. I firmly believe the proliferation of child sexual abuse material on the...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I got the term from the proposal of Interpol and Europol.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: As I stated earlier, the term has been proposed by Interpol and Europol, which have to deal with this abhorrent and horrendous crime. I appreciate the Minister of State's response. The United Kingdom has managed to find the legislative way and has done it. We will not be the first but we should be taking the lead. This is not a case of if it will happen; it is when it will happen. It is...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I have done some research in this area. I will outline how people get involved in child pornography. What happens is that they accidentally come across it on the Internet. They may be horrified and step away and decide it is awful. Often, however, they will go back within a week and they start getting more involved in the imagery. In order to be king, they need to trade material. We...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: It happens in Ireland, absolutely. It happens every day in every county in Ireland. I can guarantee Senator Norris that this horrendous activity is happening.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I move amendment No. 23:In page 13, to delete line 5 and substitute the following:“(c) a current or former step-parent of the child (‘step-parent’ shall include, for this purpose, a spouse, a civil partner (as defined by section 3 of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010) or a cohabitant (as defined by section 172 of the Civil...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I hope that there will be a statement on the matter on Report Stage so as to add clarity, which is what I am seeking in this provision. In that light, I will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I do not support the amendment. Originally, we came to the issue by way of a motion that was put down in the Seanad by the Independent group. Two motions were put down, which led to the hearings by the justice committee. I did my own research, met many people across the spectrum on the issue and examined considerable evidence, and I fully support the Government's approach on the issue....

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I do not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla (10 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the delegates. I will take up one or two points in the statement by Mr. Jeyes and then deal with some other issues. I welcome the fact that the child protection notification system is available to external services and the operation of the national out-of-hours service, which is something that many individuals and organisations have been calling for. It is good that it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla (10 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: Are we being proportionate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (10 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister and his officials. It is very fitting that he has signed the commencement order on human rights day. I know he did it purposely and it is really great. Ireland, with its common law basis, has done something that has pointed the way for many countries. The ripple effect will start. The fact that the Minister has signed the commencement order so quickly is welcome...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (10 Dec 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: We have said a lot of negative things about the Oberstown centre, but there has been huge progression in the detention of children. We want to see improvements. It has been a huge development, but we want to make it better.