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Seanad: Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Fund Bill 2014: Second Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I welcome the initiative of Senator Marc MacSharry in bringing forward this Bill. It is an innovative and welcome initiative. He launched his policy last year and this is a positive step to see what we can do. I acknowledge the great work of organisations such as Headstrong and the Jigsaw initiative. Others include Dáil na nÓg and...

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: That is positive.

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister is welcome to the House, as always. I very much welcome this Bill. I will try to restrict my comments to the Bill and its intention, which is to provide GP cards to all children aged five years and younger without fees. I acknowledge there are many competing demands in our health services but I will not play one off against the other. What we learned from the medical card...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: We are dealing with the amendments.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Very briefly because I would like to make progress.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Amendments Nos. 1 to 9, inclusive, form a composite proposal and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: Senator David Cullinane to continue, without interruption.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Senator should confine himself to the amendment.

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

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

Seanad: Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

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

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Departmental Funding (26 Jun 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: It is said that one should not shoot the messenger.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Departmental Funding (26 Jun 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: As the Minister of State will understand, I am totally and utterly unhappy with the reply because I received it in February also. I have heard about the process and the outline previously. The Minister of State should explain it to the staff whose last day of work is on Monday. There is a cost to the organisations because they have to pay staff for holidays and other costs. We are talking...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Departmental Funding (26 Jun 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: The Minister of State is welcome to the House but I am disappointed that the Minister, Deputy Hogan, is not here.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Departmental Funding (26 Jun 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: When the Minister of State hears the issues I wish to raise he will understand why I say that. I wish to first make a disclosure on this issue as it is about the scheme to support national organisations in the community and voluntary sector. I was chief executive of the Children's Rights Alliance, which is one of the recipients, and I am the chair of Children in Hospital Ireland. Neither of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Departmental Funding (26 Jun 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister of State for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the witnesses for their informative contributions. I welcome that the committee is considering the issue of adoption. As we have agreed to consider separately the issues pertaining to information and tracing, I will focus my comments on domestic and intercountry adoptions and to briefly consider the legislation. In regard to domestic adoption, we passed the children's referendum in...

Seanad: Child Protection: Motion (25 Jun 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I would like to thank Senator Bacik, who like me has worked on this issue, for initiating the motion before us. I am very happy to second the motion and thank her for her co-operation. I raised this issue back in May during the Seanad debate on the abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria that Boko Haram had threatened to sell into forced marriage. Like...

Seanad: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jun 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank the Minister for introducing this legislation in the Seanad. I thank him and the officials from the Department of Health for their personal commitment to it. I also thank the legal advisers who ensure we are well armed. I note too the contribution of the advocacy organisations, particularly the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Heart Foundation, and the children’s rights...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Provision of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors: Discussion (24 Jun 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: It must be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Provision of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors: Discussion (24 Jun 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: That is good to know.