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Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Oct 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: ...punishment, violence against children, or so-called “slapping”, one can almost feel an invisible line appear in people’s heads about their tolerance level. They say, “You know I am only talking about a tap, not a thump, a slap, not a belt, a smack, not a whack”. Of course, the issue is wrapped up in how we were raised. All too often the knee-jerk...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: ...paediatrician, educationalist and children’s author. In 1925 in his book “The Child’s Right to Respect” he said:In what extraordinary circumstances would one dare to push, hit or tug an adult? And yet it is considered so routine and harmless to give a child a tap or stinging smack or to grab it by the arm. The feeling of powerlessness creates respect for...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: ...challenged in law, as any law could be but the likelihood is that will be by somebody who is in violation of the law. The difficulty is that very often if somebody starts with disciplining a child by a tap or a slap when that is not effective it is escalated. We see too many cases of this. We need to send a very clear message that violence against children is unacceptable. I am also...

Seanad: Growing Tourism to 2025: Statements (1 Jul 2015)

Jillian van Turnhout: ...are finding it difficult. I have tried to set up meetings on their behalf, which often get cancelled at the last minute. When we are considering how to grow tourism, I appeal to the Minister to tap into this growing market. People want it; about five magazines come out every month on the topic. People have stories about going to visit their ancestors in Ireland and how much it meant to...

Seanad: Homelessness: Statements (3 Dec 2014)

Jillian van Turnhout: ...are represented in the Gallery tonight: fully staff homeless outreach mental health teams; ring-fence local authority housing for people being discharged from psychiatric hospitals; and provide on-tap, in-house mental health expertise within homeless services, for example, Merchants Quay Ireland has an in-house mental health nurse full time, to provide support to clients other staff...