Results 161-180 of 636 for speaker:Joan Freeman

Seanad: Mandatory Reporting: Statements (25 Jan 2018)

Joan Freeman: It is lovely to see the Minister here. I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak briefly on the mandatory reporting provisions that were commenced in December. As far as I am aware, this is the first time that the mandatory reporting of child abuse has been put on a statutory footing for professionals. It is important to acknowledge that this is an excellent development for the safety...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 4 of Principal Act 2. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsections after subsection (3):“(4) An admission order made in respect of a child to an approved centre shall only be made where the consultant psychiatrist making the admission...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: I did not welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber today. I hope he will forgive me. I am terribly surprised that he sometimes finds it difficult to work with me. I cannot understand why that might be.

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: I thank my fellow Senators for their support. I also want to refer to something that Senator Kelleher said when she spoke about child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. I agree with the Minister of State. The people who provide the services are the hardest working men and women imaginable. They are in the most difficult situations. They are as frustrated as the rest of us...

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: I would like to make a few short statements. I do not want to go into too much technical detail.

Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: Yes. I also commend Deputy Browne and, indeed, Fianna Fáil for pushing the issue of mental health. As an aside, our Government seems to feel absolutely no embarrassment that the existing Mental Health Act 2001 is not compliant with either the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child or the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Fianna Fáil, Sinn...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: I wish to bring one issue to the attention of Senators. I want them to think of instances of overcrowding in everyday life. It could be on our buses, on the Luas or in our children's classrooms. While we object to such overcrowding, and it is uncomfortable to say the least, I want Senators to imagine an overcrowded psychiatric ward. I mean a ward where there is enough space for 44 people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (21 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: Apologies have been received from the Chairman, Deputy Alan Farrell and from Deputies Kathleen Funchion and Lisa Chambers. Senator Martin Conway is formally substituting for Deputy Farrell. We will now suspend very briefly to allow the witnesses to take their seats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: Apologies have been received from the Chairman, Deputy Alan Farrell, Deputies Kathleen Funchion and Lisa Chambers, who cannot be here today. I also note that Senator Martin Conway is formally substituting for Deputy Farrell. I welcome members and also viewers who may be watching our proceedings on Oireachtas television to the public session of the Joint Committee on Children and Youth...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: As everybody needs the opportunity to ask questions, I ask that members stick to the five-minute rule and use those five minutes for questions rather than statements. Is that agreed? Agreed. I welcome members from other committees who are in attendance today, including Deputy Dooley. The procedure here is that the members have the right to ask questions first and then I would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: To whom is the Deputy's first question on responsibility directed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: I ask the Minister, Deputy Naughten, to answer the first part.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: Thank you, Minister. I call the Minister, Deputy Naughten.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: I call the Minister, Deputy Flanagan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: Thank you. I call the Minister, Deputy Bruton.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: I thank you all. I am heartened by the meeting this morning. It is wonderful to see four Ministers, who are extraordinarily busy, making the time to come here and reassure the members. I want to thank the members for their vigorous questioning, regardless of the length of time they took. I propose that we suspend for a few minutes to allow the witnesses to leave.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: We are resuming in public session. The meeting of the joint committee is adjourned until 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 21 March 2018.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Joan Freeman: My colleague, Senator McDowell, delivered a very factual argument on this topic but I propose to focus on an emotive aspect of the topic. Let us put the Government into the centre of this picture.One of the best ways of describing the Government and its attitude towards children is to look at the ad for Barnardos on the television at present. Barnardos has done a truly magnificent job on...

Seanad: International Protection (Family Unification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2018)

Joan Freeman: I support the Bill, which is a clear reflection of the great compassion Senator Kelleher has shown for many years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Joan Freeman: Where I live in Lucan there is a boys' secondary school and at lunchtime the boys go directly to the supermarket to get their lunch. There are so many of them they have to be channelled into queues at the delicatessen to buy gourmet sandwiches which cost €4 and €5 each. Can there not be some sort of deal done with supermarkets that says that while it is great business, why not...