Results 261-280 of 1,013 for speaker:Colette Kelleher
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Business of Joint Committee (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: The quorum for this joint committee is four because that is the combined quorum of two select committees, minus one, provided at least one of the members present is a Member of Dáil Éireann and at least one of the members present is a Member of Seanad Éireann. As we have a quorum, I call the meeting to order. Apologies have been received from Deputies O'Loughlin and Brophy....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I welcome members and viewers who may be watching this meeting on Oireachtas TV to the meeting of the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community. I also welcome our visitors in the Gallery. The purpose of today's meeting is to begin our deliberations on the topic of Traveller health. We will meet representatives from Pavee Point, the National Traveller Women's Forum,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Ms Sherlock has reached the end of her allotted time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I thank Ms Sherlock and I now call Ms Quirke from Pavee Point to make her submission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I thank Ms Quirke. I call Ms Joyce from the National Traveller Women's Forum to make her submission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I thank Ms Mooney for what was a very personal account. As we all know, the personal is political and all private problems are public issues. She has linked that very powerfully for us today. It cannot have been easy to talk about these matters and I welcome her candour.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I now call on Ms Missie Collins from the primary healthcare for Travellers project.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Thank you, Missie.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: That definitely deserved a round of applause. I think we can break the rules today. We need to do better, however, than to break rules. Ms Collins outlined a history of struggle and resistance, yet the facts have not been acted upon. It is the responsibility of all of us. I thank Ms Collins for bringing us to this place. I call on Mr. Jim Walsh and Ms Dairearca Ní Néill from...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Mr. Walsh has had five minutes. I ask him to conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: The question calls for urgent radical action to remove all barriers and incentivise getting health to people where it is most needed, in the form of mobile health units, and for a Traveller-led task force.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I think Ms Quirke is calling for leadership.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: A sum of €10 million might sound like a lot, but if it is not enough-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: -----it is not enough.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Senator Coffey hit on the barriers, the silo and making a priority start on key areas for additional funding. What is there is clearly nowhere near enough to even make a start.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Our committee is there to help with that leadership. I am anxious to hear from the three members who wish to ask questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I am anxious to hear from the other two.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Who would like to respond to those points?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I will call Ms Maria Joyce, Ms Brigid Quirke and Mr. Walsh before we take more questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I think the Deputy has made his point very well and clearly and it is an important one.