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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Working Group on Access to Contraception: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Colette Kelleher: ...that €3 billion might otherwise be spent. I would have a few ideas, such as childcare, home care and a universal system of contraceptive care. Opportunity costs are an argument but one that does not apply particularly or solely in this instance. There are always opportunity costs. Again, why introduce this argument? It is a red herring and has introduced the kinds of debates we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Will Ms Chaturvedi confirm that schools are applying to participate in the Yellow Flag programme but cannot be accepted because of a lack of resources and funding?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Colette Kelleher: ...for people granted international protection" under changes to the legislation made in 2015. The commission also stated that "the removal of the right of international protection beneficiaries to apply for family reunification with extended family members under the International Protection Act 2015 and the introduction of a statutory time limit for applications constitutes retrogressive...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Family Reunification Policy (30 May 2019)

Colette Kelleher: ..., Jihan's husband and their two baby daughters. They remain in war-torn Syria. Due to the overly rigid parameters of the International Protection Act, Lilav and her family have no entitlement to apply to bring her sister and family to Ireland to safety. This is not an isolated case. Other vulnerable people and their families have struggled unnecessarily with our recently-changed system...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Family Reunification Policy (30 May 2019)

Colette Kelleher: ...who signed this petition. Part of my job today is to hand this petition to the Minister. Neither will these avenues help the Sido or Al Karajah families, which I mentioned. Jwan and Khalil Sido applied to have their family reunited with them in the safety of Ireland. They are entitled to be here. Their parents and two young brothers, both of whom are under 18, were accepted, but their...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traveller Education (14 Feb 2019)

Colette Kelleher: ...child in the country, from whatever background, has a right to education. Reduced timetables must not be used as a behavioural management tool. It is important to reiterate this as it should apply to Traveller children or any other children. It should only arise in exceptional circumstances. I am drawing the attention of the Minster of State to the fact that this is not the case and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Colette Kelleher: .... When it was debated in the Dáil, it was criticised by Deputy Clare Daly, who moved it, for being too modest and she was right in many ways. I would have liked the Bill to go further. It puts the right to apply to reunite with dependent family members on a statutory basis. It proposes to revert to the definition of "family" that existed under the Refugee Act 1996, and it gives...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank Senator Black. I will address the issue of discretion. The Bill proposes a right to apply the extended definition of a family member as per the Refugee Act 1996. In that sense, there is a little less discretion for the Minister but it does not preclude the Department or the Minister from introducing all manner of additional schemes in response to unfolding crises. For example, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Colette Kelleher: ...to this Bill since it was introduced. Its spirit has been defensive and it has not given a listening ear to the arguments made. I think that also is the case on the ground for people who would apply. That is another worrying trend that has been evidenced through the progress of this Bill. While this possibly has been noted by this committee, it might also be reflected upon in any...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: ...- who view section 10 on risk to life or health in an emergency as a mechanism they can use to waive the waiting period in certain scenarios or living circumstances. It will be interpreted as applying to urgent cases. The language in section 10 refers to immediate risk, which will take place in a hospital setting. I cannot understand the reason the Minister expects this provision to be...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Colette Kelleher: ...? Nowhere in medicine is the word "serious" used as a minimum standard before doctors can act. In the same way Senators in 1983 and 1992 predicted the medical chaos which inappropriate legal language can cause when applied to women seeking healthcare, today in 2018 we are saying again that we are running the same risk by using legalistic, restrictive language which has no basis in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation Expert Group (6 Nov 2018)

Colette Kelleher: ...authorities in delivery. I hear them criticised anecdotally as not being useful and as being talking shops. Will the expert group take a view on whether we are talking about reforming local authorities and applying sanctions such as those Deputy Ó Broin outlined such that if a local authority does not spend its Traveller budget, it will not get its other budgets? Should we be...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: ...relationship between victim and perpetrator must be regarded as an aggravating factor in sentencing for a wide range of offences. There is welcome recognition in the Bill that an intimate relationship applies when people are not cohabiting and not having a sexual relationship. Statutory guidelines for making judgments on domestic violence, crimes and offences and their punishment are...

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

Colette Kelleher: ...family reunions set out in law. Changes resulting from the International Protection Act may be unintended consequences too and have meant that only a very restricted category of family member can apply to be reunited - essentially, spouses, parents of minor children and children under the age of 18. The restrictions of the International Protection Act are having a devastating impact on...

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

Colette Kelleher: ...to see their daughter. Then their daughter was suddenly seen by a consultant after all. They requested access to the dedicated unit but were told that the setting was full and that it was best to apply for beds hundreds of miles away. There were no beds there either. Eventually, they were informed that no bed was available for their daughter in any children's mental health unit in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)

Colette Kelleher: .... Like Senator Burke I would welcome more information about the proposed regulatory system, including when it will come into force. There is currently no entitlement per seto home care such as applies in respect of residential care. Resources are limited and there is no statutory regulation and as such there is an urgency in this area. During statements in the Seanad on the fair deal...

Seanad: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Colette Kelleher: ...recognisable and more generous definition of "family" for the purposes of family reunification, which served us well from 1996 to 2015. This, as well as removing overly restrictive time limits for applying for family reunification, are the main thrusts of this Bill. We should remember that in terms of how we respond and vote. Having considered the Bill since July and listened to the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Traveller Education (25 Oct 2017)

Colette Kelleher: ...place to address the stark figures that have been published. I start by restating that the position for Travellers is dire when it comes to education and that action is urgently needed. The same applies across the piece to health, housing and employment. I wish to focus on education and employment. Less than two weeks ago, on 12 October, the CSO released the 2016 census data for...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Statements (3 Oct 2017)

Colette Kelleher: ...care to suit individual needs, which includes broader community-based services, such as day care and respite care. It is also vital that the same approach to how services are accessed, delivered and monitored is applied universally. At the moment the kind of assessment people get depends on what part of the country they are in. It is not equal or fair. If one lives in Macroom, one...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Colette Kelleher: I would like to move an amendment to the Order of Business to take No. 13 before No. 1. This is a simple Bill to provide for refugees to apply for members of their families to be reunited with them and for them enter and reside in the State. Given that there are 22 million refugees worldwide and with our commitment to support 4,000 by the end of 2017, this is a very important issue I hope...