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Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)

Colette Kelleher: ...spoke about Travellers removing themselves from the chains of poverty. Why would any community or group of people not want to do that? The 80% unemployment rate is a national disgrace. Mr. Friel echoed that comment. Despite that statistic, however, there is no official mention of Travellers in Pathways to Work, so they have no monitoring or data. They do not know. Then it is said...

Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Dec 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I echo Senator Coffey's acknowledgement of Simon Brooke's work regarding approved housing bodies and the housing sector in general. Simon was a friend and I send condolences to his family on his untimely passing. I broadly welcome this Bill, which introduces the regulation of approved housing bodies. I speak as a current member of the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Education: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Colette Kelleher: .... All children should feel this way. No child should have to hide parts of themselves and that includes the need for intercultural awareness and anti-discriminatory training for teachers, a recommendation that is echoed in the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission's recent report, Ireland and the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which also specifically...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)

Colette Kelleher: That was echoed throughout the presentations. While the facts and figures are stark, there were also very practical ideas and proposals put forward from both sides today, and we would hope to capture that in the report. Thank you so much for your time this morning. I hope you feel it was well spent. We intend it to be and to act on it in big and small ways.

Seanad: Children's Digital Protection Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I echo the comments made by Senator Noone. Harsh words are not acceptable in any setting, whether delivered to one's face, online or in any other way. We are coarsening our discourse and making life far more difficult for people. I again commend Senators Freeman and Craughwell on bringing forward the legislation. I have a small concern on the implementation of the Bill and how it will fit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: ...of suicide in his community and brought attention to the State's response and cuts that still have not been reversed. Last week we heard from Thomas McCann of the Traveller Counselling Service, echoing and amplifying testimonies from the 25 September hearing. He also referenced the 2010 all-Ireland traveller health study, the shocking findings of which have been ignored. He spoke of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: That would be welcome. A comment was made by Mr. Thomas McCann, who is in the Gallery, which Ms Minnie Connors echoed, about the indifference of the State to the plight of people in this level of crisis. Does the Minister of State wish to comment on that indifference, which would seem to be a theme that runs through many of the submissions we have received?

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

Colette Kelleher: ...the committee on the eighth amendment, many medical professionals criticised the use of this language, arguing that it is simply not possible to gauge risk in this way. Today, I and many of my Seanad colleagues are echoing these sentiments. As the Minister said, good legislation is built on clarity. Any threat of any form to the health of women should be taken seriously. We should not...

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

Colette Kelleher: I echo many of the points made by Deputy Ó Broin. What specific work does the working group envisage in a root and branch examination of the role of local authorities? Deputy Ó Broin referred to the underspend. I wish to put on record the underspend in Tipperary, the local authority in the eye of the storm. In the past 18 years they underspent by €4.7 million. That is a...

Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2018)

Colette Kelleher: ..., the then Taoiseach acknowledged, "Our Traveller community is an integral part of our society for over 1,000 years, with its own distinct identity – people within our people." The same sentiment was echoed by Deputy Micheál Martin, leader of Fianna Fáil, during the debate on Traveller recognition on 1 March 2017 in Dáil Éireann. He said, "As recent research...

Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: ...marine protected areas, MPAs, by working bottom-up rather than top-down with those who live and work in communities, as was usefully outlined by Dr. Ruth Brennan at yesterday's meeting and echoed by Senators Ruane and Black, and by designating places like Galway Bay, Tralee Bay and Roaringwater Bay. Let us honour commitments to legislation and the numerous EU and international agreements...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Colette Kelleher: ...the mother is at risk and that gestational limits should be guided by the best available medical evidence. This call that no distinction should be drawn between the physical and mental health of women was echoed by 72% of the Citizens' Assembly. I am relieved to see that the committee's report is very clear on the issue of disability. As many Members will be aware, I worked for many...

Seanad: Fire Safety in Traveller Accommodation: Statements (19 Oct 2016)

Colette Kelleher: ...are here this week in respect of this matter. I am interested in hearing the Minister's response to the European Commission's inquiries. The damning remarks from the European bodies have been echoed by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Is the Government listening now? I fear not when we examine the actions of recent...