Colette Kelleher - Independent
Colette is a hardworking advocate for people who are marginalised and vulnerable. Throughout her career in public service and politics she has mobilised positive social change in collaboration with others.
Raised in Macroom in County Cork, from an early age Colette has been passionate about social issues. She studied at University College Cork and University of Southampton. She holds an MBA and is a Certified Practioner in Consulting and Change with the Tavistock Institute.
Colette has championed children’s and women’s rights, strengthening the supports and protections for refugees, highlighting the issues affecting the Travelling community and promoting the need to do more for people with dementia and their carers.
Colette's Key Issues
These are just some of the key issues that Colette Kelleher works on. Find out more about each issue, her background and interest in each of them.
Latest News
Submission to the Law Reform Commission on Adult Safeguarding
Submission to Law Reform Commission on Adult Safeguarding
Motion on the Seanad Public Consultation Committee’s Report on Travellers Towards A More Equitable Ireland Post Recognition
As rapporteur I am delighted that today a motion has been put forward stating that Seanad Éireann notes the Seanad Public Consultation Committee’s Report on Travellers Towards A More Equitable...
Submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality
Citizens Assembly on Gender Equality submission
Thank you to Safeguarding Ireland
One of Colette’s goals as Senator has been working towards better adult safeguarding law, policy and practice in Ireland. So it is an honour to be recognised and thanked by...
Cork Traveller Visibility Group’s Women in Leadership programme visits Leinster House
Members of the Cork Traveller Visibility Group’s Women in Leadership programme visited Leinster House today. It was great to host so many women Traveller activits. They toured Leinster House and...
Saving the vital services and supports at Bessborough
Today Colette spoke to PJ Coogan on Cork’s 96FM on the Bessborough Family Services Centre. The saving of these vital supports and services is really good news for mothers, children...
Visiting the Focus Family Services Centre
Thank you to Hannah O’Leary Jeffers who visited us as part of her TY work experience. While she was here we visited the Simon Community, Irish Traveller Movement and the...
A rent freeze and the law – The Irish Times
Read the letter written by Ann Fitzgerald, Chairwoman of Home for Good, here. In it she outlines how an excessive caution on the part of our politicians, and their advisers,...
Latest Tweets
Delighted that my daughter Aoife Scott has been nominated in the #BestFolkAct at the 2021 #HotPress Magazine – it would be great to get Aoife into the final selection! thanks a million 🌻
Best Folk Act : Vote here
https://www.hotpress.com/music/announcing-the-hotties-2021-vote-for-the-hot-press-readers-poll-shortlist-22843366
When a ‘good father’ decides to kill his whole family https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/when-a-good-father-decides-to-kill-his-whole-family-1.4491923#.YDoI85bxBAI.twitter via @IrishTimesBooks
This 👇 before we die…. https://twitter.com/Ireland_Greener/status/1365642425138610183
The rate of social change in Ireland is unprecedented. From marriage equality for gay people to bodily autonomy for women. Now at last we will treat asylum seekers with human dignity. It’s about time we started to respect, provide for and show love to Travellers.
The @SocDems have a new 12 point plan to end #homelessness in Ireland.
Here goes..
1) Build a minimum of 20,000 social and affordable homes per year.
#TimeToTransform
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Homeless have ‘no legal right’ to pitch tents, says council chief (via @IrishTimes)
》They also don’t have a right to housing. If we were going to fix one of those two problems, I know which one I would choose.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/homeless-have-no-legal-right-to-pitch-tents-says-council-chief-1.4496261
5) The govt provided belated funding for safe visiting & very restrictive guidance & failed to enforce any of it. They have options, even with lack of clinical oversight. Doing nothing is an inhumane policy choice. One they must stand over as harrowing accounts of care emerge.
4) By access, I mean the safe visiting practices & pods used to safely support visits in Europe. Giving funds to @NursingHomesIre while failing to insist on installation of pods is a policy choice. Govt failure to install pods in HSE homes is a policy choice.
1) Good to see @IASW_IRL, @SageAdvocacy & most importantly a resident speak up on nursing home visitation on @rtenews. @IASW_IRL have made a written submission again calling for adoption & investment in rights based visiting.
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