Jillian van Turnhout
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Jillian van Turnhout is an Irish
children's rights activist and a member of Seanad Éireann
.
She has previously been Chief Commissioner of the Irish Girl Guides
(IGG); President of the National Youth Council of Ireland
(NYCI) and is currently a member of the National Youth Work Advisory Committee. She was also Secretary General of the ECB-BEC (predecessor to the European Youth Forum
). She is the outgoing Chief Executive of the Children's Rights Alliance.
Van Turnhout was a member and Vice President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). She was first nominated in 1998 by the Community and Voluntary Pillar on behalf of the NYCI to the EESC and was appointed by the Government. For a two year period between 2006 and 2008, she was Vice President where she was involved in Social Affairs, External Relations and Communications. Representing the EESC, she was on the Steering Group of the EU Forum on the Rights of the Child and the EU-China Round Table.
In September 2010, van Turnhout won the Newstalk Women Mean Business Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award..
In May 2011, she was nominated by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny
to the 24th Seanad
. She is married to Michael van Turnhout who is a member of Fine Gael
, the party's former constituency chairperson for Dublin South
and a current member of their National Executive.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
children's rights activist and a member of Seanad Éireann
Seanad Éireann
Seanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas , which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann . It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its members Senators or Seanadóirí . Unlike Dáil Éireann, it is not directly elected but consists of a mixture of members chosen by...
.
She has previously been Chief Commissioner of the Irish Girl Guides
Irish Girl Guides
The Irish Girl Guides is a Girl Guides organisation in the Republic of Ireland.Together with the Catholic Guides of Ireland, it forms the Council of Irish Guiding Associations...
(IGG); President of the National Youth Council of Ireland
National Youth Council of Ireland
The National Youth Council of Ireland also known as the NYCI is a representative body for Irish youth organisations, a role that is recognised in the 2001 Youth Work Act...
(NYCI) and is currently a member of the National Youth Work Advisory Committee. She was also Secretary General of the ECB-BEC (predecessor to the European Youth Forum
European Youth Forum
The European Youth Forum is the platform of the national youth councils and international non-governmental youth organisations in Europe...
). She is the outgoing Chief Executive of the Children's Rights Alliance.
Van Turnhout was a member and Vice President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). She was first nominated in 1998 by the Community and Voluntary Pillar on behalf of the NYCI to the EESC and was appointed by the Government. For a two year period between 2006 and 2008, she was Vice President where she was involved in Social Affairs, External Relations and Communications. Representing the EESC, she was on the Steering Group of the EU Forum on the Rights of the Child and the EU-China Round Table.
In September 2010, van Turnhout won the Newstalk Women Mean Business Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award..
In May 2011, she was nominated by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny
Enda Kenny
Enda Kenny is an Irish Fine Gael politician, and has been the Taoiseach since 2011. He has led Fine Gael since 2002. He served as Minister for Tourism and Trade from 1994 to 1997. He is also a two-term Vice President of the European People's Party.Kenny has been a Teachta Dála for Mayo since...
to the 24th Seanad
Members of the 24th Seanad
This is a list of the members of the 24th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas of Ireland. These Senators were elected on 27 April 2011 after postal voting closed. The Taoiseach's nominees were announced on 20 May 2011. The Seanad election took place 60 days after the 2011 general...
. She is married to Michael van Turnhout who is a member of Fine Gael
Fine Gael
Fine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...
, the party's former constituency chairperson for Dublin South
Dublin South (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Dublin South is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies...
and a current member of their National Executive.