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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: ...by the Health Service Executive (HSE) based on records from the former Bessborough mother and baby home as part of its response to the Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries.This process, which was independently chaired by Martin McAleese, was conducted under the auspices of the Department of Justice and Equality. In the course of this work the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (7 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 299. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all has been done to address the medical needs of those survivors of the Magdalen laundries living abroad, in view of a recent response to a Topical Issue debate on this matter on 25 June 2015. [27173/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: ..., equality and inclusivity. Lest we be too pious about all of this, there are lots of reminders of religious fundamentalism, including Catholic fundamentalism, in the scandals of the mother and baby homes, the Magdalen laundries and the mistreatment of women. The Government established a commission of investigation into mother and baby homes and certain related matters. The commission...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 367. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her officials are considering setting up an independent inquiry into the Magdalen laundries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26041/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 368. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality whether she or her Department believe there will be any prosecutions made following the McAleese report on the Magdalen laundries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26042/15]

Topical Issues: Magdalen Laundries (25 Jun 2015) See 4 other results from this debate

Ann Phelan: ...of the Minister for Health. I thank Deputy O'Sullivan for her interest in this issue. The Deputy will be aware the Government decided that a non-adversarial scheme for women who had worked in Magdalen laundries or similar institutions should be introduced and it asked Mr. Justice Quirke to make recommendations on an appropriate scheme. The Government accepted all the recommendations of...

Topical Issue Matters (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Barrett: ...reports into services for persons with disabilities and the actions that will be taken; (4) Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan - the unresolved issues surrounding medical issues for survivors of the Magdalen laundries, particularly those living outside Ireland; (5) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the measures to be taken to reduce the misuse of drugs; (6) Deputy Frank Feighan - the delays in implementing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Jun 2015)

Michael Noonan: The tax treatment of payments made to an individual, or to that individual s estate, pursuant to the Magdalen Commission Report was set out in Section 77 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2013.  In essence, a payment to a survivor, or to the estate of a survivor, is not a gift or inheritance and is therefore not subject to Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) at that point.  However, any...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (23 Jun 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will appreciate that I cannot comment on individual cases. However, I can advise that Judge Quirke recommended that any ex gratia payment in excess of €50,000 would be paid to the Magdalen woman by way of weekly instalments.Judge Quirke also recommended that "additional income ex-gratia payments, (payable to women entitled to payments in excess of €50,000) will not...

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: .... That is the root of this scenario. That abdication has left us in a situation whereby 90% of primary schools have a Catholic ethos. It also gave rise to the imprisonment and abuse of women in the Magdalen laundries and of children in residential institutions, symphysiotomy and our hypocrisy towards abortion and so on. That is the legacy of this State having farmed out its...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (16 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: As I have previously outlined, the document the Deputy is referring to was an appendix to a draft report provided by the HSE to the McAleese Inquiry into State involvement with Magdalen Laundries. The author of this appendix acknowledged that its conclusions remained a matter of conjecture until such time as a more forensic examination of the home’s records could be undertaken by the...

Direct Provision Report: Motion (12 Jun 2015)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...help when we are discussing the issue of direct provision in this country. We have had a love affair with incarcerating people. We did it in mental institutions in the 1950s. We did it in the Magdalen laundries and industrial schools, and we continue to do it with the direct provision system. I know Department officials do not like those comparisons, and they know that when the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2015) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Mullins: ...Certain Institutions Act 2015 will come into force on 1 July. The primary purpose of the Act is to make provision for a broad range of health services free of charge to those who had been in the Magdalen laundries. These women were treated very badly by the State in the past and it is good to see that some efforts are now being made to redress the injustices inflicted on them. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (10 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason An Grianán was excluded from the Magdalene laundry redress scheme, in view of the fact that evidence had been uncovered in the course of the McAleese inquiry, which showed beyond any doubt that it served as a Magdalene laundry. [22545/15]

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...into the dark recesses of our recent past and further back and this Government has donated much energy to enabling people to have their voices heard and redress provided, whether in the case of child sex abuse, the Magdalen women, the women who underwent symphysiotomy or patients and their families who were not listened to in Portlaoise hospital. We need to ensure that, as we recover from...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...the State had known about Tuam and Bessborough mother and baby homes for nearly two years. The HSE had investigated both institutions in 2012 when it was examining the health authority's interaction with the Magdalen laundries.Last month, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs reiterated its belief that an audit of adoption records to ascertain the scale of illegal and forced...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: ...Nos. 628 and 631 together. The information at issue was examined by the Health Service Executive (HSE) as part of its response to the Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries.This process, which was independently chaired by Martin McAleese, was conducted under the auspices of the Department of Justice and Equality. In the course of this work the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (9 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: ...for Health the reason an internal Health Service Executive report in relation to the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home, County Cork, commissioned in 2012 as part of the McAleese inquiry into the Magdalen laundries, was not passed on to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs; and the action that was proposed on foot of same. [22034/15]

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Terry Leyden: ...new regulations. It is not good enough just to ban that; those in foster homes or anywhere else should not be allowed to physically slap or beat children. That was the issue with abuse in the Magdalen homes, by the brothers and elsewhere in the past. They used corporal punishment to attack young children. This is a great ruling. As a member of the Council of Europe, I am delighted it...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (26 May 2015)

Joan Burton: ...by the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board is also disregarded for social welfare means test purposes In addition, ex gratia payments made to women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen Laundries or through the Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme are also disregarded. All other compensation or court awards which are not provided for in social welfare legislation are assessed...