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Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions Data (25 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 129 together. I am advised by the Minister for Justice and Equality that the scheme of ex gratia payments to women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen laundries and two similar institutions is still open and will be for the foreseeable future. In view of this, it is difficult to estimate the final number of participants in the redress...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015) See 13 other results from this debate

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for health services to be made available without charge to women who were resident in Magdalen laundries and similar institutions. The Bill also provides that the women concerned will not be required to pay the statutory charge for public acute hospital inpatient services and that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 461. To ask the Minister for Health if acupuncture, massage-based therapy and reflexology will be available to Magdalen women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6975/15]

Other Questions: Redress for Women in Certain Institutions (19 Feb 2015) See 3 other results from this debate

Maureen O'Sullivan: 6. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality under the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014, if liaison officers will be appointed to assist Magdalen women in obtaining their enhanced benefits under the Bill; her views that these changes should be welcomed and are vital at the next stage of the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6975/15]

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Feb 2015) See 2 other results from this debate

Ruth Coppinger: I move amendment No. 18:In page 5, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “Implementation of Magdalen Commission Report recommendations 5. The Minister shall report to Dáil Éireann within 6 months of the enactment of this Act and each subsequent 6 months on the implementation of the recommendations of the Magdalen Commission Report on the establishment of an...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015) See 17 other results from this debate

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...aspect. The mother and baby home inquiry is coming up. It will not be comprehensive enough because we know the crossover, the connections between mother and baby homes, industrial schools and Magdalen laundries and I hope that after the next commission of inquiry there will be a really comprehensive narrative but I am afraid there will be gaps again as there were in the McAleese...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (17 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 302. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made, to date, on the recommendations made by Mr. Justice Quirke in respect of the Magdalen laundries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6816/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (17 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the lack of comprehensive answers offered by the inter-departmental committee on the Magdalen laundries, the fact that testimony from survivors is ignored and many aspects and concerns raised by survivors and justice groups is being left out, while exclusive attention is being given to the version of events given by religious...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015) See 3 other results from this debate

Joan Collins: The Magdalen women, who suffered greatly under the so-called watchful eye of the State, agreed to an ex gratiascheme on the basis that they would have all the benefits accruing to hepatitis C patients, both men and women, with the HAA card. That is exactly what Mr. Justice Quirke said in his report. The 1996 HAA legislation is quite broad and has no restrictions. It does not state one must...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

David Norris: ...in County Clare. The second issue I wish to raise concerns the Ruhama campaign, Turn off the Red Light. Ruhama is a plague formed out of the order of nuns who instigated it, who were in charge of the Magdalen laundries. One must temper one's listening to them.

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

Finian McGrath: 371. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that each Magdalen woman who is currently institutionalised, automatically and immediately receives personal advocacy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6150/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (10 Feb 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the reason survivors of the Magdalen laundries are not entitled to Health (Amendment) Act cards provided by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5632/15]

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...hepatitis C as a result of contaminated blood transfusions and that some of the benefits were not directly applicable and that the scheme would require suitable adaptation. The scheme proposed for the Magdalen women does have such adaptations. People suffering from hepatitis C required some products outside the normal range of drugs available and that does not apply to the Magdalen...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (4 Feb 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...to the Vote for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for the migration of payroll services to its new payroll shared services centre. Last year there was a provision in the Estimate for the Magdalen laundries of €23 million, most of which has been paid. The disbursed amount is €18 million. The Estimate provision in that regard is €11.5 million this year....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (4 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women who have received the maximum amount of compensation afforded under the restorative justice scheme for the survivors of the Magdalene laundries. [5096/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (4 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 105. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on the mechanism to deal with health care for survivors of the Magdalene Laundries who live overseas, as referred to by her on 24 September 2014. [5103/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (3 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: I am not going down the road of electioneering at this stage. For several years we have had to deal with issues such as pyrite, Priory Hall, symphysiotomy and the Magdalen laundries. The Deputy knows that the hepatitis C compensation scheme will continue for 50 years in some cases. The priority has to be delivery of front-line services to those who need medical attention. The other day...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (3 Feb 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 370. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will ensure that all survivors of the Magdalen laundries will receive HAA cards as proposed in the recommendations of Justice Quirke's report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4589/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (3 Feb 2015)

Finian McGrath: 375. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the women who spent time in the Magdalen laundries as a matter of priority, in particular in providing the full Health Amendment Act, HAA, card, and with regard to representation to those women who lack the capacity and do not have the support of independent advocates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4750/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (3 Feb 2015)

Terence Flanagan: 381. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Magdalen laundries redress programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4883/15]