Results 1-20 of 52 for magdalene

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (6 Jul 2010)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 475: To ask the Minister for Defence the length of time the Defence Forces were using the services of institutional laundries such as Magdalene Laundries, as distinct from commercial laundries, post-1941; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29887/10]

Written Answers — Department of Health and Children: Magdalene Laundries (30 Jun 2010)

Michael Kennedy: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is in a position to respond in public to the letters from Justice for Magdalenes seeking clarification on the special provision, as outlined in the Department of Local Government and Public Health Annual Report 1932-33, of transferring women who had multiple births outside of marriage from a State-funded mother and baby home to...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (29 Jun 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

John Moloney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 222 and 316 together. I met with a delegation from the Justice for Magdalene group recently, together with officials from the HSE and from my Department. The HSE has undertaken to make enquiries regarding the various matters which have been raised by the group with regard to the role of the health boards. I will revert to the group on the completion of those...

Order of Business. (24 Jun 2010) See 1 other result from this debate

Kathleen Lynch: On the privacy Bill, will the Minister, on behalf of the Government, ensure that records kept by religious bodies relating to women kept in Magdalene laundries will be made available?

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jun 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...regard. They are very general enabling provisions. I cannot see any reason for the Minister of State not to accept them. We live in a very different time from the time when women were put into Magdalene Laundries in order not to cause scandal. We locked away people who got pregnant out of wedlock. We live in a very different world. If the Minister of State can provide for what we...

Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (27 May 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Kennedy: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason his Department does not have records of girls referred to Magdalene laundries, in view of the facts that the Department of Education and Skills acknowledges that girls were placed in Magdalene laundries as late as 1970 and that the Department of Health and Children paid capitation grants for problem girls who...

Written Answers — Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform: Magdalene Laundries (13 May 2010)

Enda Kenny: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to provide support to the survivors of the Magdalene Laundries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18796/10]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (11 May 2010)

John Moloney: I met with a delegation from the Justice for Magdalenes group recently, together with officials from the HSE and from my Department. The HSE has undertaken to make enquiries regarding the various matters which have been raised by the group with regard to the role of the health boards. I will revert to the group on the completion of those enquiries.

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (5 May 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I have responded to the letter referred to by the Deputy on behalf of the Justice for Magdalenes Group. In my response I confirmed that I was aware of the campaign being pursued by the Justice for Magdalenes Group and advised that the position in relation to my Department had been explained both in correspondence with the Group and at the meeting between my officials and representatives of...

Seanad: Women’s Participation in Politics: Statements. (27 Apr 2010)

Pearse Doherty: ...have come a long way in terms of achieving equality for women. Thankfully, this State and the religious orders that ran it for many years have ceased consigning women to a life of slave labour in Magdalene laundries. They have ceased carrying our horrific birth practices in maternity hospitals and prohibiting birth control. It could be argued that if more women were represented in the...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (27 Apr 2010) See 2 other results from this answer

Michael Kennedy: Question 106: To ask the Taoiseach in view of the fact that Justice For Magdalenes has demonstrated the State’s complicity in referring women to the Magdalene laundries, will he enter into discussions with a person (details supplied) who recently asserted their intent to find a just solution for survivors of the laundries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16748/10]

Written Answers — Department of Health and Children: Magdalene Laundries (27 Apr 2010)

Michael Kennedy: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to a letter from Justice For Magdalenes, first submitted on 8 February and again on 29 March 2010; if she will clarify her Department’s role in transferring women from State-funded mother and baby homes into Magdalene laundries as outlined in the Department of Local Government and Public Health Annual Report,...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (27 Apr 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Kennedy: Question 402: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science if she will respond to a letter from Justice for Magdalenes, dated 29 March 2010 (details supplied); if she will commit to raising the issues detailed in this letter at Cabinet level and work to encourage a formal Government response to the organisation’s calls for an official apology and the establishment of a...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...well as that of other Opposition voices. Prior to the Easter recess, I wrote to the Minister for Health and Children asking specific questions in regard to her then recent meeting with Justice for Magdalenes representatives.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010: Second Stage (17 Feb 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...in all cases where it has intervened in respect of persons with mental illness. We have a very shameful history of incarcerating large numbers of the population in industrial schools for children, Magdalen institutions for women and indeed in psychiatric institutions for persons deemed to have been mentally unwell. It is very much a positive development that we no longer adhere to that...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions: Residential Institutions (16 Feb 2010) See 1 other result from this answer

Ruairi Quinn: ...from a group (details supplied); if the former Department of Local Government and Public Health ever acceded to the transfer of women from State, local government or county funded homes into Magdalene laundries despite the lack of a statutory basis for confining women within these institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7684/10]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Science: Magdalen Laundries (16 Feb 2010)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will allow access to all records for each woman and child the State was complicit in referring to the laundries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7623/10]

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: ...abuse. I understand that the Departments of Education and Science, and Justice, Equality and Law Reform have both accepted that the State was directly involved in women being sent to the Magdalene laundries where, as we know, many were very cruelly treated. Based on the fact that this is now accepted - I am aware it is a matter under consideration - does the Government intend to...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (9 Feb 2010) See 4 other results from this answer

Ruairi Quinn: Question 693: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children that were transferred to a Magdalene laundry from a State-regulated institution; the number of applications received by the Residential Institutions Redress Board which claim redress on the basis of section 1(3) of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Kennedy: Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the regulations that applied in respect of the Magdalene laundries which carried on business activities over many decades; if statutory inspections under health and safety regulations were carried out; if proper records existed in respect of working time, holiday time, and accidents at work; and if she will...