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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jan 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Gary Gannon: ...took place in the Chamber yesterday, today might be a good day to highlight promises in previous State apologies that are as yet unfulfilled. I refer in particular to the apology to survivors of Magdalen laundries in 2013 and the recommendations from Mr. Justice Quirke's commission that have yet to be implemented. Previously, I raised recommendation 6 relating to memorialisation, but...

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Jan 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

Catherine Connolly: ...in industrial and reformatory schools for boys. Girls and boys suffered emotional abuse on a great scale. In 2009, we had the Murphy report; in 2011, we had the Cloyne report; and in 2013, we had the Magdalen report of an interdepartmental committee, following by a review under Mr. Justice Quirke and the establishment of an ex gratiascheme, which was subsequently found by the Ombudsman...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Dec 2020)

John Cummins: ...its role in reducing fuel poverty, but I wish to refer to a certain case I have encountered in respect of it. According to the Department's webpage on income disregards for the fuel allowance, payments such as the Magdalen commission scheme payments, ex gratia payments for personal injuries suffered in the Stardust fire and compensation for people who have contracted hepatitis C are all...

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Réada Cronin: Historically, the State is all about secrets. We have had mother and baby homes, industrial schools, Magdalen laundries and the hush-hush trips to England. Domestic violence is one of the last unmentionable secrets. Men get hammered too, but for them it is usually even more secret. It is mostly women who get and take their beatings, and the threats, the kicks, the punches, the burning,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ....  Any payment made 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, or payments made by the Minister of Health in accordance with recommendations proposed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...Enterprise Allowance, Back to Education Allowance (over four months), Community Employment, Rural Social Scheme, TÚS, Gateway and Job Initiative; - Supplementary Welfare Allowance (over 15 months), Daily Expenses Allowance (over 15 months), Magdalene Commission Scheme; - On an exceptional basis this year, recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment and equivalent recipients of...

Mental Health Parity of Esteem Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Nov 2020)

Réada Cronin: ...across this city and State we see people living with the consequences of what happened to them and what was done to them, all too often sometimes by the State. We had mother and baby homes, Magdalen laundries, industrial schools, hubs, hostels, soup runs and people living and dying in tents. A mother in my constituency was afraid to complain about HAP-funded, rat-infested accommodation...

Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Bríd Smith: ...refuge in the immediate situation and support for women and children. There are 63 organisations listed by the Minister’s Department who receive funding. It is a bit reminiscent of the Magdalen institutions where the State is wiping its hands. This should be a fundamental role of State services without the reliance on charities. Nine out of 26 counties have no refuge. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: ...;300,000. My concern is that the legislation to wind down Caranua could come before the House quickly. The sum of €110 million was provided by the religious congregations for the survivors of the Magdalen laundries and the other institutions. We do not want Caranua to be wound down while cases have still to be resolved. That is the concern. Whoever wishes to contribute can do so.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Data Protection (17 Nov 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: ...It is coming to an end but we will have a look at it. I am talking to the Minister for Education about that. Deputy McDonald asked about records relating to the mother and baby homes and the Magdalen laundries. Access to the commission's archive is governed by the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 rather than the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (17 Nov 2020) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary Lou McDonald: ...the number of subject access requests his Department has received annually in relation to the report of the interdepartmental committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen laundries from 2013 to date; the number of these requests denied year on year for the same period, in tabular form; and the additional data protection expertise his Department will secure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (12 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: ...available for study. The plays Eclipsed by Patricia Burke Brogan and Tribes by Nina Raine and the novel The Lauras by Sara Taylor explore the experiences of marginalised groups, namely women in the Magdalene laundries, the deaf community and transgender teenagers. The classic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley offers significant scope to explore the concept of othering in society and...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for working parents and caring responsibility; and the funding streams associated with policy work transferring. The following significant work stream areas transferred into the Department: the Magdalen restorative justice; international protection accommodation services; and international protection procurement services. The second and third of these are in the area of direct...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Nov 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...someone was trying to undermine people's rights or to seal off archives. That is the opposite of the intention of setting up a commission of inquiry in the first instance. The same applies to the Magdalen laundries, which the then Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, initiated an inquiry into. It was to open it up. GDPR applies to all records since it is a European law. People can apply for access...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Nov 2020)

Micheál Martin: ...being put into a vault to which no one has access and left there for a long time. As a Government, we have decided to establish a national centre in which the archives of the industrial schools, Magdalen laundries and mother and baby homes will be held. It will not only be an archive. We will try to be creative. This is where the story of dark chapters of our past will be told....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

Lynn Ruane: ...about the role of Ruhama in a direct provision centre? People are obviously concerned about the history of Ruhama and the fact that it stemmed from a religious order that was involved in the Magdalen laundries. It would be great if the Minister would also comment on that matter.

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Catherine Connolly: .... The Department has been on notice for a long time. The Government and the two which preceded it knew that there were issues with how we were going deal with a collection of documents for the first time. It must be borne in mind that in the context of the Magdalen laundries, we had the McAleese report, the commission of investigation and Caranua. Every report highlighted the dispersal...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2020)

Paul Donnelly: ...the hatch we did know who the person was who took in the clothes or the situation of that person. It was only in later life that we realised the horror that took place behind the doors of the Magdalen laundries and other institutions throughout this State. Never in our worst nightmares did we think something like that could happen. The legacy of these institutions is felt across the...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020) See 4 other results from this debate

Thomas Pringle: ...over the past number of weeks. I have been working closely with my colleagues, Deputies Connolly and Joan Collins, Senators Higgins and Ruane, as well as linking with Dr. Maeve O’Rourke of Justice for Magdalenes Research and, of course, considering all correspondence received by my office also from groups such as Aitheantas - Adoptee Identity Rights in developing my amendments...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Magdalen Laundries (20 Oct 2020)

Gary Gannon: 71. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he still accepts the sixth recommendation of a person (details supplied) to provide a suitable memorial to the victims and survivors of Magdalen laundries following the State apology made in 2013. [30368/20]