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Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Martin Ferris: One of the key issues to be addressed in regard to the Magdalene laundries is the role of the State, which encompasses not only its abdication of responsibility but also its role in covering up the mistreatment and injustice meted out to victims. All aspects of the State's role are set out in a comprehensive report prepared for the interdepartmental Oireachtas committee established to...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)

Martin Ferris: ...right to intervene where there is clear evidence of or a strong belief that children are being denied those rights. Later this evening we will be return to the debate on my party's Private Members' motion on the Magdalene Laundries and the horrors that led to underline the dangers of a situation in which citizens, many of them legally children, were denied basic human rights. That is a...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)

Martin Ferris: ...right to intervene where there is clear evidence of or a strong belief that children are being denied those rights. Later this evening we will be return to the debate on my party's Private Members' motion on the Magdalene Laundries and the horrors that led to underline the dangers of a situation in which citizens, many of them legally children, were denied basic human rights. That is a...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Martin Ferris: One of the key issues to be addressed in regard to the Magdalene laundries is the role of the State, which encompasses not only its abdication of responsibility but also its role in covering up the mistreatment and injustice meted out to victims. All aspects of the State's role are set out in a comprehensive report prepared for the interdepartmental Oireachtas committee established to...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Martin Ferris: ...one way to safeguard the rights of those who are entitled to redress but who have been unable to access it. I will conclude by highlighting the plight of women and children who were placed in the Magdalene laundries and in Bethany Home, as well as the shameful refusal of the Government to provide any meaningful assistance to the victims of these institutions. One year after the United...