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Report on Magdalene Laundries (9 Nov 2010)

Michael Kennedy: It is my privilege and that of Deputies Tom Kitt and Kathleen Lynch to work on an ad hoc committee in the Houses in trying to assist the Justice for Magdalenes group. Like Deputy Kitt, I want to welcome Dr. James Smith and his colleague, Dr. Katherine O'Donnell. I commend them on the fantastic work they have done to date against great obstacles. Deputy Tom Kitt referred to the...

Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (27 Oct 2010)

Michael Kennedy: Question 575: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the dates on which tenders were received from Magdalene Laundries; the way in which the Department was cognisant of the fair wages clause in such tender contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39261/10]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: 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 — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (30 Jun 2010)

Michael Kennedy: ...ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will comment on the payment of capitation grants by the former boards of health for the placement of problem girls in religious convents, including Magdalene laundries; if she will make public the statutory basis for such capitation grants; the names of the religious convents in receipt of such grants; the numbers of problem girls involved...

Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (27 May 2010)

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 — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (27 Apr 2010)

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 — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (27 Apr 2010)

Michael Kennedy: Question 107: To ask the Taoiseach, further to reports in a newspaper (details supplied) that he has promised to look into the situation of women who had been in Magdalene laundries, if he will clarify the position with respect to issuing a formal apology and establishing a distinct redress scheme for survivors of the laundries; if the Magdalene laundries was discussed at the recent meeting...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: 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, 1932,...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (27 Apr 2010)

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...

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...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Kennedy: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the records that exist for payments of PAYE by Magdalene Laundries; if records of P35 annual statements or its equivalent are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5885/10]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (4 Feb 2010)

Michael Kennedy: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the records that exist for payments of social welfare by Magdalene laundries in respect of deductions from wages paid to women working in these institutions; if she is satisfied that correct payments have been received by her Department for such workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5868/10]

Adjournment Debate Matters (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Kennedy: ...of Justice, Equality and Law Reform that women and young girls were routinely committed by order of the courts and other mechanisms to institutions and homes run by religious orders, known as Magdalene laundries; and the need for the Minister to make a statement and outline the position in respect of files and records held by Departments, whether these files will be released, and what the...