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Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: ...way institutions, establishments and people have treated them under the auspices of the State. However, those apologies seem very weak when it comes to something like this Bill. Let us consider the Magdalen laundries, the mother and baby homes, the industrial schools, the county homes and the adoption agencies. There should be a place for them in the National Archives. I will not be...

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: ...the religious orders, private agencies and dioceses throughout the country. We need some truth-telling in that regard. Every day, the House hears about mother and baby homes, adoption agencies, Magdalen laundries and those who were incarcerated in industrial schools. The persons concerned want access to their records and they have a right to access them. Telling the truth is part of...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: .... This seems to be the greatest example of confusion I have ever come across, whether it is confusion of language or cognition. Last week when I was here, some of us rose to speak about the Magdalen redress programme and we were told we were being overly compassionate and emotional and losing our heads. I deeply resented that. One cannot feel profoundly unless one thinks profoundly....

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: There is confusion and a kind of obfuscation in the language. The clarity given to me, be it not what I would be genuinely looking for if I was looking a totality, is as follows, that the Magdalen women will be entitled to a medical card, to free prescriptions, to a suite of services as outlined in the Bill, to free access to a GP of their choice and, if necessary, referral to a consultant,...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: As stated by Senator van Turnhout, I, too, acknowledge the Justice for Magdalenes research, solicitors, lawyers and the women who have stood up for women who have been oppressed and have had lost lives. If I had had the Justice for Magdalenes research in my own life, I may not have taken some of the roads I took. What Senator van Turnhout said is very important. The draft guide will need...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister and thank him for the history lesson. It was a good reminder of what we all know, to our cost in our hearts and minds, happened to the Magdalen women. I wish to emphasise the word "justice" throughout my speech. I do this because "I emphasise the word "justice"" was the major sentence in an address by Deputy Alan Shatter, who was Minister for Justice, Equality and...

Seanad: Address by President of the Irish Human Rights Commission (28 Sep 2011)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Irish Human Rights Commission, in its report of 2010 and assessment of human rights issues arising from the Magdalene laundries, declined to conduct an inquiry into the treatment of women and girls in those institutions. It published 12 conclusions and recommended, and rightly so, that the State set up a statutory inquiry to examine serious human rights issues and provide redress for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: ...happen. I intend to bring imagination and energy to the House. In the past week we have heard from Senators as well as from television, radio and newspaper reports the human tragedy that was the Magdalene laundries. Many Senators, Deputies and Ministers have been involved in bringing this national scandal out into the open. Senator McAleese spoke about the possibility of inviting on a...