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An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 Mar 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...and not second-class citizens as the Constitution would have them. In the past, this was a State in which the Catholic Church held sway over all in society, or at least tried to. One need only look at the disgraceful and horrific treatment of the women and children who were incarcerated in Magdalen laundries and the mother and baby homes to see how the State and religious institutions...

Bethany Home: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Dec 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...to address the similar situation, the harrowing and brutal episode of our past when children born in Ireland were spirited away by religious orders and others. Bethany Home also played a role in that scandal which remains to be fully uncovered. While some apology has been issued to those wronged in this State in the case of the Magdalen women and those abused by members of the Catholic...

Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...and the promise in programme for Government to act on that matter during the Topical Issue debate. Another issue similar to that has emerged in recent years as a result of the reports on the Magdalen laundries and other residential institutions - illegal adoptions. The Australian Government today apologised to those who were illegally adopted in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Does the...

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...treasonous act in fighting an evil threatening the very fabric of democracy, society and the world was not wrong. It is felt that an amnesty will bring the matter to a close. The amnesty is a redress measure. I remind the Minister of State of the Government's responsibility to apologise, for instance, to the survivors of symphysiotomy or to the survivors of the Bethany Homes who were...

Report by Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (1 Dec 2009)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ..., both residential and non-residential, not covered by the Ryan report, including Finglas Children's Centre, Scoil Ard Mhuire in Lusk, Trinity House, Trudder House and Madonna House, as well as the Magdalen laundries and institutions established after 1970. There must be a commission of investigation or other form of credible inquiry to investigate all matters relating to the conduct of...