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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: ...the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste, Deputy Michael Martin, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, and the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. Yesterday was a fine day. The Magdalen girls and ladies had suffered for so long. I listened to them on "Morning Ireland" and they appreciate all that was done. The Taoiseach's speech was very moving. He demonstrated...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: ...bright light was necessarily shone on a very dark chapter of Ireland's history. I applaud the Taoiseach for taking a period of two weeks to consider the McAleese report and his meetings with the Magdalen survivors. This contributed to the sincerity and content of the apology he gave. I also welcome the apology from the Tánaiste, the leader of Fianna Fáil and the fine contributions of...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Michael Mullins: ...bright light was necessarily shone on a very dark chapter of Ireland's history. I applaud the Taoiseach for taking a period of two weeks to consider the McAleese report and his meetings with the Magdalen survivors. This contributed to the sincerity and content of the apology he gave. I also welcome the apology from the Tánaiste, the leader of Fianna Fáil and the fine contributions of...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Maurice Cummins: ...That would be a good title for such a debate because for too many years we put away our conscience and not just alone on this issue. As well as doing a great service to the women who were in the Magdalen laundries and what they suffered as demonstrated in the report, such a debate would help Ireland's conscience to realise the Ireland we thought we had was all a shadow. I am proud to be a...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Jimmy Harte: Thank you, Senator. Will the debate on the Magdalen laundries include a visit from Deputy Micheál Martin to explain - - - - -

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...of our Taoiseach today, proud that he had the capacity to deliver such a meaningful apology and to provide an indication of the compensation deal on behalf of the Government and the people to the Magdalen women.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...of our Taoiseach today, proud that he had the capacity to deliver such a meaningful apology and to provide an indication of the compensation deal on behalf of the Government and the people to the Magdalen women.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

John Crown: ...us. Will the Leader get clarification from the Minister for Justice and Equality as to what investigation will take place with regard to potential conflict of interest issues that arise with the Magdalen laundries? State moneys were paid to hospitals which were then paid to the laundries for a service which did the work in terms that have been described as perhaps slave labour but...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

John Crown: ...us. Will the Leader get clarification from the Minister for Justice and Equality as to what investigation will take place with regard to potential conflict of interest issues that arise with the Magdalen laundries? State moneys were paid to hospitals which were then paid to the laundries for a service which did the work in terms that have been described as perhaps slave labour but...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: I congratulate the Taoiseach on what was a full apology to the women who were in the Magdalen institutions, an apology which was long overdue from successive Governments. It is a tribute to him that he appointed Mr. Martin McAleese to the Seanad to carry out that very difficult task of researching what had happened in the Magdalen laundries, culminating in the report presented and last...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Mark Daly: I congratulate the Taoiseach on what was a full apology to the women who were in the Magdalen institutions, an apology which was long overdue from successive Governments. It is a tribute to him that he appointed Mr. Martin McAleese to the Seanad to carry out that very difficult task of researching what had happened in the Magdalen laundries, culminating in the report presented and last...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: ..., Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, will visit Russia tomorrow for discussions on interstate adoptions. She has done Trojan work in this area. Regarding adoption rights, many of the girls from the Magdalen laundries and others are trying to trace their parents for many reasons, including medical reasons. We must ensure all help is given in this area.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Caít Keane: ..., Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, will visit Russia tomorrow for discussions on interstate adoptions. She has done Trojan work in this area. Regarding adoption rights, many of the girls from the Magdalen laundries and others are trying to trace their parents for many reasons, including medical reasons. We must ensure all help is given in this area.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...and they were so happy they were walking 10 ft. tall. They put it to me that a great weight had been lifted off their shoulders. They are new women today. However, I am not only proud for the Magdalen women, I am proud for Ireland. We have had such a blackened and hidden past but what we did as a Government yesterday lifted the veil off that. This has been a good day for women,...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...and they were so happy they were walking 10 ft. tall. They put it to me that a great weight had been lifted off their shoulders. They are new women today. However, I am not only proud for the Magdalen women, I am proud for Ireland. We have had such a blackened and hidden past but what we did as a Government yesterday lifted the veil off that. This has been a good day for women,...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Terry Leyden: I agree with Senator Darragh O'Brien's appreciation of the Taoiseach's fine apology on behalf of the State and all of us for the neglect of those women in the Magdalen laundries. It is well-timed and certainly very sincere. I went into the Chamber to see it and during my years there, I never experienced such emotion both on the floor of the House and in the Gallery. The fact that a...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ...councils as to what will happen. I want to be associated with the general message, response and welcome to what the Taoiseach and other members of the Government said yesterday evening on the Magdalen laundries. The Taoiseach's response went a long way towards addressing any discontent that there might have been over a perceived delay in a Government response. What was said could have...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ...councils as to what will happen. I want to be associated with the general message, response and welcome to what the Taoiseach and other members of the Government said yesterday evening on the Magdalen laundries. The Taoiseach's response went a long way towards addressing any discontent that there might have been over a perceived delay in a Government response. What was said could have...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ach an oiread le mo chomhghleacaithe, ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis an Taoiseach as ucht an leithscéal a gabhadh inné, lá stairiúil do na mná a d'fhulaing ins na hionaid Magdalen. Céim dhearfach chun cinn í sin agus tá súil agam go leanfar leis na moltaí a cuireadh os comhair an Tí inné. I also welcome the full apology offered by the Taoiseach yesterday. That apology is...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Jimmy Harte: Last night was a very poignant one for the people in the Visitors Gallery and others outside Leinster House who watched the Taoiseach apologise to the women who had spent time in the Magdalen laundries. It was followed by an apology from the Tánaiste and the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. The leader of the Fianna Fáil Party, Deputy Micheál Martin,...