Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: to allow the Minister for Health and Children to address the Dáil on the matter of Marie Therese O'Loughlin who is in protest outside this House for more than 60 days; to explain to the House why her Department could find no record of a statutory body having a regulatory or inspection role with regard to the Morning Star mother and baby institution, when mothers as young as 14 were referred there and infants were kept there for protracted periods when their mothers were hospitalised; in these circumstances, to explain how this appalling negligence is not now being investigated.

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