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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (14 Sep 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Catherine Connolly: 56. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 10 May 2022, the status of the investigation into the leak of the report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation which was reported on in an article which appeared in a national newspaper on 10 January 2021; the details of any interim reports received to-date from the senior official in charge of the...

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Seán Canney: ...has shown, since we have started taking in asylum seekers, that the conditions under which they have been living are not right. Human rights issues have not been addressed. We have placed people and families in congregated settings. For whatever reason, we have put them in buildings where they live in dormitories. They are isolated from communities. It takes a lot of time to get them...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Thomas Pringle: ...66 headings. After two years, it has failed under most, if not all, of them. For my constituents in Donegal, it has failed on mica, farming, fishing, protecting the vulnerable, transport, broadband, homelessness, public housing, affordable housing, energy and emissions targets. It has failed family carers, mother and baby home survivors, people with disabilities and people with mental...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (12 Jul 2022) See 6 other results from this debate

Ivana Bacik: The premature leaking of aspects of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes caused great anger and distress for survivors of those homes. It is 19 months since an investigation was launched into that leaking and all of us want to know when we will see the outcome. Will the Taoiseach indicate whether the legislation for the payments scheme will be...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Authorities (12 Jul 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1146 and 1147 together. While my Department has legislative responsibility regarding local authority burial grounds, this responsibility does not extend to the management of burial records. This is a matter for each local authority in respect of the cemeteries and burial grounds they provide. That said, enquiries have been made with Cork City Council, which...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Residential Institutions (7 Jul 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline progress made under the commitments set out in An Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Jul 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 17 May 2022, the expected timeline for the establishment of the specialist tracing service; the resources allocated thereto; the membership, working methods and objectives of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36523/22]

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Lynn Ruane: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I will be concise, given we have little time to get through the amendments. The amendment will amend the meaning of "principal burial land" in the interpretation section. Currently, the section defines a principal burial land as land "associated with an institution where burials have taken place ... of persons who died while resident at the...

Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Matt Carthy: ...to support families with the costs of sending their children back to school. I welcome the measures that were announced today. I particularly welcome the announcement of free school transport, and I hope it will become a permanent measure. I also hope the school transport scheme will be expanded so we can get rid of the ludicrous situation where school buses in my constituency are...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Burial Grounds (5 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 430 and 431 together. I am very conscious of the pain experienced by families in relation to the deaths of children at former Mother and Baby Homes, including Bessborough, and the uncertainty surrounding some of their burial locations.  The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes concluded that it is likely that some of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (5 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will release a number of documents (details supplied) to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35521/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2022)

Michael McGrath: We in government accept that many people and businesses are under pressure. We represent ordinary people too. We are elected by ordinary people and we meet them every day in our day-to-day lives as well. The reality is that the inflation that is being experienced is at a 40-year high and is primarily driven by international factors. I think Deputy McDonald also accepts that. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (29 Jun 2022) See 2 other results from this answer

Mattie McGrath: 126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of birthmothers admitted as residents to the Tusla-funded mother and baby home located in Bessborough, County Cork in each of the years 2014 to 2022. [34690/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...I would argue that more work needs to be done in that regard. Legislation needs amendment also but the more critical issue is curriculum, the delivery of the curriculum, the capacity to deliver it and to develop a culture across the schools that is far more tolerant regarding trans issues, sexual orientation, and respect and consent more generally. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Peter Fitzpatrick: I received an email from someone looking for some advice. The email stated that a Ukrainian lady who had been staying with this person since 7 March had given birth on 8 May 2022 to a baby boy in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. Continuing, the email stated that the Ukrainian lady was making plans for her 12-year-old daughter and mother-in-law to travel to Ireland and that my...

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: ...I do not believe that it is necessary. The Bill provides that before an identification programme begins a director will hold a public information campaign to raise awareness about the programme, and outline how eligible family members and spouses or civil partners of a deceased person can register an interest in participating, objecting to another person's participation or their interest...

LGBTQI+ and Equality: Statements (23 Jun 2022)

Réada Cronin: Equality, inclusion and diversity are three things that should be central to any and every republican who wishes to build and live in a real republic. Together, we took a leap of love in the marriage referendum in May 2015. We kept faith with our brothers and sisters, our aunties and uncles, our friends and neighbours, our political comrades and our political rivals. As we descended on the...

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive statement. I visited Tuam and spent time there on Monday. I spent the day in County Galway talking to a number of people involved in this case. I thought it was appropriate to go. It is important to visit the site and speak to the people involved. I had a long engagement with Catherine Corless and her husband. Walking the site gives a great...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Properties (22 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes was established in 2015 to investigate and report on a wide range of issues associated with Mother and Baby institutions, including burial practices. The Commission’s Fifth Interim report, which was published in March 2019, covered burial arrangements in the institutions. The final report of the Commission was published in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...for meaningful physio intervention. Some 21,000 children are waiting for an occupational therapy appointment, with 10,000 waiting for more than a year. Some 16,000 children are waiting for speech and language therapy. Again, 10,000 are waiting more than a year. For those children that wait is time that cannot be revisited. The interventions must be timely. The damage done to children...