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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1823. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been provided to the National Counselling Service from 2020 to date in respect of services for people affected by adoption and the mother and baby homes, in tabular form. [12264/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1830. To ask the Minister for Health to publish in tabular form a breakdown, by year of the numbers of people affected by adoption and the mother and baby homes who have accessed the services of the National Counselling Service from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [12271/25]

International Women's Day: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this topic. I think of my late mother, Mary, who reared nine of us, six boys and three girls. She was a powerful woman who instilled all of the values that I carry with me today. Indeed, I think of people like Carrie Acheson, iar-Teachta Dála, who was here for a short time in the 1980s. She was a powerful woman and a visionary. I think...

International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2025)

Claire Kerrane: .... No matter how many times the Government says childcare costs have been cut by 50%, it does not make it true. A survey last year put monthly childcare in various counties at over €600, €800 and €1,100. In the context of the fee assessment for those receiving core funding, we know the majority of those which look to raise their fees will be allowed to do so. This...

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Nessa Cosgrove: ...When we think of our Irish diaspora, we often have a mixed idea of what that means. As can be seen from all the contributions here, there is no such thing as a typical Irish emigrant. All our families in Ireland, especially in the west, have been impacted in some way by emigration, for better or worse. Often, people are going to make a better life for themselves and are very happy in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

Seán Kyne: ...of Staff of the Defence Forces, Rossa Mulcahy. We all join her in wishing the Irish team well at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin. She also raised issues regarding biodiversity and section 39 workers. I will ask if we can get a statement on those matters at a later date. Senator Nelson Murray spoke about St. Ultan's school in Meath and made a very interesting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (4 Mar 2025)

Helen McEntee: I understand that the Deputy is referring to capital funding of €500,000 which the Department of Education has, for a number of years, ring-fenced for the purpose of establishing a national memorial for children who were victims of abuse in residential institutions, which was one of the recommendations contained in the Final Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (4 Mar 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael Murphy: 602. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if two institutions (details supplied) can be included in the schedule 1 of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9097/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (4 Mar 2025) See 1 other result from this answer

Niall Collins: 615. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an application by a person (details supplied) under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9341/25]

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for making the time for these statements, which I believe are the first on health in this new Dáil. The Government and I are fully committed to a vision of a universal health and social care service where people have access to services based on need, and not on their ability to pay. The full implementation of Sláintecare remains one of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (26 Feb 2025)

William Aird: 240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if eligibility under the mother-and-baby-home redress scheme will be reviewed to include all affected survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8395/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (25 Feb 2025)

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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Michael Cahill: In University Hospital Kerry, we have great staff and a great manager whose interests are in her staff and especially in the patients who use the facilities there. However, we have a crisis in the accident and emergency department where patients are waiting 24, 36, 48 hours and longer. Many of these are elderly people. A 96 bed block is required in addition to the 39 beds which are already...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony: I rise today to speak to the subject of special needs and disability, not from the usual angle but from the angle of the families of these people. Through my current work and also through a previous life, I have assisted families with assessments of need applications, therapy applications, etc. I always found it difficult to deal with the families because many of them are hurt and let down....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (25 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to financially acknowledge those excluded from the mother and baby and other institutions redress scheme, in particular those who do not meet the 180-day requirement, those whose were boarded out, those subjected to vaccine trials, those who suffered additional abuse as a result of race or ethnicity;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (25 Feb 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of payments made to date in each category of Schedule 2 and each category of Schedule 3 of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023, by category, in tabular form; the number refused and the reasons therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7546/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 759 and 760 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth responses are listed in the table below. Bodies under the aegis of the department will respond directly to the Deputy. Contractor Description of Contract Contract Award Value Final Contract Cost ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (25 Feb 2025)

Norma Foley: While I try to be helpful at all times in the parliamentary process, the Deputy will be aware that I cannot be involved in individual cases and cannot comment on same. The legislation underpinning the Payment Scheme - the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 - specifically provides for the explicit independence of the Chief Deciding Officer in administering the application...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 782. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive payment from the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7846/25]

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Christopher O'Sullivan: .... It is also fair to say, despite what was said, that we all want the same thing. There is a shared ambition in the House for increased home ownership, increased housing delivery, decreased rents and ending homelessness. Despite that, it is a mischaracterisation to say that our interests are developer-led. They are not. We are interested in helping the same people that the people on...