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Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...is, or when that investigation will be publicised. No information has been imparted to us on the basis of that question. As of yet, there are no consequences for the individuals who leaked that and for the pain and the suffering they caused to the survivors of the mother and baby homes. No action is a hallmark of the Taoiseach’s office. Even when the Tánaiste was involved...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Commission of Inquiry (4 Dec 2014) See 1 other result from this answer

Peadar Tóibín: 139. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to include the Westbank Home in the terms of reference for the commission of inquiry into mother and baby homes. [46527/14]

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018) See 4 other results from this debate

Denise Mitchell: 27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if survivors of a home (details supplied) will be facilitated in gaining access to redress in advance of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. [18725/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (19 Nov 2014) See 2 other results from this answer

James Reilly: The Government has undertaken to establish a statutory Commission of Investigation into matters relating to Mother and Baby Homes in accordance with the Motion passed by this House on 11 June. Considerable progress has been achieved since this date, including the publication of the Inter-Departmental Group’s Report, the announcement that Judge Yvonne Murphy will chair the Commission...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014) See 8 other results from this debate

Imelda Henry: ..., on his appointment to the Cabinet. I am aware that he worked on children's issues in the past when he was in opposition. I am delighted that he has been appointed as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. I commend him on his decision to establish a full commission of investigation with full statutory powers. He acted promptly and swiftly when he set up a cross-departmental group...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Joan Burton: The Deputy has probably read about the unfortunate things that happened in the past in Ireland in mother and baby homes. Women did not have an opportunity to earn an independent income. The mother and baby homes died out when a former Labour Party predecessor of mine, Frank Cluskey, who was a former Member of the House and Minister, introduced specifically the right for women who were...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Feb 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to pick up on that theme. A geophysical survey of infant burial grounds will begin today at the site of the former Sean Ross Abbey mother and baby home, near Roscrea, County Tipperary. Records of deaths at the home show that 269 children died there between 1934 and 1967 but, due to the failure of the order to keep records, the number of children who died there is not known...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (9 Nov 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank Deputy Cairns for raising this important issue and I acknowledge her ongoing work in the area of women's health. As the Deputy is aware, the HSE's national home birth service moved from community operations to acute operations within the HSE earlier this year. The home birth service is now being integrated into the maternity networks in line with the national maternity strategy....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2023)

Ivana Bacik: Later today, the Dáil will debate the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes. Like me, the Taoiseach, I know, will have received countless emails from those who are concerned that, despite public assurances, many will be excluded from the redress scheme. To quote from today's Irish Examinerarticle by Conall Ó Fátharta and Elaine Loughlin, the proposed scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 529 and 530 together. The Government takes its responsibility to investigate and address historic wrongs and allegations of human rights abuses very seriously. Since 1999, Ireland has undertaken investigations into allegations of abuse in various institutional settings. These investigations have sought to establish the facts relating to the operation of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health Nurses: Discussion (27 Jun 2013)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I recall when I came home with my first baby and the fear and anxiety I felt when the public health nurse first called to my door. It is something most young mothers experienced at the time. When one closed the door after the public health nurse left there was a sigh a relief that one was taking care of one's baby properly and doing all the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 461 and 476 together. The Government takes its responsibility to investigate and address historic wrongs and allegations of human rights abuses very seriously. Since 1999, Ireland has undertaken investigations into allegations of abuse in several institutional settings. These investigations have sought to establish the facts relating to the operation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (6 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 288, 306 and 307 together. The Government takes its responsibility to investigate and address historic wrongs and allegations of human rights abuses very seriously. Since 1999, Ireland has undertaken investigations into allegations of abuse in several institutional settings. These investigations have sought to establish the facts relating to the operation of...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Mark Ward: I was a member of the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when I heard at first hand the heartbreaking testimonies of those affected by the mother and baby homes. The last time I spoke on this issue, I read testimonies that survivors made to the commission of investigation. I will read again some of these testimonies because it is important to hear these...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (31 May 2016) See 2 other results from this answer

Joan Burton: 923. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to extend the terms of reference of the mother and babies homes commission to cover all State linked institutions, in particular St Patrick’s Guild and St Rita’s private nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12756/16]

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (15 Dec 2005) See 1 other result from this answer

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the contentions of a number of former residents of mother and baby homes and their legal representations that the State had a duty of care, where babies were born or placed in these institutions, and therefore should have been included in the remit of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (24 Mar 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 66. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if records for the former Carlow Mother and Baby Home, Carlow Maternity Hospital and a home (details supplied) are held by either the Adoption Authority of Ireland and or Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I take it the Deputy is referring to the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. This will be the largest scheme of its type in the history of the State with an anticipated 34,000 people eligible for its benefits. Given its scale and significance the Scheme has been placed on a statutory footing and enabling legislation was signed into law last July. A comprehensive body of work has been...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Nov 2020) See 4 other results from this answer

Roderic O'Gorman: In clarification for the Deputy, the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters submitted a Seventh Interim Report to the then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on 3rd June 2020. This report was subsequently published on 12th June and is available on my Department's website. The Government has agreed that the Final Report of the Mother and...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Holly Cairns: Of course, everyone in a local authority now would have had nothing to do with these actions. Ultimately, however, it was not that long ago and it is quite likely that staff could still be in place who were there when these institutions were still open. The last one closed in the early 1990s. It is very likely there still could be an overlap of staff and it is something we must consider. ...