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Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (25 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...áil by various Taoisigh on behalf of the State. In February 2013, the then Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, issued an apology on behalf of the Government in Dáil Éireann to women who were resident in the Magdalen laundries for the hurt done to them and for any stigma and trauma experienced by reason of their residence in those institutions. The Government followed up on this through...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility (19 May 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...Thalidomide. Any payment made by the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board is similarly disregarded. In addition, ex gratia payments made to women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen Laundries or through the Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme are also not taken into account in social welfare means assessments. All other compensation or court awards which are not provided...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (12 Feb 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I will pick up on a few of the questions that were asked by Deputies. I note the Deputies' comments and will respond to their direct questions. Deputy Ellis asked about the Magdalen laundry site. As Deputies will be aware, Dublin City Council voted against the sale of the former convent and laundry on Sean MacDermott Street. The proposed plans were for the development of a hotel and...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Leo Varadkar: To reply to the first question, the clerk to the committee is ringing around to make arrangements for this afternoon. On the Magdalen redress scheme, the Minister for Justice and Equality, the Ombudsman and I met two weeks ago to resolve the matter. The Government fully accepts the four recommendations made by the Ombudsman. We will implement them without further delay. To date, some...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...court and they lost their case. Even though they lost their case in court, the Government decided anyway to set up a compensation scheme, which we did. Another scheme that we set up was for the Magdalen laundries, and we are setting one up for the mother and baby institutions, mica and pyrite, and apartment block defects. There were no findings of liability at all against the State in...

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...knows, as has been the case with so many other redress schemes, such as the symphysiotomy redress scheme - which I was involved in putting together - or the scheme we put in place for women who were residents in the Magdalen laundries, it is necessary in all cases that there be evidence. Redress is made based on evidence and that is the basis on which we are operating into the future. I...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Redeployment (13 Dec 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...in College Road has taken on all of the following additional functions - administering the deduction at source facility from welfare benefits for Local Property Tax, payments to the women under the Magdalen Commission Scheme and the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA). The administration of the BSCFA in Sligo, since 2015, involves the recruitment of some 50 staff,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (14 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...Social Welfare Tribunal 1 Grants - Information & Welfare rights 686 EU Community Action Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity (Progress) 2007 to 2013 0 Social Inclusion Initiatives 80 Ex gratia payments to women from Magdalen Laundries and other Institution 3,100 Food Aid 4,000 Training for Carers in areas of economic and social disadvantage (funded from the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (25 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...& Welfare rights 686 A42.5 EU Community Action Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity (Progress) 2007 to 2013 0 A42.6 Social Inclusion Initiatives 80 A42.7 Ex gratia payments to women from Magdalen Laundries and other Institution 3,100 A42.8 Food Aid 4,000 A42.9 Training for Carers in areas of economic and social disadvantage (funded from the Dormant Accounts Fund)...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...rape trials and other matters. This country has not always treated women very well and even today perhaps treats them very badly, as evidenced by issues such as mother and baby homes, the Magdalen laundries, the marriage bar and the hepatitis C scandal. That is why I am determined to get to the bottom of this matter and establish the facts. We do not yet know all the facts, and I ask...

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: ...into the dark recesses of our recent past and further back and this Government has donated much energy to enabling people to have their voices heard and redress provided, whether in the case of child sex abuse, the Magdalen women, the women who underwent symphysiotomy or patients and their families who were not listened to in Portlaoise hospital. We need to ensure that, as we recover from...