Results 101-120 of 121 for magdalen speaker:Alan Shatter

Topical Issue Debate: Magdalen Laundries Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...it, have a moral, ethical and social duty to contribute to the fund. As I stated, the majority of people outside the House would expect such a contribution, and many of the former residents of the Magdalen laundries or homes expect such contributions. I do not believe anything can be achieved by me as a Minister being abusive of those who are members of these congregations. In my view...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Inter Departmental Committee was set up by Government to establish the facts of State involvement with Magdalen Laundries. It is independently chaired by Senator Martin McAleese and published its initial progress report in October last year three months after its establishment. Senator McAleese has advised me that the Committee intends to produce its final report as soon as possible...

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: ...Justice Act. While I have no information at this time of a provision whereby women giving birth to a second child outside marriage at a mother and baby home could be transferred directly to a Magdalen institution, I believe however that it is essential to fully establish the true facts and circumstances relating to these institutions. To this end, the Deputy will be aware that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (30 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, based on the recommendations made by Judge Quirke, the Government established an ex gratia scheme for the benefit of those women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen Laundries, St Mary's Training Centre, Stanhope St. and House of Mercy Training School, Summerhill, Wexford. As per the terms of the ex gratia scheme, applicants who are determined to be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalene Laundries (31 Jan 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...timetable envisaged. QUESTION:* To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received the final report from the Inter-Departmental Committee investigating State involvement with the Magdalene Laundries; if it has been submitted to the Government as per his announcement of 11 September 2012; and if he has received it when he intends to make it available to the families of and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: To date, 680 applications have been received under the ex gratia scheme which was established by Government for the benefit of those women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen Laundries, St Mary's Training Centre, Stanhope Street and House of Mercy Training School, Summerhill, Wexford. The applications are being processed as quickly as possible and over 280 letters of formal offer...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...is, of course, the additional benefit of a parliamentary majority. Much of the work of Government is executive rather than legislative. We have addressed the plight of former residents of the Magdalen laundries - a matter ignored by our predecessors in government. I ensured that it was addressed. The Taoiseach has apologised in the Dáil. We have reformed the approach taken to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (6 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...modes, whether it was through the criminal justice system, or individuals who were residents in industrial schools and who were released conditionally on the basis that they would go into the Magdalen laundries for some time. Therefore, my concerns were proven to be correct. There were suggestions that individuals had not only been emotionally abused but had perhaps been physically or...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (6 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...Government, at the initiative of myself and my good colleague the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, established this inquiry. I had campaigned for a long time for the full story of the Magdalen laundries to be known. Previous Governments had not been prepared to have an inquiry. We owe a genuine debt of gratitude to Dr. Martin McAleese for the extraordinary work he did. It was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (5 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: To date, 680 applications have been received under the ex gratia scheme which was established by Government for the benefit of those women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen Laundries, St Mary's Training Centre, Stanhope Street and House of Mercy Training School, Summerhill, Wexford. The applications are being processed as quickly as possible and over 280 letters of formal offer...

Topical Issue Debate: Magdalen Laundries Issues (27 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...this issue when we brought the Quirke report before it. I very much hope the congregations do see fit to make a contribution. PricewaterhouseCoopers voluntarily reviewed the books of five of the Magdalen laundries for the McAleese report and found there was no real financial profit made by them. There is no doubt that the women resident in laundries were impacted by their experience,...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: ...Group reported to me on 8th July. An Inter-Departmental Committee which is independently chaired by Senator Martin McAleese, was set up to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries, to clarify any State interaction, and to produce a narrative detailing such interaction. An ICT Governance Group has been established. This body is charged with the review...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (9 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: ...normalisation measures undertaken by the British Government in the North. It was dissolved on 31 March 2011. 5. Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries is independently chaired by Senator Martin McAleese and was established on foot of a Government decision taken on 14 June 2011. 6. Inter-Departmental Working Group on Corporate...

Topical Issue Debate: Magdalen Laundries Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...issue. The House will be aware that the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, and I announced a scheme of lump sum payments on 26 June 2013 for women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen laundries, St. Mary's Training Centre, Stanhope Street, and House of Mercy Training School, Summerhill, Wexford. This followed the publication of the report by Mr. Justice Quirke,...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Supplementary) (20 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...the Garda Vote of €50.994 million and a provision of almost €5 million needs to be made within the Justice and Equality Vote to fund initial payments to the women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen Laundries, a significant proportion of the additional requirement can be funded by savings in other areas within the Vote group. Thus, of the additional €51...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: ..., there has not been a significant difference to the budgetary figures published on budget day in October, other than the inclusion of an amount of €23 million in the justice and equality Vote in respect of Magdalen-related payments; an increased provision of €2 million in respect of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission; and an increased capital allocation of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies (18 Sep 2012)

Alan Shatter: ...following its meeting on 14 June 2011 decided to establish an Inter-Departmental Committee which is independently chaired by Senator Martin McAleese, to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries, to clarify any State interaction, and to produce a narrative detailing such interaction. No extra costs were incurred in establishing this Inter-Departmental...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (17 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...I do not share many of them. In particular, I do not accept the attempted correlation between the residents of direct provision accommodation centres and past residents of industrial schools or Magdalene laundries. It is to be expected that asylum seekers, if given a choice in the jurisdiction or elsewhere, would prefer to have independent accommodation, a right to welfare and work and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (18 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: ...I do not share many of them. In particular, I do not accept the attempted correlation between the residents of direct provision accommodation centres and past residents of industrial schools or Magdalene laundries. It is to be expected that asylum seekers, if given a choice in this jurisdiction or elsewhere, would prefer to have independent accommodation, a right to welfare and work and...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: ...area leading to the development of ground-breaking reciprocal visa arrangements; and — the clearing of the backlog of 22,000 applications for citizenship, the new citizenship ceremony and the granting of citizenship to 68,000 applicants;commends the Minister’s initiative to establish the inter-departmental committee, chaired by Senator Martin McAleese, to investigate and to...