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Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I abhor the term "unmarried mother". I used "single" to try to be a little more delicate and respectful. I accept the Minister's point.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: If a person's internment began with the maternity home it would be reasonable that the date is not the date the person entered into the county home but the date they entered into the maternity home and maternity service aspect. That may be where the affidavit is really important. We are not talking about a six month period but we would need permission for an affidavit to cover the extended...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I want to clarify what I think I am hearing from the Minister, which is that we are creating a redress scheme that responds to a multitude of things. In particular, the stigma that arises from an Irish society that sent women into a mother and baby institution, be it in some guises and instances that was a county home. In others it was clearly a mother and baby home. The labelling is...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I will make one last plea. I have family; my mother is from County Mayo. The worst possible thing that could have happened to my grandmother was that she would be sent to the county home. I am with Senator Ruane all the way on the issue of being on the same site. Once a woman was within those premises, she was a lesser human being in the manner of her treatment. We can include these...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: And there were interchangeable staff.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Women Accessing Education, Leadership and Political Roles: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I loved the witnesses' opening statements. I am sorry I was not present to hear them, but I read their submissions at the weekend. I value that we are championing making sure that we hear women's voices. This is the first Seanad to have such a large percentage of women. Consequently, the content of debate is more empathetic and a different side of things is heard. I get what Senator...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Women Accessing Education, Leadership and Political Roles: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: Yes.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Women Accessing Education, Leadership and Political Roles: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: Deputy Higgins.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Women Accessing Education, Leadership and Political Roles: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: It is very powerful. I went through all the WCI projects on its website. They are very powerful projects. I am involved in the Fine Gael Women's Network. As part of that, there is a mentoring programme to tackle that confidence piece. People in media training say that the lads will rock up and do not feel the need to prepare, while women do a huge amount of background work and prepare...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Women Accessing Education, Leadership and Political Roles: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: -----but for now I have to be mannerly and just delete them. We were afraid of the amplification but there was a need to call it out and say this is happening and it is not acceptable. Do the witnesses have advice on that? How do they deal with that tension?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Women Accessing Education, Leadership and Political Roles: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: Ms Deirdre Campbell is amazing.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Women Accessing Education, Leadership and Political Roles: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: When women came in at the beginning of this Dáil session, a query came in fromThe Irish Times asking us to discuss what abuse we had been subject to. I answered the questions and recall including in it a reference to my very first Facebook post. Somebody had said to me that posts on Facebook could be boosted. I had never done so before so I innocently did a boost. It was very simple....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Women Accessing Education, Leadership and Political Roles: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: I do not know whether women get a thicker skin. I would hate to think that I have because I know the first time, I got sick, my legs and my knees went from under me and then I moved to delete everything because I was afraid that if my husband saw it, he would be too frightened for me being in politics. I did not want to have to deal with his nerves as well. I think there is a circular...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Women Accessing Education, Leadership and Political Roles: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: There was a time the Business Committee did not have a woman on it.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Women Accessing Education, Leadership and Political Roles: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: We need it though.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Women Accessing Education, Leadership and Political Roles: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: Apologies, I have to attend another meeting.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: On many occasions during the Order of Business in recent years, specifically last year, there has been talk about Cherry Orchard. I am crying out on behalf of the people there for support from the Government and movement from it to support what is a fantastic community of people with a very tiny group that sullies its entire name. Today, I want to mention all the fantastic things that have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: My apologies; I was at another meeting and was not present for the opening statements. I will go back and------

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: Dublin City Council covers my constituency.