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Seanad: Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017) See 2 other results from this debate

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with all previous speakers today. I want to express my most sincere sympathy to all those affected by the mother and baby homes. This deeply saddening discovery confirms our worst suspicion about mother and baby homes. It shows the importance of the ongoing commission of investigation. This is across Ireland. The sadness here today is evident. There is such sadness in the Seanad...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (8 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and related matters identified 923 deaths relating to children who were associated with the former Mother and Baby Home, Bessborough, Cork. It concluded that it is likely that some of the children are buried in the grounds of Bessborough but was unable to find any physical or documentary evidence of this.   In November...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: An Interdepartmenal Group (IDG) was tasked by Government with developing detailed proposals for a payment scheme for former residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. The Government, having considered the proposals put forward by the IDG, have approved details of a Scheme called the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme....

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014) See 2 other results from this debate

Robert Troy: ...onto this committee. I do not engage in theatrical-style stunts. The subhead is welcome because it enables the commencement of the commission of investigation into institutions commonly known as mother and baby homes. I have spoken to survivors who spent time in these institutions and know that they do not like these facilities being termed "mother and baby homes" because there was...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (10 Jun 2014) See 8 other results from this debate

Charles Flanagan: I welcome the opportunity given by the House for statements on mother and baby homes in the Dáil tonight and I thank my colleagues on all sides of the House for facilitating these statements. I would like to begin by acknowledging the Irish women who were in mother and baby homes in this country in the last century and the children that they bore while in those institutions. Their...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme will provide financial payments and a form of enhanced medical card for people who spent time as mothers or children in Mother and Baby or County Home Institutions. It is recognised that there are people who suffered stigma, trauma and abuse in other institutions, and outside of institutions also. However, the institutions covered by...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)

Lorraine Clifford Lee: ...People might laugh, but he has always supported women, as have my colleagues. I make reference to what Deputy Micheál Martin said on radio today when he referred to the savage treatment of women and their children in mother and baby homes across the country. He referred, in particular, to the Tuam mother and baby home and the appalling testimonies we have heard in the past few...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Sep 2014) See 4 other results from this answer

James Reilly: The Commission of Investigation into matter relating to Mother and Baby Homes, once established, will be statutory and independent and will operate in accordance with the Commission of Investigations Act 2004. Discussions are on-going with my Government colleagues and the Attorney General with a view to finalising our deliberations on the Commission's terms of reference in early course. The...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach mentioned the State apology to mothers and children who went through the mother and baby home institutions, but the fact is that approximately 24,000 people who went through those institutions as children were excluded from the redress scheme. The redress scheme is still not open for applications, which is pretty incredible given the age of many of these people. The exclusion...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The Maternity and Infant Care Scheme provides an agreed programme of care free of charge to an expectant mother arising out of her pregnancy and to her new-born baby for six weeks after birth. Before the birth of the child the Scheme offers a system of combined care by a general practitioner who is a participant and is chosen by the expectant mother and the maternity unit/ hospital of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (19 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: In accordance with its terms of reference, the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation investigated 14 Mother and Baby Homes and 4 County Homes.  On 28 February 2021, on the dissolution of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, the records of the Commission were transferred to my Department. My Department then became the data controller for all the personal...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (14 Dec 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ...the photographer was not readily identifiable from the information contained in my Departments financial management system. Officials are going through the records to ascertain the names involved and I will revert to the Deputy in due course. Date Photographer Nature of Employment Cost 2012 Derek Spiers (Report Ltd) How we see it: Report of a survey on Teenagers Body Image...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility (28 Mar 2017)

Katherine Zappone: As the Deputy will be aware, my colleague the Minister for Education and Skills is responsible for the 2002 Residential Institutions Redress Act. However, I understand that when the Ryan Report was published in 2009 there were a number of calls for the Redress Scheme to be extended to include additional institutions, including the Bethany Home. The decision regarding extending the Scheme...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Over many decades, tens of thousands of women and children were wronged by the church and the State in this country. The twisted morality of the church and State at the time forcibly separated mothers and children. The Government apologised and promised to bring in a redress scheme. However, as the Taoiseach will know from the many emails that have been sent to Deputies and Ministers, it...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Alan Kelly: I was enjoying that. We all know there is so much hurt out there felt by the survivors of the mother and baby homes and their families. They feel let down by the report of the commission. They also feel let down that the three members of the commission would not come before the Oireachtas children's committee to discuss their findings. Last night, however, Oxford University advertised...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Meetings (1 Jul 2014) See 4 other results from this debate

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach. I know that he has a very full schedule and that the churches are in the front line, doing very good work for charities and working with citizens who are disadvantaged by austerity policies and so on. This year, we have seen the scandal of the mother and baby homes. New facts and the tragic stories of abuse and loss have emerged and continue to emerge. I read over...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (22 Mar 2016) See 2 other results from this answer

James Reilly: The Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters) is tasked with thoroughly examining the experiences of mothers and children resident in these homes. With regard to the particular focus raised by the Deputy, the Commission will specifically examine whether any group of residents was systematically treated differently on any grounds, including that of race....

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Departmental Meetings (2 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach notes the Secretary General's work on the national memorial and records centre. This is an important commitment by the Government and its delivery will ensure that Ireland meets its moral and human rights obligations to the women and children who endured institutional abuse overseen by the State. The Government's action plan for mother and baby home survivors commits funding...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (20 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Government does not wish to disregard or diminish any person’s experience and recognises that there are people who suffered stigma, trauma and abuse in other institutions and outside of institutions who will not qualify for the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. The Commission found that the named Mother and Baby Homes were ‘unquestionably the main such homes...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (16 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Proposals for the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme were agreed by Government and published on 16 November 2021. The Scheme will include financial payments and a form of enhanced medical card for eligible applicants and will be based on proof of residency in a Mother and Baby or County Home Institution for a defined period of time. According to the proposals for the Scheme, any...