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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: I announced the proposed Terms of Reference for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters on Friday, 9th January. While due regard has been given to the emphasis on “Mother and Baby Homes” in the motion approved by Dáil Eireann on the 11th June 2014, the terms of reference also reflect a much wider agenda of directly related...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...of a precedent. Given the extraordinary circumstances of this case, I do not think it sets a precedent to try to deal with it in a sensitive way. With the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, and the Taoiseach, I will ensure this aspect of the issue is raised. I remind the House that there is an ongoing and active Garda investigation into what happened to baby John in this case. I join...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The figure of 25 deaths contained in the report of the Inter-Departmental Group on Mother and Baby Homes is taken from a table based on the 1934-35 Annual Report of the Department of Local Government and Public Health which, as its title suggests, is a report on a single year and covered the entire country. This table was originally published in 2007 in Maternity and Child Welfare in Dublin...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2013) See 3 other results from this debate

Jim Walsh: -----to doctors anywhere else. The problem is once the medical profession is corrupted by targeting innocent life and asking professionals to carry out such action, the ethos of medicine is changed. There was a comment from Senator Burke to the effect that at 24 weeks, a baby has a good chance of survival. I do not know what the Senator would describe as "good" as the evidence given at the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (3 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am acutely aware of the sense of urgency surrounding the establishment of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme and I am focused on delivering the Scheme as soon as possible. To that end, a significant milestone was achieved on 11 July with the enactment of the underpinning legislation - the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023. This Act allows for the...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Danny Healy-Rae: I cannot support the Bill. However, I do not condemn the people who have put it before us; I just do not agree with their point of view. I have my own point of view and believe, as Deputy Michael Harty has said, that the mother's life is paramount and needs to be defended. However, I believe there are laws in the country good enough to protect the mother. I would be worthless in this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is almost two years since the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes outlined details of excavations carried out at the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway, which discovered a significant quantity of human remains. From what we know, the bodies buried there are those of children and babies aged up to the three years old who were unceremoniously...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware, I announced the proposed Terms of Reference for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters on Friday, 9th January.Relevant details are available on my Department’s website, www.dcya.gov.ie. In developing the Terms of Reference due regard was given to the emphasis on “Mother and Baby Homes” in the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Dr. Sara O'Byrne: I thank the Chairman and members for the opportunity to meet with them today. I am a clinical psychologist working with young people who have experienced trauma and adversity, within a specialist setting. I welcome the opportunity to disseminate information in respect of research and best practice and to have this knowledge, in turn, shape and influence thinking in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014) See 2 other results from this debate

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am seeking an update from the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on the proposed model for the commission of investigation for mother and baby homes, and other similar institutions. I wish to know the proposed commission's status, including the preparation of its terms of reference and the scheduled programme of work. I am anxious to establish if the Minister has an idea of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 304. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will include Westbank orphanage and other relevant protestant institutions in the proposed mother and baby homes inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44943/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (21 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 193. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if personal and administrative records normally held by Tusla and other bodies in their original form examined by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation have been returned to the original record holders. [31963/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Bernard Durkan: 205. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position relating to occupants of the various mother and baby homes ,including the Magdalen laundries, Bethany Home and others; if compensation has been paid, is pending or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7397/19]

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2014) See 4 other results from this debate

Charles Flanagan: I am pleased to be back in the House to participate in a somewhat lengthier debate on mother and baby homes, following earlier statements. I thank Members on all sides for facilitating statements and the debate on mother and baby homes in the Dáil following the Government's significant decision during a Cabinet meeting this morning to establish a commission of investigation. As...

Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Butler: Recent confirmation that a significant number of babies and infants were buried at the site of the Bon Secours mother and baby home in Tuam reminds us how inhumane our country's history is. Fianna Fáil and I express our most sincere sympathy to all those affected by the mother and baby homes, particularly those women and children who were sent there by their families, which was,...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Frank O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on what is a difficult, emotive and personal issue for everyone, both in this Chamber and outside. I speak on the issue as both a representative of a number of different views on the part of my constituents and as a parent, husband, son and brother. Where a number of different views are articulated, we get a good cross-section of people's opinions on this...

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (7 Oct 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additives are checked regularly in respect of ingredients in baby food and other consumer products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33354/08]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (2 May 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 1426. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the proposed scope of the mother and baby home investigation; the other sites that will be investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19269/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Jul 2019)

John Lahart: 836. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure local authorities and other bodies co-operate with the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. [30641/19]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 40: In page 10, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(a) whether the relevant person’s mother was transferred from the Mother and Baby Home to a Magdalene Laundry or other institution, and if so, details of the circumstances,”.