Results 1-20 of 48 for magdalen speaker:Charles Flanagan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (16 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am committed to honouring the commitments made to the Magdalen women. To date, 696 women have received ex-gratia payments from my Department at a cost of €26.2m. In recommendation 6 of his Magdalen Commission Report, Judge Quirke - who devised the ex-gratia compensation scheme - refers to the issue of the various forms of memorialisation discussed with advocates and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (10 Dec 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 230 and 231 together. The Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-Gratia Scheme was established in 2013 on foot of the recommendations contained in the Magdalen Commission Report (Quirke Report). That Report was a response to an Interdepartmental Government Committee report (McAleese Report) that was set up to establish the facts of State involvement with the...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...to present the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019. The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015. The Magdalen restorative justice ex gratiascheme was established in 2013 on foot of the recommendations contained in the Magdalen commission report, otherwise known as the Quirke report. That report...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Apology (16 Jan 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 589 and 611 together. The site of the Gloucester Street Magdalen Institution on Seán McDermott Street, Dublin 1 is owned by Dublin City Council (DCC).  In December 2017 DCC publicly announced that it will carry out a significant commercial redevelopment of the now largely derelict site as part of a broader economic regeneration of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (27 Nov 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 299 and 305 together. The Government is committed to complying with all of the recommendations of the Ombudsman in relation to the operation of Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme. In relation to the Ombudsman's principal recommendation that the Scheme should be applied to women who worked in the laundry of one of the 12 'Magdalen' Institutions and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (6 Nov 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 435 and 449 together. The Government is committed to complying with all of the recommendations of the Ombudsman concerning the operation of the Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme, as contained in his report of November 2017. The Ombudsman made four recommendations in his report. A Senior Counsel has been appointed deal with two of them: to advise...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Jun 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...in Certain Institutions Act 2015. As Senators will be aware, the 2015 Act was enacted to provide certain health services to be made available without charge to successful applicants under the Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-Gratia Scheme. It also provides that ex gratia payments made to the women arising from the Magdalen redress scheme will not be included in a financial assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Data (22 Nov 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 to 101, inclusive, together. The Government is committed to complying with all of the recommendations of the Ombudsman in relation to the operation of Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme. In relation to the Ombudsman's principal recommendation that the Scheme should be applied to women who worked in the laundry of one of the 12 'Magdalen'...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: ...of Public Works and the National Archives. Following the decision to establish a commission of investigation, there have been calls for the inclusion of a range of other institutions, including the Magdalen laundries and related concerns, and those are being given consideration as part of the process under way. The position as outlined by my colleague, the Minister for Justice and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (26 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...to this application (Dáil Question No. 436 of 6 November, 2018 and Dáil Question No. 127 of 24 January, 2019) I explained that this application comes under the 2018 Addendum to the terms of the 2013 Magdalen Restorative JusticeEx Gratia Scheme. That Addendum applies the scheme to persons who were resident in one of 14 adjoining institutions and who worked in the laundries of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Jan 2019)

Charles Flanagan: To date just over €27.2million has been paid to 720 women under the Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme  In my response to the previous Dáil question in relation to this particular case (Dáil Question no. 436 of 6 November, 2018), I informed the Deputy that the application falls to be dealt under the Addendum to the terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (8 Mar 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Government decision in relation to the terms of the Magdalen ex-gratia Scheme provides that it commences with effect from 1 August, 2013.  By way of general information, to date 687 women have received lump sum payments under the Scheme which provides for lump sum payments varying from €11,500 to €100,000 depending on the length of stay in the institution...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Apr 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am committed to honouring the commitments made to the Magdalen women. To date, 691 applicants have received redress amounting to €25.9 m in lump sums under the Ex Gratia Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme, along with other enhanced Health and Social Protection supports. I have carefully considered the Ombudsman’s report of November 2017 on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (6 Nov 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The application in respect of which the Deputy has provided details, falls to be dealt with under a recommendation made by the Ombudsman in his November 2017 report on the administration of the Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme. That recommendation concerns the application of the scheme to women who worked in the relevant 12 Magdalen Institutions but who resided in one of 14...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Residential Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I thank Senator Ruane for her contribution. I am happy to engage positively with her to ensure any outstanding issues can be dealt with to the satisfaction of the women who worked in the Magdalen laundries. I do not like the term “Magdalen women” and I do not believe in the circumstances that it is a fair term. I rather prefer to address the issue along the lines of dealing...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: ...day, the formal terms of reference will be agreed. However, I must advise the Deputy that the McAleese report examined links between mother and baby homes, in particular the institution in Tuam, and Magdalen laundries. My colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, asked a valid question relating to how the inclusion of Magdalen laundries in the terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (30 Nov 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 to 109, inclusive, together. I should firstly say that I am committed to honouring the commitments of then Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the Magdalen women in 2013 and the full implementation of the Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme introduced for women who were admitted to and worked in the 12 named institutions covered by the scheme. My Department was...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: ...the Minister for Justice and Equality, in response to a recent Parliamentary Question on this issue may be of interest to the Deputy. Minister Fitzgerald advised the House that the facts available regarding Magdalen laundries have already been set out in detail in the McAleese report which exceeds 1,000 pages. The women concerned have received an apology from the Taoiseach, had the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Magdalen Laundries (20 Oct 2020)

Charles Flanagan: 245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if guidelines have been prepared, agreed and set in place in relation to recommendations in the report of the Ombudsman on the Magdalen laundry scheme (details supplied). [31229/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (28 Feb 2023)

Charles Flanagan: 535. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the steps he proposes to take to ensure healthcare provision for survivors of Magdalen laundries resident in Ireland is aligned with the HAA-standard care, as recommended by the Quirke report. [9473/23]