Results 1-20 of 36 for magdalen speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Magdalene Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2012)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is a very important motion. We must all hope that it is also another significant step on the road to justice and truth for the former detainees in the Magdalene laundries. That will be decided by the Minister and her colleagues in government. I commend the Justice for Magdalenes campaign group for their work. It has given a voice to women who were appallingly treated over decades....

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...that the Minister would give the same answer would be wrong, but there we are. Given the reference to institutions that were not the subject of previous State address, it is more than sad that the Magdalen laundries will be excluded because of the McAleese report which was a huge disappointment for those who had gone though the Magdalen laundry experience. The Minister cannot be unaware...

Departmental Correspondence. (28 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of new evidence proving the State's complicity in the detention of women in the Magdalene Laundries, he will support extending eligibility for redress to these women. [4230/10]

Written Answers — Report on Magdalene Laundries: Report on Magdalene Laundries (24 Mar 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will ensure that a formal apology for the State's failure to protect women and young girls from abuse in the Magdalene Laundries is offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5638/11]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (27 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the medical card provision to survivors of the Magdalen laundries; the scope of its cover; the services it does not provide for; the similar provisions that apply in other cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28215/18]

Order of Business (9 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will be brief. Will the Taoiseach join other Deputies in asking the Conference for Religious in Ireland to meet representatives of the victims of the Magdalene laundries? This is an issue on which, I hope, the House could unanimously agree and encourage. On the point relating to the redress scheme-----

Written Answers — Report on Magdalene Laundries: Report on Magdalene Laundries (24 Mar 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views on the Irish Human Rights Commission's Assessment which called for a statutory inquiry into human rights violations in the Magdalene Laundries; if he will institute this statutory inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5637/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (3 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding he has paid in each of the past five years to the four religious orders involved in the Magdalene laundries (details supplied); the purpose of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9712/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (3 May 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 632: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding he has paid in each of the past five years to the four religious orders involved in the Magdalene Laundries (details supplied); the purpose of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9711/11]

Magdalen Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...State in its duty of care to women and children for several decades. I listened with despair to the Taoiseach and the Minister citing statistics from the report regarding the committals to the Magdalen laundries, as if these somehow absolved or partially absolved the State from its responsibilities. They seemed to seize eagerly on the rather questionable finding in the report that the...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (19 Nov 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to make a supportive intervention following what Deputy Daly has already recorded. It is not only the Westbank orphanage but the Church of Ireland Magdalen home in Dublin as well. I strongly appeal to the Minister not to exclude any of those Protestant interests who have been campaigning for full inclusivity which, as the Minister is aware, I have argued for consistently.

Written Answers — Hospital Patients: Hospital Patients (17 Jun 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...at the Central Mental Hospital, Dublin, and were cremated during the period of 1900 to 1980; their gender; the reason for their detention in the CMH; if these people were previously residents of Magdalene laundries or another residential institutions previous to their detention in the CMH; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23951/09]

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of all homes and institutions that were excluded from the proposed inquiry into mother and baby homes, including the Magdalene laundries and Westbank; the grounds on which these were excluded; the measures being put in place to ensure survivors of these excluded institutions, now all in their senior years, will be heard,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: .... To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of all homes and institutions that were excluded from the proposed inquiry into mother and baby homes, including the Magdalene laundries and Westbank, County Wicklow; the grounds on which they were excluded; the measures being put in place to ensure that survivors of these excluded institutions, now all in...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions: Residential Institutions (16 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the practice of transferring women from State funded mother and baby homes to Magdalene laundries was State policy, as outlined in the Department of Local Government and Public Health Annual Report 1932-33; the length of time this policy was in place; the number of women that were transferred or referred; the length of time they...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (29 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the practice of transferring women from State-funded mother and baby homes to Magdalene laundries was State policy, as outlined in the Department of Local Government and Public Health Annual Report 1932 to 1933; the length of time this policy was in place; the number of women who were transferred or referred;...

Church-State Dialogue (17 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the first matter, the Taoiseach indicated that he has not raised the issue of the girls and women who were confined within the so-called Magdalene laundries under the control of a number of religious bodies. Will he undertake to the House to raise this matter, as it is of grave concern? The survivors of the experience have been calling for a full public inquiry. As I have indicated, the...

Written Answers — Legislative Provisions: Legislative Provisions (23 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if in accordance with the Factories Act 1955, section 84, Ireland's Magdalene laundries were considered factories and, as such, were subject to the conditions laid out in that legislation; if his position reflects the statement made by the then Minister for Industry and Commerce, William Norton, in Seanad Éireann on 5 May...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Sep 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...? What years are to be covered from 1925 onwards? What institutions will be included? Will it include the Sisters of Bon Secours in Tuam and similar institutions, the Bethany Home and the Magdalen laundries? Will the Minister indicate clearly, in this first opportunity after the summer recess, exactly where this preparatory work is? Will it include address of the adoption practices,...

Topical Issue Debate: Symphysiotomy Reports (26 Nov 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...particular case regarding this particular cohort of victims? It compares terribly with the State's position on the other cases I have instanced, such as hepatitis C, residential institutions and Magdalen laundries. It is intolerable this is the situation that applies. Even if Ms Justice Harding Clark were to apply her discretion, it is only an additional 20 days. In my opening...