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Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I want to support the Bill which, in essence, will provide free health services for women who were residents of the Magdalen laundries and similar laundries that were operated such as St. Mary's Training Centre, Stanhope Street, Dublin. The Bill also provides that such women will not be required to pay the statutory charge for public acute hospital inpatient services and that the ex...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I refer to an article in this week's Irish Examinerthat made reference to Magdalen campaigners and human rights groups addressing the Government's legislation on the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institution Bill 2014. They called the Bill "unacceptable, unfair and full of broken promises". Sinn Féin is in full accord with the assessment of these groups. Last month, the...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: For the 10,000 or so women who went through the Magdalen laundries, nothing we can do can undo the trauma and suffering they were put through or can undo the abuse, abandonment, exploitation and cruelty that was visited on them. Many of them are dead and will never see justice, their lives robbed almost entirely from them. The vast majority of those who still survive, most of whom are over...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...of the mother and baby homes scheme, is not part of this, whereby one would be sure the records would be obtained. I know this would be a huge undertaking. It is part of the reason I believe the Magdalen laundries should be included, even for this reason alone. The UN Committee against Torture has openly criticised four religious orders and the Vatican for their hesitance to produce the...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: Any discussion on the Magdalen laundries, either inside or outside the House, conjures up images of a dark period in the history of our country. Such images are of women who were slaves in the institutions in question - which were run by religious orders - and who were treated in a terrible fashion. These women were either not paid or paid very little for what they did. One of the...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...Fitzgerald, who is unavoidably committed to ministerial obligations in Riga, I thank the Deputies for their comments on the Bill. I remind the House of the commitment given by the Taoiseach to the Magdalen women in this House in February 2013. On that day the Taoiseach apologised on behalf of the State, the Government and our citizens to all those women for the hurt that was done to them...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: ...to a medical card and to all necessary medical services would be provided as recommended in Mr. Justice Quirke's report. It was a key recommendation, and the organisation representing the Magdalen women was extremely disappointed that this did not appear to be clearly enunciated in the Bill. The Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, yesterday outlined to the House the Government's intention to...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: ...they got from church and State in this country and I am quite surprised to see the Labour Party and others standing over it. One of the Labour members stated he was the only person who mentioned the Magdalen women in his manifesto. I think not. There are many on the left, including in the Anti-Austerity Alliance and People Before Profit, who championed women's rights over the years, and...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Ruth Coppinger: I was not in this Chamber two years ago but I watched on my television as the current Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, made a very moving and impassioned speech to the Magdalen women. In fact, during the course of the speech, the Taoiseach was even moved to tears. However, when we look at what is on offer for those women today we would have to conclude they were crocodile tears, not real tears....

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...welfare needs.Mr. Justice Quirke then reported in quite a simple and straightforward fashion, one that was minimal from the point of the women. However, the first recommendation was very clear: "Magdalen women should have access to the full range of services currently enjoyed by holders of the Health (Amendment) Act 1996 Card (“the HAA card”)." There was a very good reason...