Results 21-40 of 85 for magdalen speaker:Enda Kenny

Termination of Ministerial Appointment: Announcement by Taoiseach (7 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...this country in a wide range of areas for which he has had ministerial responsibility. His work on family law, children's issues, those who died in the care of the State, institutional abuse, the Magdalen women and penal reform will undoubtedly stand the test of time. The Minister's decision to resign follows receipt of the report of Mr. Seán Guerin SC on a review of action taken by...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: It is on the A list and will be published this session. The Government made it clear in respect of the Magdalen decision that it wished to be as generous as possible to those who live within and outside the State. The Magdalen report is being implemented. Much work is being undertaken, payments are being made, etc. This Bill from the Department of Justice and Equality dealing with these...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: The children and family relationship Bill will be taken this session. It is a complex Bill and it will require some consultation and debate in the House. In respect of the Magdalen laundries, I understand €2 million has been paid out. The indications were that there might be between 750 and 1,000 people but 600 have registered. I understand the women involved and their advocates...

Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: We already dealt with the Bethany Homes issue. That has been confirmed as not being akin to the Magdalen situation by Government. The Government has made a decision on that - not just this Government, but a previous Government. The Magdalen laundries issue is being dealt with very effectively following the judicial report into it and payments are being made. The Minister has already...

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...months of the Irish Presidency of the European Union with CAP reform, the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, the banking union negotiations, the abortion legislation, the promissory notes, the Magdalen laundries, Priory Hall, the preparation of a budget and the exit from the bailout programme.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: This matter was the subject of two detailed analyses by two governments. I recall very well the impact of meeting the survivors of the Magdalen laundries. When I engaged with them we put in place a scheme that brought a conclusion to that and I am glad to see that the first payments are proceeding. However, the Minister, Deputy Shatter, and the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...issues in regard to the Bethany Home in its Private Members' business motion. This matter has been examined by two Governments and gone through exhaustively in the sense of equality of treatment with the Magdalen homes. However, it should be noted that the Bethany Home evolved from two private charities, namely, the Dublin Midnight Mission and Female Refuge and the Dublin Prison Gate...

Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...the House rises for Christmas. On the issue of thalidomide survivors, the number of whom is finite, the Minister has engaged with them. The Government is currently dealing with survivors of the Magdalen laundries, symphysiotomy and a number of other problematic areas. I will forward a note to the Deputy on the up-to-date position in regard to the thalidomide survivors.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...his decision. The Government wants to be very generous to all these women. I do not have all the details before me. My understanding is that this will apply in respect of all women who were in the Magdalen laundries and now live abroad, some of whom are already in receipt of full medical services and medical cards. The Government wants to be generous in these cases.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...Glass and it is necessary that there be a structure in place so that when this goes back to the High Court - it is listed for 3 December - there will be a structure in place. In regard to the Magdalens, I hope that some of the payments can be made close to the end of the year or early next year. Yesterday the Cabinet approved the allocation of €250,000 as the first allocation in...

Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: As the Tánaiste has confirmed in respect of the Magdalen women, there is no difficulty-----

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: This is why we listened to the sad saga of the women who were in the Magdalen laundries.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...the clearing house for the 300,000 people taken out in terms of being liable for the universal social charge, USC? Was it the financial services sector? Where was the clearing house that dealt with the Magdalen laundry women? Was it the financial services sector?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...not need monthly meetings. I am far more interested in outcomes and action than in having monthly meetings about such issues. In fairness, a number of Deputies here raised the question of the Magdalen laundries and the women who worked there and that process was put in train. Their stories were heart breaking and there are others like them out there. It is not a matter of having...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...and have destroyed the hopes and lives of thousands of people. I also have to deal with the symphysiotomy situation. Why was this not dealt with? Why have we so many other legacies here, including the Magdalen laundries, that were endemic in Irish society and not dealt with? I hope during the next two and a half years that we can work on these issues. Deputy Higgins made reference...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: These are the results of a process put in place at the request of the Magdalen women. They asked that this matter would be dealt with speedily and effectively, that compensation would be paid and that the process would be non-adversarial, non-litigious and that it would use non-legal routes that could take years. In order to define the work records and attendance records of those who lived...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I will ask the Minister for Justice and Equality. It is a different situation than applied in the case of the Magdalen Laundries and that is why it is still being considered by the Minister. I will bring the Deputy's interest and the comments he made a fortnight ago to the Minister's attention. There has been a lot going on in the drafting of justice legislation in the past period. The...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2013)

Enda Kenny: I seem to have inherited a position of having to deal with a range of difficult issues involving not only financial, political and employment problems but also matters pertaining to the Magdalenes, thalidomide and the Neary cases of symphysiotomy. We want to do something about this issue. I have not yet read Professor Walsh's report, but it has been the Government's practice to engage with...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: I can confirm that the Cabinet considered the Quirke report on the Magdalen issue today. The Government has approved Mr. Justice Quirke's recommendations and the report will be published tomorrow. A press conference will be held by the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to deal with its implications. The women who are involved will receive a...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...its decisions and recommendations. Once the process is decided upon, there will be no delay by the Government in following through. I hope it will be possible to agree on the process with the Magdalen women and deal with it effectively in their interests, having in mind the history of their trauma and distress. We are not playing games in the case of Bethany Home situation which is...