Results 21-36 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....

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...

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]

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 — 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]

Church-State Dialogue (17 Nov 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...that the realisation of property now is significantly reduced from what it would have been a short number of years ago? In the dialogue with the churches and congregations, has the issue of the Magdalene laundries been directly addressed? Has the Taoiseach noted that the Irish Human Rights Commission, IHRC, has supported the call for a full and formal inquiry into the State's...

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...

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 — 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;...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...well as that of other Opposition voices. Prior to the Easter recess, I wrote to the Minister for Health and Children asking specific questions in regard to her then recent meeting with Justice for Magdalenes representatives.

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...

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]

Institutional Child Abuse Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...this Bill attempts to do so. Justice must be done for former residents of Finglas children's centre, Scoil Ard Mhuire in Lusk, Trinity House, Trudder House and Madonna House. I also include the Magdalen laundries and institutions established after 1970. In the case of Trudder House, where many Traveller children were abused, there was one successful criminal prosecution. In the case of...

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]

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...and justice and recompense for those abused in institutions, both residential and non-residential, not covered by the Ryan report, because it does not address the whole picture. This includes the Magdalen laundries and institutions established after 1970. Justice must be done for former residents of Finglas Children's Centre, Scoil Árd Mhuire in Lusk, Trinity House, Trudder House and...