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International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: ...to have the opportunity to contribute to these statements on International Women's Day. I have just stepped out temporarily from the Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, where we are discussing a large number of amendments to the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022, which, as we know, came as a result of the mother and baby institutions. That is one of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if Carlow County Council handed over its records for the former Carlow Mother and Baby Home and Carlow Maternity Hospital also known as Sacred Heart Home to the South Eastern Health Board; if so, if those records are held by either the Adoption Authority of Ireland and or Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12327/22]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 78: In page 12, line 12, to delete “Regulation;” and substitute the following: “Regulation. Under this Act, all records relating to the adoption or informal care arrangement of a relevant person are considered to be that person’s personal data, regardless of whether that data is shared with another person. Personal data in relation to a...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister for his contribution. We welcome this legislation. I wish to acknowledge all of the babies and children about whom we are speaking. Sometimes, there are no words to describe a tragic situation. As the Minister stated, we owe Catherine Corless a great debt of gratitude. She was actually in the Chamber for the pre-legislative scrutiny discussions. It was during Covid...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 39: In page 10, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(a) whether the relevant person’s mother was transferred from a Magdalene Laundry or another institution, to the Mother and Baby Home prior to giving birth and if so, details of the circumstances,”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 40: In page 10, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(a) whether the relevant person’s mother was transferred from the Mother and Baby Home to a Magdalene Laundry or other institution, and if so, details of the circumstances,”.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (23 Feb 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Carlow County Council handed over its records for its former Carlow Mother and Baby Home and Carlow Maternity Hospital also known as Sacred Heart Home to the South Eastern Health Board; if those records are held by either the Adoption Authority of Ireland and or Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (15 Feb 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that he did not appoint experts with lived experience of adoption, mother and baby homes and related issues to the Birth Information and Tracing Implementation Group. [8351/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (15 Feb 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 545. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that he did not appoint experts advocating on behalf of persons affected by adoption, mother and baby homes and related issues to the Birth Information and Tracing Implementation Group. [8352/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Programme (8 Feb 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an institution (details supplied) was added to the list of mother and baby homes in the Schedule attached to the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022. [5811/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Programme (8 Feb 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department added one institution (details supplied) to the list of mother and baby homes in the Schedule attached to the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 given there are at least 182 institutions, agencies and persons who were involved in separating unmarried mothers from their children....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (2 Feb 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider publishing the collaborative forum report given that the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 has been published; if he will engage with this group as his Department works through the certain institutions (authorised interventions) Bill and restorative recognition scheme for former...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Jan 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I understand all the complexities and difficulties attached to the issue historically. When we look at some of the ridiculous suggestions proposed in some of the Bills in recent years, I accept that today we have moved on. In fairness to the Minister, he has delivered this legislation, unlike others before him who talked a lot of talk. I would love to be able to welcome the Bill without...

Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I also extend my sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Ashling Murphy. Lots of words have been spoken since her horrific murder last Wednesday, words of anger, compassion, love and deep sadness. There are not really the right words to properly convey how deeply Ashling's murder has affected us all and shaken the whole nation. However, I would like to share some words...

Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ..., I have one or two questions I wish to put to the Minister. He will not have time to answer them this evening but perhaps he could take them on board. The first person is Jim who is 54 years old and, by his own admission, has lived a decent life. He owns his home and had a good career. His health has not been great of late but he does not let that get him down. He was born in a...

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I move: That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges: —that the State failed the women and children who were in Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes and County Homes institutions; —that women and their children were unlawfully separated during their time in these institutions; —that women and their children were unlawfully separated during their time in...

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I am pleased to get the opportunity to raise this issue and speak on the redress scheme. I clearly remember the first woman who confided in me about her time in a mother and baby institution. It was about ten years ago, and I was a member of Kilkenny Borough Council at the time. This lady had come to me for advice on a different matter, but she ended up telling me her story. I still...

Farrelly Commission of Investigation Substantive Interim Reports: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: That there were systemic failures and shortcomings, a failure to monitor, review and supervise, that there were numerous and notable warning signs and that her case disappeared from view are just some of the devastating findings of the two interim reports of the Farrelly commission of investigation. Running to nearly 800 pages, the two interim reports map out in significant detail the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 643. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is working to the figure of €1.5 billion for the restorative recognition scheme for mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52779/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the Government’s plans for a restorative recognition scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes; and his views on the on the provision that has been made to compel religious orders to contribute to said redress scheme. [48270/21]