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- Seanad: Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I thank her in particular since, when the horrifying details of Tuam and the children there were being presented, she acknowledged that it was not unexpected. That was important, because we need to recognise that this issue was in the public realm and had been discussed. Something that the Minister addressed in her own speech and that we need...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Mar 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: ...on her appointment. I look forward to working with her. Others have spoken about what we saw in Tuam. It was not shocking because it was well signalled but in terms of the idea of hundreds of babies and children buried in septic tanks, and all of the pain that goes with that, I join those who have called for the commission of inquiry's interim report to be published now. I understand...
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: ...legislation to address the particular breach of trust of a person in authority. The contractual relationship with a person in authority was referred to. There is a relationship of trust and it is a damaging thing when it is broken. It is not simply the actual violence against or abuse or exploitation of an individual which takes place but also the damaging of that individual's trust of...
- Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 5:In page 10, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(8) In circumstances where practicable and possible and where the parties agree, provision for an open adoption should be considered.”. This amendment deals with an open adoption model. In many parts of the world we are seeing a shift towards open adoption and it is something that has been...