Results 41-60 of 72 for magdalen speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (20 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Following the formation of the present Government, responsibility for the administration of the Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-Gratia Scheme, which was established in 2013, was transferred to my Department from the Department of Justice. However, the database used for the recording of information on applications and awards made under the scheme remains under the control of the Department of...

Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for research and remembrance. The centre will stand as a site of conscience, and will be a national memorial to honour equally all those who were resident in mother and baby homes, industrial schools, reformatories, Magdalen laundries and related institutions. It will comprise a museum and exhibition space; a research centre and repository of records related to institutional trauma in...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised) (12 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...expenditure arising in preparation for the enactment and implementation of the Birth Information and Tracing Act. The Office of Ombudsman for Children is experiencing increased pay costs and requires an additional €200,000. The Magdalen fund has a shortfall of €300,000 arising from increased claims. The Irish Youth Justice Service requires an additional €400,000 and...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised) (12 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: In the short term, the Department of Justice is engaging with Tusla. In the medium term, it will actually come out of Tusla and into this new agency. The Magdalen fund was also originally in the Department of Justice. When the first transfer of functions happened in October 2020, it moved over to this Department. The Ombudsman looked at the original Magdalen scheme and made a report on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...on the administrative arrangements needed to operate the Scheme. On 29 March, Government approved high-level proposals for a National Centre for Research and Remembrance on the site of the former Magdalen Laundry in Sean McDermott St. in Dublin city centre. A project Steering Group and a number of working groups have been established to oversee the project and advance its constituent...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (16 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...the 22 commitments made by Government in response to the publication of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation Report. The National Centre will be located on the site of the former Magdalen Laundry on Sean McDermott Street in Dublin 1. It will stand as a site of conscience, and will be a national memorial to honour equally all those who were resident in institutions such as...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (14 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for an enhanced medical card if they were resident in a relevant institution for six months or more. The card will provide access to the same suite of services offered to those who hold the Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-Gratia Scheme medical card. The decision to provide an enhanced medical card to those who spent 6 months or more in an institution was taken by Government as it is felt...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...centre is a core commitment in the action plan for survivors and former residents of mother and baby and county home institutions. The national centre will be located on the site of the former Magdalen laundry on Seán McDermott Street in Dublin 1. It will stand as a site of conscience and will be a national memorial to honour equally all those who were resident in mother and baby...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Research and Remembrance.  The National Centre will stand as a site of conscience and will be designed to be an enduring and educational memorial to honour all those who were resident in Industrial Schools, Mother and Baby Homes, Magdalen Laundries and related institutions. The National Centre will be located on the site of the former Magdalen Laundry in Sean MacDermott Street in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Registration of Births (17 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...The National Centre will stand as a site of conscience and will be designed to be an enduring and educational memorial to honour all those who were resident in Industrial Schools, Mother and Baby Homes, Magdalen Laundries and related institutions. The National Centre will be located on the site of the former Magdalen Laundry in Sean MacDermott Street in Dublin city centre and will have an...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in terms of ensuring there is full parity of esteem between the group who were subject to illegal birth registration and others who have received a State apology, in particular those who were in Magdalen institutions and those who were in mother and baby institutions. A range of very important issues have been raised across the House. We will have the opportunity on Committee Stage to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Magdalen Laundries (5 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government has committed to the establishment of a National Centre for Research and Remembrance on the site of the former Magdalen Laundry in Sean McDermott Street which will stand as a National Memorial to honour all those who were resident in Mother and Baby Homes, Industrial School, Reformatories, Magdalen Laundries and related institutions. The approved...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for an enhanced medical card if he or she was resident in a relevant institution for six months or more. The card will provide access to the same suite of services offered to those who hold the Magdalen restorative justice ex gratiascheme medical card. For those eligible applicants who live outside of Ireland, they will have the choice of accepting a once-off health support payment of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Survivors Memorial (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. The National Centre will stand as a National Memorial in honour of those who were resident in Mother and Baby Homes, County Homes, Industrial Schools, Magdalene Laundries and related institutions. This project also provides a basis for several other interdependent initiatives. I believe that this project will make a significant...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...medical card, the key issue with the enhanced medical card we will provide to 19,000 former residents is that it requires a legislative basis. That has been the case in terms of survivors of the Magdalen institutions and survivors of the industrial schools as well. We need a legislative basis for the provision of a large volume of medical cards. That is why we are looking to move the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. The National Centre will stand as a National Memorial in honour of those who were resident in Mother and Baby Homes, County Homes, Industrial Schools, Magdalene Laundries and related institutions. This project also provides a basis for several other interdependent initiatives. I believe this project will make a significant contribution in our...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for several other interdependent projects. The national centre will stand as a national memorial in honour of those who were resident in mother and baby homes, county institutions, industrial schools, Magdalene laundries and other related institutions. It will make a significant contribution to our journey of recognising and learning from the failures of the past, acknowledging the hurt...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Residential Institutions (3 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...group recommended. It would have applied financial payments to 19,000 survivors. We are applying financial payments to 34,000 survivors. The rates are similar to those used in the Magdalen redress scheme, using the criteria of years spent in an institution. As the Deputy correctly said, for short periods of less than three months' the rate is €5,000 and for those who were...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Residential Institutions (3 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...more prolonged institutional experiences. With these important considerations in mind, the group proposed a general payment with a schedule of payment rates similar to the approach taken for the Magdalen restorative justice ex gratiascheme. The payment rates rise in increments of €5,000 per year in recognition of the prolonged experience of the women and children who spent longest...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (16 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...). - It will provide, as agreed by Government, a form of enhanced medical card, i.e., eligibility for a tailored suite of health services similar to those provided to former residents of Magdalen Laundries, to everyone who was resident in a Mother and Baby Home or County Home for a period of six months or more. I intend to bring proposals on the Scheme to Cabinet this week. Once...