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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The statement was appended because the outcome of a court process. A judicial review took place and in the context of that, there was an acceptance that certain survivors should have been provided with a final copy of the report and given the opportunity to make a comment on that final copy. On foot of that, there was an agreement between the State and the plaintiffs in that case that a...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Not that I am aware of.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The key issue in those cases was that certain survivors were identifiable from the text of the commission's report and because of their identifiability, they should have been consulted before the court believed-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is not an amendment. The commission's report has not been amended. It is a statement that sits alongside the commission's report outlining the dissatisfaction of these plaintiffs with the findings of certain paragraphs. Why is the Minister pursuing that approach?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Because that approach follows them having been identifiable.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: That option is only open to them because they are identifiable in the report. It is not open to a Minister of the Government because that route, in terms of being identifiable, does not exist in that situation.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: No.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: That is my understanding, yes.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy Cairns referred to the issue of redress. We did not base our redress proposals on the commission's report. We did not limit ourselves to the limitations that the commission set out. Indeed, in terms of the action plan and our response we did not limit ourselves to the commission's report. Notwithstanding that there are severe criticisms of some of the findings of the report, which...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The statement was the outcome of a settlement of that case.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: It was a settlement between the Government and the plaintiffs, yes.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: It was because it was a part of a court-mandated settlement.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Yes. It is the outcome of a judicial process.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Is the Deputy referring to June 2021? No, there was not.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: No.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Equality Issues (29 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter and welcome the opportunity to update the House on progress to ban the practice of so-called conversion therapy. As we know, Ireland has become a proud, progressive and modern State that cherishes all people equally. We have made great strides in recent decades to promote equality and respond to the needs of a diverse population. We...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Equality Issues (29 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: So-called conversion therapy is a deeply secretive practice. From what I have heard conversion therapy solely works on the notion of shame and shaming the person who is gay, trans or whatever and builds on that shame. The reason people do not know about conversion therapy is because it is done in secret. I feel that it is important when drafting legislation that we have a clear basis to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Further and Higher Education (29 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Senator. I appreciate his raising this important issue. I am happy to provide an update on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Harris, on Funding the Future and the implementation of a sustainable model for the future funding of higher education. The Minister, Deputy Harris, launched the Funding the Future framework, along with the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, on 4 May. The...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Further and Higher Education (29 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Senator. The Government has also committed to continuing to address the cost of participation in third level education so that every person in our country can fulfil his or her potential and no person is denied access to education because cost is a barrier. In budget 2023, in recognition of the cost-of-living challenges faced by students paying the full student contribution fee,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (29 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I hear what Senator Conway is saying about the importance of this scheme and I am pleased to have the opportunity to update the House on this matter on behalf of the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. Bookshare Ireland is the National Council for the Blind in Ireland's accessible digital library for people who are blind or vision impaired. The...