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Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I wanted a vote on amendment No. 27. I said I was pressing it.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I pressed it to a vote.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I appeal to the Acting Chairperson. We cannot stand by while people are not getting the bare minimum of recognition. Is there any other way around it?

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I said I was pressing the amendment.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: My intention will be set down on the record. How bitter could one possibly be to refuse to accommodate me in this way?

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 32: In page 25, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “(4) Nothing in this section shall prejudice a person’s rights under the United Nations Convention against Torture.”.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: As the Minister knows from the Committee Stage debate with Senator Higgins, we proposed to delete the part of the Bill that would force survivors to give up their rights to take legal action against the State when they accepted a payment under the scheme. These amendments were ruled out of order. As a compromise, amendments Nos. 32 and 35 would insert paragraphs providing for the prevention...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: The Civil Engagement Group was very disappointed with the reply from the Department on amendment No. 34. To make a general point, to claim that emotional abuse is recognised in the Bill when it is not is a total insult, not to us as legislators who are trying to bring about a better Bill, one where people will get justice, but to the survivors. It is an absolute insult. I am not being...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: That is what it is. I have read it and so has the Civil Engagement Group. We have been here week after week and very few of our amendments have been accepted.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I am sorry; I cannot polish it up. It is what it is.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I am pressing it. I will call a vote on it.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 35: In page 26, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(4) Nothing in this section shall prejudice a person’s rights under the United Nations Convention against Torture.” .

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 39: In page 27, line 22, after “practicable” to insert “and within 30 days”.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: First, I am sorry for a comment I made earlier to the Minister. I would like to withdraw it. I am genuinely sorry. This is one of only two time-related amendments that we introduced. This amendment is very moderate. It simply asks that decision-making officers should not take any longer than 30 days to notify the HSE that a person is entitled to an enhanced medical card under the scheme....

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: No.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 41: In page 34, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “Review of Scheme following ruling of international human rights bodies 49. (1) Should any opinion, decision or recommendation be made by an international human rights treaty body relating to remedies for mixed-race persons who resided in relevant institutions, the Minister shall cause a review...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 45: In page 35, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “Report on contribution of relevant parties to Scheme 50.(1) Under this section, "relevant parties" means persons, organisations, the estates of persons, or other entities involved at any time in the operation, management, administration or ownership of relevant institutions, or in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (27 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: Three years ago, I got a telephone call from the then Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, to be one of his 11 nominees. To think I am still here three years later is incredible. Almost three years ago, a report called No End in Site was launched. It was about a specific halting site where children lived in dire accommodation. Where is that report? To the best of my knowledge, not one...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Eileen Flynn: It has been three years for me. I started here a few months after other Senators.