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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if St. Kyran’s in Rathcoole, County Wicklow was included in investigations regarding mother and baby homes; if the files from this institution were handed over to the State; if so, if they are with his Department or Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46181/21]

Adoption (Information) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I commend Deputies Connolly and Pringle on bringing forward this Bill. Sinn Féin will support it. I feel a sense of déjà vubecause we have had this discussion on many occasions over the past year and a half both in this Chamber and in the convention centre. As Deputy Harkin said, it is important we continue to have this debate until we get the situation resolved. I am...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ...I get agreement to publish the opening statement to the Oireachtas website? Agreed. As this is our final public meeting before the recess, I thank all members of the committee for their patience and understanding and all their work since January. I wish to say a particular and sincere thank you to the staff in our secretariat, who do a huge amount of work, sometimes in the background....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Jun 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 1014. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of expenditure spent on advertising the public notice entitled Mother and Baby Home Records published on his Department’s website on 27 May 2021 (details supplied). [31726/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Jun 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 1016. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent by his Department and the commission on advertising the mother and baby homes commission of investigation outside Ireland. [31728/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Jun 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 1017. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent by his Department and the commission on advertising the investigation committee of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation. [31729/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Jun 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 1018. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent by his Department and the commission on advertising the confidential committee of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation. [31730/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (15 Jun 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ...I remind members who are participating remotely to keep their device on mute until they are invited to speak. When they are speaking, I ask, where possible, that they have their camera switched on and be mindful that we are in public session. I remind members of the constitutional requirement that members must be physical present within the confines of the place in which Parliament has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Is that okay for the Deputy? Very good. I thank the Minster very much for being with us and for all of the engagement. As I have said a few times regarding this Bill, it just shows the importance of the prelegislative scrutiny process. We have had a great number of hearings and I echo what others have said about the power of the coroner. That point has come through strongly in our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: The business today is pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of a certain institutional burials (authorised interventions) Bill. We are resuming our consideration and members will recall we had several sessions on 14 April. Before I invite the witnesses to address the committee, I wish to put on record that the committee issued an invitation to the Tuam Mother and Baby Home...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (14 Apr 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ...I remind members who are participating remotely to keep their device on mute until they are invited to speak. When they are speaking I ask that, where possible, they have their camera switched on and be mindful that we are in public session. In addition, I remind members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the place where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (14 Apr 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ...no need. I have an observation. Ms Ansbro made an excellent point about Tuam only being discovered in 2017. That is why it is so important, if at all possible, that we ensure we get this right and cover all potential sites because who would have thought, in 2017, that such a discovery would be made? We just do not know about so many of the sites and so many of the homes. Some of them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (14 Apr 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: ...(authorised interventions) Bill. We are joined in committee room 3 by Ms Anna Corrigan. Appearing virtually before the committee are Mr. Carl Buckley, Dr. Stephen Donoghue, Dr. Jens Carlsson and forensic archaeologists, Dr. Niamh McCullagh and Mr. Aidan Harte. The witnesses are all very welcome and I thank them for taking the time to prepare opening statements and written submissions. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (24 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 1094. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions his Department has taken in regard to legal claims being taken by survivors of mother and baby homes. [15326/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasoning that led to the exclusion of the boarded-out children from the investigation into the mother and baby homes. [13642/21]

Civil Registration (Right of Adoptees to Information) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to be able to have this debate today. The mother and baby homes report has reignited a crucial conversation in this country around adoption, illegal adoptions and, in general, adoption practices that date right back to the foundation of the State. The recent “RTÉ Investigates” programme, "Who Am I?",...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the difference between the estimated cost and actual cost of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters; the breakdown of the estimated spend versus actual spend disaggregated by staff, overheads and other costs in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Feb 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 195. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of taped recordings of the 550 testimonies given to the confidential committee of the mother and baby homes report that have been destroyed; and the actions his Department is taking to retrieve this material. [10715/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Feb 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the taped recordings given to the confidential committee of the mother and baby homes report were saved onto a hard drive; and if he has requested that the Commission of Investigation surrender hard drives that could contain this information. [10716/21]

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I wish to share time with my colleagues. Sinn Féin is supporting the motion. I thank Deputy Whitmore and her colleagues in the Social Democrats for bringing this motion to the Dáil today. Deputy Whitmore is passionate about this issue and ensuring that the voices of survivors are at the heart of every decision we make and I am happy to support the motion. The mother and...