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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Canney: What survivors are saying to me is that there is no clinical or medical reason somebody who spent six months or less in a mother and baby home would have been treated differently from somebody who spent more than six months there. They fail to see what the criteria are. I know there is an interdepartmental group, but they are saying that they spent time in these mother and baby homes. They...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes made significant findings about the failings of the State and religious bodies, which together ran mother and baby and county home institutions. The Government believes that all relevant parties have a collective responsibility to respond to the legacy of these institutions. In May, the Government approved my proposal to appoint...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Frances Black: The Minister is very welcome to the House. I wish him and his family a very happy Christmas. This legislation has been a long time coming. I am glad that it has finally come before the Seanad. I pay tribute to the incredible work of the Together for Safety campaigners. Their dedication and persistence have helped get us through to this crucial stage. I also commend the Minister on his...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme will be the largest scheme of its type in the history of the State with an anticipated 34,000 people eligible under its terms. Given its scale and significance the Scheme has been placed on a statutory footing as enabling legislation was signed into law in July this year. Before and since the passing of the legislation a comprehensive body of...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Lisa Chambers: With regard to the strategic plan, I note that this section lays down a process by which the plan is developed, how it is laid before the Houses and how it is consulted upon, and I have a couple of questions on that. I agree with the timeline set down. It should be done within six months and it is then submitted to the Minister and the Garda for the period of three years, which is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Protecting Vulnerable People: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Professor Desmond O'Neill: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the committee. I am a professor of geriatric medicine, the most widely-published clinician in ethics research in Ireland and contribute to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing professional development of doctors in ethics, an underdeveloped aspect of healthcare in Ireland. The key focus of euthanasia and assisted suicide is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Religious, Faith-Based and other Philosophical Perspectives on Assisted Dying: Discussion (5 Dec 2023)

Mary Seery Kearney: ...due respect, faith has not always influenced the behaviour of our State to the better of its people. As a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth having to deal with mother and baby homes and other situations, we have seen it to the forefront of those unfortunate decisions over years, and the hardship they caused. I am not sure I...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reviews (5 Dec 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is conducting the following studies, reviews, and research projects. The table shows the conducting body, the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed, in tabular form. Project Organisation Year Started Scheduled Completion Attitudes to Immigration, refugees and asylum seekers ESRI ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (29 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: ...public health nursing service plays an incredibly valuable role in the provision of an extensive range of front-line community services encompassing health promotion, disease prevention, screening and the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based, preventative care services tailored to the needs of the individual. In addition, the public health nurse works in collaboration with other...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “Report on extending availability of full Parent’s Benefit to Lone Parents 8.The Minister shall prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on extending the availability of the full duration of Parent’s Benefit to lone parents to examine the effect that enabling all...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Bríd Smith: I will go first, followed by Deputy Kenny and then Deputies Murphy, and Barry. Our full solidarity, sympathy and our hearts go out to the children, their families, the carer and her family, and all in the community who were deeply affected by this horrible and unspeakable act. There are certain grounds for women and children in this country to be fearful of violence because they have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My department provides a comprehensive package of carers’ income supports including Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and the Carer’s Support Grant. Combined spending on these payments to carers in 2023 is estimated at almost €1.6 billion. Carer's Benefit is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce to care for...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Danny Healy-Rae: This is a very worrying situation that has affected everyone all over the world. People are outraged at what is going on and what has gone on. We welcome the word that has come through this morning that there is some breakthrough and that peace may be about to happen. We all hope and pray that it does happen. I condemn what has happened here since 7 October. I am neutral in the sense...

Seanad: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2023)

Paul Gavan: I appreciate the opportunity to address this Bill today, which Sinn Féin will be supporting. It is crucial to recognise the origin of this Bill, which is a reactive response to revelations in England, specifically Bristol and two other hospitals, where more than 30,000 bodies or organs were retained. The Dunne inquiry, which was initiated in 2000 but was marred by delays and costs, did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Article 23 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Nov 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Professor Eilion?ir Flynn: I completely support the points made by Nem and they are very valid. I want to touch on some of the other topics about which there were questions. With regard to legal or legislative barriers to disabled people adopting or fostering, in our view we did not come across any strictly formal legislative barrier in our research on reproductive justice and disability...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Taoiseach, more than 5,500 children have now been killed in Israel's brutal bombardment of Gaza. More than 13,500 Gazans have been slaughtered and nearly 6,000 are missing. Entire Palestinian families have been wiped out, entire neighbourhoods and communities wiped from the face of the earth and generations erased. Forty-five days of horror have rained down on the Palestinian people in a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (21 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, last June Government approved proposals for the delivery of a package of ongoing supports and services for survivors of abuse in residential institutions, relating to health, education, advocacy and trauma-informed practice. This package of supports was developed following consideration of the final report of the survivor-led Consultative Forum, along with other...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Róisín Shortall: The horror unfolding in Gaza is on an unimaginable scale. In just over a month, Israel has dropped more than 25,000 tonnes of explosives on the besieged Gaza Strip, which is home to 2.3 million people, half of whom are children. Shockingly, more than one in 20 people in Gaza is now believed to be either injured, missing or dead. Entire families have been wiped out and the number of child...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Eileen Flynn: ...from the head of the Mental Health Commission who said that CAMHS was discriminating against autistic children. I have not heard CAMHS acknowledge today that autistic children or children with other disabilities not having access to it is discrimination. I have a list of emails as long as my arm from people looking for access to CAMHS for an autistic child. In the next 15 to 20 years,...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Earlier today, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, was taking Leaders' Questions. He was asked about the horror being rained down on the people of Gaza. He said that what is taking place is a war on children. It is a war being waged by Israel against Palestinian children. That is a very good description of what is happening....