Results 121-140 of 201 for magdalen speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...to make 2014 the year he commits to examining budgets and the Bills which follow them from an equality perspective, because it is badly needed. I have heard a number of Government Deputies laud the fact that payments for the Magdalen laundry survivors will not attract any tax. All of us would have assumed this would be the case. I am very shocked to hear them highlight this as the big...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 409. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish the recently completed interdepartmental group report on Judge Quirke's Magdalen laundries restorative justice recommendations. [44606/13]

Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...illness? The Taoiseach will recall that this promise was made in his Government's first budget. A separate issue that I have raised with the Tánaiste on a number of occasions relates to the Magdalen laundries and the redress scheme. The women are still waiting; none of them has seen a shilling. I have correspondence from both the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter,...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is almost eight months since the Taoiseach's apology to the survivors of the Magdalen laundries and several months since the establishment of a very limited form of redress for the women concerned. To date, however, not a single cent has been paid out. I have raised this issue with the Minister for Justice and Equality with a view to establishing not just when the moneys will be paid but...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 512. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the Magdalene Laundries Restorative Justice Scheme to include the number of women who have applied to the Fund; the number of the applicants that have received a payment, medical card, pension payment and or additional supports as provided by the Magdalene Commission Report; and can if he will confirm that the...

Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I was very unimpressed with the Taoiseach's very anaemic response in respect of the Magdalen laundries and the religious congregations.

Topical Issue Debate: Magdalen Laundries Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...well for him to hope the congregations will reflect on their decision. Rather more than this is required. It needs to be stated very plainly to these congregations that the women and girls of the Magdalen laundries - and they were laundries and not homes - were abused comprehensively, that the State has acknowledged its involvement in this abuse and that the congregations themselves bear...

Topical Issue Debate: Magdalen Laundries Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: When the Taoiseach got to his feet in the Dáil and issued an apology to the survivors of the Magdalen laundries, everybody gathered here and beyond understood that this was the beginning of the end game for those women. It is astonishing to hear the four religious orders - the Sisters of Mercy, the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, the Sisters of Charity and the Good Shepherd Sisters -...

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...and when does the Tánaiste envisage a referendum being put to the people on that matter? I asked last week about a debate in the Dáil on the Quirke report and the redress scheme for survivors of the Magdalen laundries. I appreciate that Mr. Justice Quirke has brought his report forward but I think it merits time for discussion in this House, not least because the UN Committee...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...to assist in the passage of that legislation. Outside that, there are broader redress issues. I welcome the publication yesterday of Mr. Justice Quirke's recommendations for redress for the survivors of the Magdalen laundries. Will the Government commit to holding a full Dáil debate on the detail of that report and the shape of the proposed scheme of supports and redress for the...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach confirm that the Cabinet today considered Mr. Justice Quirke's report on redress for survivors of the Magdalen laundries? When does the Government intend to publish the report? Will the Taoiseach give us an update on the Government's position on the recognition of, and provision of compensation for, the Bethany Home survivors?

Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries Issues (13 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...if he has received Mr Justice John Quirke’s recommendations taking into account the findings of the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalene Laundries in view of details supplied; his views on the United Nations Committee against Torture’s opinion (details further supplied); and if he will clarify if the...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...of the McAleese report last February, Mr. Justice Quirke was asked by the Government to report back within three months on a proposal for a redress and compensation scheme for the women of the Magdalen laundries. I understand this report was received by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence last month but has not yet been published.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are all aware that Bethany Home is a different scenario from the Magdalen laundries because it was a mother and baby home but they share one core similarity and that is the ongoing delay by Government in delivering justice to the survivors and victims. I cannot understand how the Taoiseach can stand up here and say that the Minister is still considering, cogitating and pondering Bethany...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 725. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider extending the Magdalen Fund to surviving women of the former Sisters of Mercy Laundry in Clifden, County Galway. [27464/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalene Laundries Fund (22 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 198. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date by which Mr. Justice Quirke will report back to him with recommendations regarding the Magdalene Laundries Fund and accompanying matters. [24601/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalene Laundries Fund (22 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the elderly Magdalene Laundries surviving women living in the US seeking to meet with Mr. Justice Quirke who due to ill health and or financial restraints have been unable to travel and in such instances have been told that they can only be accommodated if they are in a position to travel to Dublin at their...

Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: When does the Tánaiste expect Mr. Justice Quirke to report back on the redress scheme for the Magdalen laundries. Can he tell the House if the Government has reached a decision on the institution at Summerhill in Wexford which has been excluded from the scheme, unlike the institution at Stanhope Street? Can he indicate what progress the Government has made on Bethany Home and set out...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Magdalen Laundries Issues (9 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 142. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 941 and 942 of 16 April 2013, the steps being taken to ensure that there is access to Magdalene graves and ensure the upkeep of Magdalene graves. [21967/13]

Order of Business (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: .... Can the Tánaiste tell us what that proposal might be and the current status of those considerations? My second question is about Mr. Justice Quirke's work on the redress scheme for the Magdalen survivors. As the Tánaiste knows, Summerhill in Wexford was inexplicably excluded from that redress scheme.