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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: There is a vote in the Seanad.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Senator Clonan is okay too. Sorry for interrupting.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Time is tight but I may let the Senator back in after Deputy Murnane O'Connor.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Does Senator Ruane want to come back in?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Senator O'Sullivan is online. If he intends asking questions, will he confirm that he is in Leinster House?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I have a question or two. The enhanced medical card is one of the key features. The six-month cut-off point is a major issue but previous speakers raised that matter, so I will not do so again. What is actually covered by an enhanced medical card? A number of women have asked me that question. Some were left to give birth in horrific circumstances which resulted in lifelong medical...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: On the health aspect, that would mean people going on to the existing public list, I imagine. I am conscious that a lot of people really struggled to maintain employment because of their experiences and are in a situation now where they are really in need of certain medical treatments. If they are going on to an existing public system that we all know is creaking at the seams, it will be...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the witnesses for coming here and answering our questions. Is it agreed to publish the opening statements to the Oireachtas website? Agreed. I am going to suspend the meeting for five or ten minutes to allow the second set of witnesses to come in.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: We will continue with our second session of pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the mother and baby institutions payments scheme Bill. In this session we are joined by representatives of Oak Conflict Dynamics, namely, Ms Mary Lou O'Kennedy, director; and Ms Estelle Varney, facilitator. From Concordia Consulting, we are joined by Mr. Ray Flaherty, facilitator and managing...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: For the information of all present, the Birth Information and Tracing Bill, which is relevant to the committee, is currently being debated in the Seanad. There is a bit of a clash and Senators are trying to attend both sessions. That is the nature of these Houses, unfortunately. I thank Senator Ruane for her explanation. I invite Ms O'Kennedy to make her opening statement.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Ms O'Kennedy. We will move to Dr. O'Byrne.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Both group’s contributions are invaluable in terms of our scrutiny of this Bill. We will move on to questions.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I apologise for interrupting. There is a vote in the Seanad, just so members know.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: This is fascinating and shows that, as has been said by many people, these experiences cannot be looked at in a set timeframe. It is necessary to consider these aspects in the context of the overall experience. So much research exists now in this area, even compared to when some of the Magdalen laundry schemes were designed. My next question is for Ms O'Kennedy. Are we potentially making...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Does anyone else wish to contribute?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Does anyone else wish to add anything before we finish? This is the end of our questions.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Yes.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: If no one else wishes to contribute, I thank all the witnesses sincerely for coming in and for their time. This has been very helpful to us before we draw up our report. I just need to get agreement from the members to publish the opening statements on the committee's website. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: The Senator is very good.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 (24 May 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Did Senator Clonan want to add a comment?