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Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: When I looked at the clock or screen at 5 p.m. this evening the Seanad was not in session. It is a bit unfair to point the finger at me and expect that I can deal with this issue-----

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: -----when the matter of time is entirely under the Seanad's Standing Orders.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: If the debate is to be adjourned now, I have no difficulty in adjourning my remarks until we have a further opportunity of dealing with the issue.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I suggest that Senators order their own affairs without appealing to me to come to their aid. I can be back here at 9 p.m. this evening.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: Clearly, I am required to be in the Dáil to deal with a Private Members' motion.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: For the record, I acknowledge the invitation of Senator Hildegarde Naughton to be here. She contacted me earlier in the week and asked me to set aside time. I told her I would and I did.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I am pleased to have the opportunity to visit the Upper House today to hear Senators' views on the serious matter of mother and baby homes, following the significant decision of the Government yesterday to approve my proposal for a commission of investigation. At the outset, let me say that we are now at a planning stage. Yesterday, the Cabinet agreed that the complexity and gravity of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 181 together. The revelations in Tuam, Co Galway have brought to the fore the situation in other Mother and Baby Homes throughout the country. The practices in Mother and Baby homes have to date not featured prominently in the various reviews and investigations which have dealt with many of the past abuses which were inflicted on vulnerable citizens,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: The School Completion Programme (SCP) aims to retain young people in the formal education system to completion of senior cycle and to generally improve the school attendance, participation and retention of its target cohort. The SCP is a targeted intervention aimed at those school communities identified through the Department of Education and Skills’ DEIS Action Plan for Educational...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation have advised the Irish Embassy in Moscow that all proposed adoption agreements are currently on hold while the Russian Government considers proposals in relation to how they deal with adoption agreements in general. It is understood that the Russian Federation's Supreme Court recently made recommendations regarding adoption...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:acknowledges the need to establish the facts regarding the deaths of almost 800 children at the Bon Secours Sisters institution in Tuam, County Galway between 1925 and 1961, including arrangements for the burial of these children; acknowledges that there is also a need to...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I am pleased to be back in the House to participate in a somewhat lengthier debate on mother and baby homes, following earlier statements. I thank Members on all sides for facilitating statements and the debate on mother and baby homes in the Dáil following the Government's significant decision during a Cabinet meeting this morning to establish a commission of investigation. As...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Members who spoke and I welcome the unity of voice and purpose that exists in the House in respect of a shared desire to shine a light on what we have described as a dark chapter of our modern Irish history. I thank the Members of the Opposition who responded positively to my invitation to meet me to discuss these matters today and I give a commitment that this approach will...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I welcome the opportunity given by the House for statements on mother and baby homes in the Dáil tonight and I thank my colleagues on all sides of the House for facilitating these statements. I would like to begin by acknowledging the Irish women who were in mother and baby homes in this country in the last century and the children that they bore while in those institutions. Their...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 598, 605, 606, 608 and 609 together. The revelations in Tuam, Co Galway have brought to the fore the situation in other Mother and Baby Homes throughout the country. The practices in Mother and Baby homes have to date not featured prominently in the various reviews and investigations which have dealt with many of the past abuses which were inflicted on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Sexual Offences (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 599 and 607 together. The Question from the Deputy makes reference to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 27 May 2014. This Parliamentary Question was replied to by my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Ms Frances Fitzgerald T.D. The Minster, Deputy Fitzgerald replied to the Deputy in relation to the implementation of the EU Victims of Crime...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: The School Completion Programme (SCP) aims to retain young people in the formal education system to completion of senior cycle and to generally improve the school attendance, participation and retention of its target cohort. The SCP is a targeted intervention aimed at those school communities identified through the Department of Education and Skills’ DEIS Action Plan for Educational...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: The School Completion Programme (SCP) aims to retain young people in the formal education system to completion of senior cycle and to generally improve the school attendance, participation and retention of its target cohort. The SCP is a targeted intervention aimed at those school communities identified through the Department of Education and Skills’ DEIS Action Plan for Educational...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I have been advised by TUSLA that at 30thApril 2014 there were 65.45 whole time equivalent Principal Social Workers employed within local child protection and welfare services of which 100% are qualified social workers and 100% have applied for registration with CORU. Each local area maintains a register of all staff who have been registered including their registration number, the date of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Measures (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: Part 5 of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011 and a number of sections in Parts 2 and 3 remain to be commenced. A substantial element of the uncommenced sections relates to provisions for special care. Given the legislative framework utilised to manage the interaction between the Child Care Act 1991 and the Health Act 2007, in relation to special care provisions, Regulations under the...