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Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ..., they did not tell us whether that is years or months. I believe that one or two patients, or people, have been residents in that unit for years. That ties in with the housing crisis and there being no place to discharge people. Can the Ceann Comhairle imagine that we have somebody in an acute mental health unit because there is no place for them to go? I appreciate that the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (9 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1500.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied), who applied to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme, can expect a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35550/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 263. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total annual funding allocated to the children’s fund under the action plan for survivors and former residents of mother and baby and county home institutions; the breakdown of that allocation to each of the three projects identified for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30434/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (18 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 47. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary No. 84 of 30 April 2024, if the negotiation process between the expert negotiator and religious orders with regard to the mother and baby institutions redress scheme has been completed to-date; if he has received any updates or interim reports during the process; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (18 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications approved of the approximately 34,000 eligible persons who applied under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the number who have applied for redress; the number who have accepted; the number who have received a payment; the number refused and the reasons therefore; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (18 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the value of payments made to date under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26032/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (18 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 293. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to increase the level of applications to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26033/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (18 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied with the way in which the mother and baby institutions payment scheme is operating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26034/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (9 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons to whom the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015 applies and persons who received a payment under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme are to be excluded from the Supports of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21039/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 614. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in tabular form, the benefits provided by a medical card and an enhanced medical card (as available to some persons pursuant to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20724/24]

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. There are 21 sections and 4 Parts. There has been no regulatory impact analysis and no explanation has been given for that. It faced pre-legislative scrutiny. A detailed report was carried out, which gave a detailed background and had ten key recommendations in addition to other recommendations. I understand all ten have been completely...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1148 of 20 March 2024, if the negotiation process between the expert negotiator and religious orders with regard to the mother and baby institutions redress scheme has been completed to date; if he has received any interim reports or updates during the process; if he plans...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: My question is specifically about the expert negotiator the Minister has appointed to mediate between the Government and the religious organisations. Where is that process at? It is almost a year now. I think in about 25 days' time, it will be a year. It is a quarter of a century since the Taoiseach apologised for all of the institutional abuse that occurred in the industrial schools. We...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...gloves after a deal was done - well before the Minister's time - for €128 million, with an indemnity given to them. There was utter respect through each report. If the Minister remembers the mother and baby home commission, we called the evidence from the survivors contaminated, while great respect was given to the evidence from the religious orders, the social workers and all...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 589. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received to-date under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the number of applications processed to date; the number of applications approved to date; the number of applications rejected to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19322/24]

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I think I am the final contributor. The Taoiseach gave a fulsome address and apology, which is to be welcomed. However, this apology will only be meaningful if it determines the next steps and if it examines how we got into this position. The Taoiseach has talked about how the institutions of the State let the people down. They did a lot more than that; they actively contrived to prevent...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify how much of the estimated €800 million earmarked for the mother and baby institutions payment scheme will be allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for the administration of the scheme; to clarify the estimated total amount that will be allocated under the scheme to former residents;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (9 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an organisation (details supplied) was the sole bidder in the procurement process for the administration of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if not, to clarify the total number of bidders. [14130/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...inniu leis an scéim chúitimh a fógraíodh inniu do dhaoine a chaith tréimhsí in institiúidí máithreachais agus leanaí. My question today to the Taoiseach relates to the compensation scheme announced today for the people who spent time in mother and baby institutions. I use the word "institutions" because they certainly were not homes....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (20 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 1148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 14 December 2023, if the negotiation process between the expert negotiator and religious orders with regard to contributing to the mother and baby institutions redress scheme has been completed to date; if not, the expected timeline for the conclusion of the...