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Order of Business. (1 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Tánaiste indicate what time we will have sight of the Bill? When will it be published? Will the Tánaiste advise what timeframe is anticipated by her for the required debate and consultation regarding all the details that arise out of consideration of the Supreme Court decision? Will the Tánaiste accept that the timeframe for this emergency legislation will not accommodate the full...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this the 50th anniversary of the awful bombings in Dublin and Monaghan. I also welcome to the Gallery some members of the families of the 27 Dublin victims and the seven who lost their lives in Monaghan along with representatives of Justice for the Forgotten. The impact of the tragic events in Dublin and Monaghan still reverberates through every one of...

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

Ruairi Ó Murchú: There will be much agreement about the State's dreadful history of institutional abuse. As my colleagues and many others have said, an enormous number of people were put into institutions against their will. Those institutions include mother and baby homes, institutional schools and all those places where this State has a dark history and where people were very badly treated. We all know...

Proceeds of Crime (Investment in Disadvantaged Communities) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Jul 2021)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I thank everyone who contributed. Everyone is generally in agreement on the necessity of this legislation or type of solution. We all get the natural justice aspect of those people who have done harm to the communities, in that the money is taken and put back into those communities to add extra funding to necessary projects that make life better. I will not reiterate my whole point but...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Bernard Durkan: It is said that stone walls do not a prison make nor iron bars a cage; the meaning being that the free spirit is never captured. However, reading these reports it is clear that is not the case. Children, adults, and people of all ages with special needs in this country were kept in institutional cages in the dark and were punished repeatedly and abused to an appalling extent. It is...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Labhrás Ó Murchú: I agree with many of the comments expressed regarding the revelations of the Ryan report. There is no doubt it exceeded even our worst fears. All of us will endeavour to get behind the report and try to understand in some small way the terrible suffering through which these innocent children were put. These children were already deprived of a normal, loving family life and then placed into...

Fatal Road Traffic Collision in County Monaghan in 2011: Statements (31 May 2018)

Gino Kenny: Yes. I welcome Lucia and all her family who are in the Gallery. Today we should not be taking about Shane O'Farrell. Shane should have been getting on with his life, coming up to his 30th birthday, loving life and enjoying his career, but he met his end in a very violent way. Anybody who knows the circumstances before 2 August 2011 would know Shane should be alive today. We should not be...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (28 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: We embarked upon an investigation process some years ago. The late Mr. Justice Hamilton did excellent work and this work was completed by Mr. Justice Barron. We have got as much data as we could for all these cases from everybody both here and from British intelligence whether that was through the NIO, British security or wherever. They were extraordinary times. We have tried to go back and...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Martin Conway: I welcome the Minister's statement in the House and the proposal to establish a commission of investigation. Mr. Justice Peter Charlton is eminently suitable to carry out this role and will do so in a diligent and fair manner and get to the bottom of any allegations. I have had occasion to deal with him in the past and find him to be a person of the utmost integrity so I salute the Minister...

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I commend the various organisations representing the survivors of the vast array of institutions that formed this architecture of oppression, abuse and persecution which ruined the lives of tens of thousands of women and children. It abused them, robbed them of their identities and histories and inflicted a crime on tens of thousands of vulnerable people and children. The damage that was done...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (15 Sep 2022)

Damien English: The Deputy raised two important issues. The first is the reform of the overall system. In recent years, especially in working closely with the Tánaiste and the Department over the past year, we put extra resources and staffing into that area. The number of staff available to work through the backlog in permits has nearly trebled. Thankfully, the processing time has been reduced. We...

Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)

Carol Nolan: I welcome the opportunity to reflect briefly on the Good Friday Agreement. I will also take this opportunity to commend the work of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, which has done some interesting work in this area. It is particularly worth highlighting the committee's report and its assessment of the legacy of the Troubles on victims. The committee...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2007) See 1 other result from this debate

Gerard Murphy: We have had long discussions on the idea of restorative justice, yet only two such schemes are in operation — in Tallaght and Nenagh. Both have been extremely successful. Instead of running around introducing legislation, the Minister should have introduced the restorative justice scheme nationally. We have talked about non-custodial sentences and community service, but the Government...

Seanad: Civil Marriage: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

Rónán Mullen: I understand that Senator O'Toole, who is not present, may wish to share time. If he appears, I will happily conclude. If this is the case, perhaps the Leas-Chathaoirleach will inform me when I am halfway through. I wish to preface my remarks by stating this is an issue of tremendous importance and enormous sensitivity and there are deeply-held feelings on all sides on this issue. It goes...

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Apr 2013)

Billy Kelleher: It is just over a year since an all-party motion was passed in this House on the issue of symphysiotomy. Like other speakers, prior to that I was not aware of the procedure. I have attended maternity hospitals in recent years and while I found the experience daunting, it was patient-focused and centred, with the patient at the heart of all decision-making processes. To be informed by the...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2011)

Paul Connaughton: Most of those on this side of the House who have spoken have a great deal of experience in this area. My own background before entering politics was as a youth worker with a local national school. Many of the students I worked with were receiving the assistance of SNAs and the benefits of that assistance was clear. The educational experience we provide to these young people will stand to...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: The Hogan committee was established last November and, in respect of the right to silence issue and the drawing of inferences, I asked the committee to produce a break-out report because I was legislating in an affected area. I did not ask the committee to rush through its full report for the purpose of this legislation and allowed it time to consider the other issues at greater length....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reform of Family Law System: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2019)

Dr. Carol Coulter: We have seen lists of more than 120 cases in one day. In theory, the length of the court day is six hours, so it is not necessary to be a mathematician to work that out as three minutes per case. The crowding in some places is unbelievable. That is not universal and, in Dublin, it certainly works much better. It just cannot be possible to devote adequate attention to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I want to acknowledge that the mechanisms for the delivery of new refuge spaces is not working fast enough. Everybody recognises that. The review undertaken by Tusla is the clearest evidence of that. That review looked at two main metrics, namely population space per number of people in a particular area and access to refuge space by distance, in terms of a half hour journey. That showed...

Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I cannot say I am happy to speak on this motion this evening because it involves the setting up of a statutory inquiry into the death of a young man who should be alive today. I welcome Lucia O'Farrell, her husband, Jim, and Shane's sisters to the House again. I compliment Lucia on her painstaking and forensic work. As the now Acting Cathaoirleach, an Teachta Connolly, said a few minutes...