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

Michael Kitt: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the commission of investigation. I welcome the draft Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters) Order 2015, and the statement of reasons for the establishment of a commission of investigation. The manner in which single women and their children were treated in mother and baby homes was appalling....

Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Michael Kitt: Is the proposal for dealing with No. 51, motion re approval of the draft Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters) Order 2015 (resumed), agreed to? Agreed.

Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Michael Kitt: ...;naiste the current status of the Official Languages (Amendment) Bill to implement the recommendations arising from the review of Official Languages Act 2003. Deputy McDonald raised the issue of the mother and baby homes. Will there be a debate on that issue? Many people are still trying to get information about their own personal records in regard to Tuam, County Galway. I would like...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Nov 2014)

Michael Kitt: 557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will indicate the period for which a person (details supplied) in County Galway was resident in the Tuam mother and baby home; the records available pertaining to the person's residency in that institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41928/14]

Topical Issue Matters (10 Jun 2014)

Michael Kitt: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Kevin Humphreys - the need to hold a plebiscite on a directly elected mayor for Dublin city; (2) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the removal of the multiple sclerosis treatment drug Fampyra from the long-term illness scheme; (3)...

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

Michael Kitt: 606. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action he will take and the role his Department will play in probing the deaths of children in the mother and children home in Tuam, County Galway and in other mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24511/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (5 Jun 2014)

Michael Kitt: I support the call for an independent inquiry into the deaths in the mother and baby homes. As someone who has represented east Galway and Tuam for over three decades, I am very saddened by and horrified at the information on the large number of deceased children involved. I have spoken to the Minister about this and thank him for giving me a hearing. I understand there could be four...

Topical Issue Matters (4 Jun 2014)

Michael Kitt: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Mick Wallace - the ongoing crisis in Libya; (2) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - an tuarascáil a foilsíodh maidir leis an seirbhís PSO go na hOileáin Árann; the report published on the PSO...

Magdalen Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Feb 2013)

Michael Kitt: I commend Deputy Calleary on moving this motion and Dr. McAleese on the publication of the final Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. Martin McAleese said that there is no single or simple story of the Magdalen laundries and the report shows significant State involvement in referring women to the laundries. We...

Topical Issue Matters (12 Oct 2011)

Michael Kitt: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Derek Keating - given that the National Transport Authority, which reports directly to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, has approved plans by Dublin Bus to change radically the public transport bus routes...

Seanad: Millennium Development Goal: Motion (13 Feb 2008)

Michael Kitt: I welcome the opportunity to address the Seanad on the pressing international development issue of maternal health and mortality. I thank Senators for their contributions and I am pleased the motion is agreed. In 2000, maternal health was selected as one of the eight highest priorities for the future of developing countries. By including the issue in the millennium development goals, heads...