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Penal Reform and Sentencing: Motion (28 Jun 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move:That Dáil Éireann shall consider the Report of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality entitled ‘Report on Penal Reform and Sentencing’, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 10th May, 2018. I thank the Minister for his attendance. In 2013, our predecessor committee of the Thirty-first Dáil published its report on penal reform,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Investigation into Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (Resumed): Parents and Patient Advocates (19 May 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will close with a last couple of points. I thank Ms O'Connor for her contribution and I commend, as I always have, the work of Patient Focus. She listed a number of hospitals throughout the country that had contacted Patient Focus, following the RTE "Prime Time" programme. She added a very important point about which some of us as members of this committee had been concerned heretofore,...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to make a couple of remarks. I welcome the Minister and his team from the Department. I wish to refer to the briefing for the select sub-committee that was prepared by the Department. There may be other figures that I have been able to link up in the limited time available to me. In terms of the Child and Family Agency, the Estimate for 2015 refers to a sum of €631...

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann:” and substitute the following: “having regard to the motion passed by Dáil Éireann on the 11th June, 2014 which recognised the need to establish the facts regarding the deaths of children at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway between 1925 and 1961, including...

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The survivors of mother and baby homes and similar institutions present in the Visitors Gallery represent not only themselves and each other but thousands of the most poorly treated of our citizens whose life experiences, exposed now as never before, stand out to the eternal shame of the State and all who contributed to its practices towards and treatment of single mothers and their children....

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of all homes and institutions that were excluded from the proposed inquiry into mother and baby homes, including the Magdalene laundries and Westbank; the grounds on which these were excluded; the measures being put in place to ensure survivors of these excluded institutions, now all in their senior years, will be heard,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of all homes and institutions that were excluded from the proposed inquiry into mother and baby homes, including the Magdalene laundries and Westbank, County Wicklow; the grounds on which they were excluded; the measures being put in place to ensure that survivors of these excluded institutions, now all in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I want to establish the number of mother and baby homes and similar institutions that have not been included in the terms of reference of the new commission of investigation. I am keen to receive the full list from the Minister. I would like to know why certain institutions have been excluded. Moreover, I would like to receive an assurance that those who have gone through the harrowing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I acknowledge the effort invested in preparation for the launch of the commission of inquiry, but the Minister has not replied to the question asked and I am keen to establish the reason. The Minister's answer does not in any way shed light on it. I am deeply concerned about the exclusion of Avoca House in County Wicklow; Braemor House in County Cork; St. Gerard's, Herbert Avenue; St....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Minister and his officials. The Minister might indicate the status of filling the vacant Secretary General position in his Department. Regarding the issue of the mother and baby homes inquiry, I believe that everyone of us would be disappointed that the terms of reference have not been finalised, that the commission has not been established and that the work is under way....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Sep 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 2. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will advise Dáil Éireann of the terms of reference for the commission of investigation into the mother and baby homes and similar institutions that was to have been presented to the Members of Dáil Éireann by 30 June 2014, in advance of the summer recess; if he will explain the inordinate delay in the preparation...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Sep 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek to establish the current status of the terms of reference for the commission of investigation into the mother and baby homes and similar institutions. What institutions will be included? What is the timeframe for the commission to present its report? I am anxious to ensure a number of specific areas of address are included in the terms of reference.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Sep 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The timeframe for these questions does not allow for the searching that needs to take place here. The Minister has not answered the questions I asked about the legislative and logistical challenges he outlined in his initial response. What are we talking about here in real terms? The records are very important and of great concern. Have efforts been made to gather these and place them in...

Interdepartmental Report on the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (17 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...opportunity to address the Minister in the Dáil Chamber since he received his new portfolio. At the Oireachtas committee this morning, I wished the Minister success with his new responsibilities and I wish to do so again on the record of the House. Last month, Sinn Féin tabled a Dáil Private Members' motion in response to the issues raised by the scandal of the Tuam mother...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish the new Minister for Children and Youth Affairs success with his new portfolio of responsibilities. I note that question No. 7 about the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes is grouped with a range of questions. The report was issued yesterday on the interdepartmental group's deliberations. It is fair to say that the conclusions are accurate with regard to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Minister ensure that all victims and survivors of these so-called mother and baby homes and other similar institutions will have their experiences fully acknowledged so that real healing, if not closure, can get under way? I emphasise that the process should include all victims and survivors. This is the opportunity and time to address these issues. I ask him to ensure nobody is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 62. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will outline the proposed model for the Commission of Investigation for mother and baby homes; its terms of reference and scheduled programme of work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28268/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am seeking an update from the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on the proposed model for the commission of investigation for mother and baby homes, and other similar institutions. I wish to know the proposed commission's status, including the preparation of its terms of reference and the scheduled programme of work. I am anxious to establish if the Minister has an idea of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I apologise to all our guests but a debate on the Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014 is about the start in two or three minutes in the Dáil and I must cover that legislation. I join the Chairman and my colleagues on the committee in welcoming each of the witnesses here. It has been very helpful. Indeed the witnesses' print submissions are very useful references for all of...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...toradh maith as, ach go háirithe dóibh siúd a d'fhulaing sna hinstitiúdí thar blianta fada. I thank all the Deputies who participated in this debate. It was essential that we address these matters promptly and fully in the Dáil and that is why Sinn Féin used its Private Members' time to have the motion debated. I join colleagues in welcoming our...