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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...

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move:That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges the scandal that occurred at the Bon Secours Sisters institution in Tuam, County Galway, where almost 800 children died while in the ‘care’ of a religious order, in a State regulated institution, and were placed in a mass unmarked grave over a period of five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s; notes the Government’s...

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 (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.

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (10 Jun 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am sharing time with Deputy McDonald. I welcome the Government's announcement earlier today and we await the full details on the terms of reference of the statutory commission of investigation announced by the Minister and discussed in the House this afternoon by the Taoiseach. It is a dreadful fact that women and children placed by the State under the so-called care of religious orders...

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...

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,...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (16 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the ongoing protest outside the gates of Leinster House by Marie-Therese O'Loughlin and the immediate need for the Morning Star Mother and Baby Home, North Brunswick Street, Dublin, to be included in the Schedule of the residential institutions redress board scheme and for a further review of...

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...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions: Residential Institutions (16 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the practice of transferring women from State funded mother and baby homes to Magdalene laundries was State policy, as outlined in the Department of Local Government and Public Health Annual Report 1932-33; the length of time this policy was in place; the number of women that were transferred or referred; the length of time they...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (29 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that the practice of transferring women from State-funded mother and baby homes to Magdalene laundries was State policy, as outlined in the Department of Local Government and Public Health Annual Report 1932 to 1933; the length of time this policy was in place; the number of women who were transferred or referred;...

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...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (30 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: to allow the Minister for Health and Children to address the Dáil on the matter of Marie Therese O'Loughlin who is in protest outside this House for more than 60 days; to explain to the House why her Department could find no record of a statutory body having a regulatory or inspection role with...

Establishment of Commission of Investigation: Motion. (14 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ...only three minutes in which to speak. Why should the decision of a Minister to establish an investigation be determined by church guidelines? The Minister's guidelines should be State guidelines and laws enacted by the Oireachtas. I would expect the Minister to be a champion of this principle. I again appeal to the Government to extend the deadline for the inclusion of further...

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 (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...

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....

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....

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...

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,...