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An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 Mar 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...chur ar mhuintir na hÉireann arís. Tá an t-am tagtha. Tá mé cinnte nach é Bunreacht na hÉireann an áit cheart don ábhar seo. I welcome the fact that the Government has published its legislation and its paper on possible implementation of legislation should the referendum be successful. As somebody who campaigned against the amendment in 1983,...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: ..., but I will not be exact on my age. I campaigned in 1983 against the insertion of the eighth amendment into the Constitution. It was a very difficult campaign. It was my first election campaign and the first time I had ever knocked on doors. If that did not put me off knocking on doors, nothing ever will because it was a truly horrendous campaign for everybody, particularly for those...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (1 Jun 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is the third time in fairly recent times that we have had an opportunity to debate this issue. It is welcome that we are moving forward and that progress is being made. I welcome the Minister's speech today and the number of measures she has told us she is taking. I, too, pay tribute to Catherine Corless and others in the Visitors Gallery who have been directly involved. It is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish the second interim report of the Commission of Inquiry into Mother and Baby Homes; if she in conjunction with her Government colleagues is considering the establishment of a redress scheme for survivors; if in the meantime there is a contact point for information and support for those whose lives have been affected by...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: In her speech on 9 March last the Minister indicated that she would publish the second interim report of the Commission of Inquiry into Mother and Baby Homes by the end of the month, which is this Friday. Is there a proposal to establish a redress scheme and information for people who may have been very disturbed by the fact that they may have a personal connection with a mother and baby home?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 66. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will publish the second interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; the engagement she has had with Judge Murphy regarding expanding the scope of the commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15132/17]

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the decision of Sinn Féin to use the party's Private Members' time to give Deputies an opportunity to debate this issue. Some of us had an opportunity to debate this matter two weeks ago and it will be on the agenda again tomorrow. The House must collectively try to figure out the best way to get to the truth of what occurred in mother and baby homes. None of us has a...

Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...welcome the Minister's commitment to carrying out a scoping exercise to examine extending the terms of reference of the commission of inquiry. However, much more than a scoping exercise is needed and I sincerely hope at the end of it that she will announce an extension of the terms of reference because the commission of inquiry will only examine a sample of 14 mother and baby homes and...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Registration of Births (25 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...of a birth does not delay to access to such services. Although the registration of a birth is a legal requirement, it is not the trigger for the delivery of State supports to that child and should not be a reason for any delay encountered. Many of the supports provided are matters for the Minister of Health, Deputy James Reilly. I include in my response information received from his...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (7 Feb 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 503: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of information from the Department of Health and Children that the Regina Coeli Hostel was subject to its inspection, the Morning Star Mother and Baby Home will be added to the Schedules to the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4199/06]

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...but I was told by the Ceann Comhairle's office that I cannot do so because I raised it in December. Will the Tánaiste discuss this issue again with her colleague, the Minister for Education and Science? I was told when I originally raised this case that the home had not been inspected and, therefore, could not be included in the Schedule. The Department of Health and Children has told me...

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am not asking about the hostel but the mother and baby unit within it.

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: ——the Department of Health and Children informed the Department of Education and Science last April that it inspected the Regina Coeli hostel, of which the Morning Star Mother and Baby Home was a constituent part, which is where Ms Marie-Therese O'Loughlin was born and spent the first few years of her life. People on all sides of the House were consistently told that the hostel could not...

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am asking about the mother and baby unit of the hostel. We have been given 101 different reasons this cannot be done.

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. (13 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the opportunity to raise this issue and thank the Minister for Education and Science for being here to respond to the debate. She will be aware that this issue has been raised by a number of Deputies by way of parliamentary questions and on the Order of Business. Today on the Order of Business, three Opposition party leaders raised the issue of Ms Marie Therese O'Loughlin who is...

Requests to Move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (13 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin, to make further additions to the schedule of the Residential Institutions Redress Act, including the Morning Star Mother and Baby Home and Bethany Home in advance of the closing deadline this week.

Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the Minister's Department there is legislation governing maternity homes, dated 1934. Will the Tánaiste examine the legislation to see if Marie-Therese O'Loughlin and the Morning Star mother and baby homes could be investigated by her Department? Everyone in this House would like to see a solution to the problems raised by Ms O'Loughlin outside the Dáil. I understand legislation in the...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (22 Nov 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Morning Star Mother and Baby Home was included under the definition of a maternity home in the terms of the registration of Maternity Homes Act 1934; if so, whether there was a power to inspect and regulate same by a public body; if so, whether this information will be conveyed to the Department of Education and...

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...on the register of persons considered unsafe to work with children. I hope the Taoiseach will provide a different answer next week. We have all received correspondence concerning the Morning Star mother and baby home and a number of other institutions that still have not been included under the schedule of secondary legislation. The Minister has indicated that the list we have is the final...