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Reform of Carer's Allowance Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2023)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome this timely motion and signal the Labour Party's absolute support for it. It is widely acknowledged that the budgetary measures that were put in place in the most recent budget signalled a real intention by the Minister and the Government to pour money and resources into increasing the line payments. We acknowledge the €500 cost-of-living payment for people who were...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Seán Sherlock: ...No. 2. I share the views of Deputy Cairns in respect of the culture that seemingly exists within the Department in respect of the freedom of information request that was put in by Elaine Loughlin and Conall Ó Fátharta, as reported in yesterday's Irish Examiner, which reported: "Premature release of policy deliberations into the public domain carries significant risk to policy...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: ..., I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in the debate. We are fortunate as Deputies that there are many people outside this Chamber who are willing to provide us with excellent research and resources. As I sat in my office last night, I received an email containing a briefing paper on the Bill from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL. With the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's...

Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I commend the Acting Chairman on her running of proceedings and keeping us all on time. I support the motion and am glad it has been tabled by the Social Democrats. I note the motion put forward by that party on 24 February 2021, to which the Labour Party tabled an amendment relating to medical cards. The amendment was accepted and the motion, as amended, agreed to by the House. The...

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Institutional Burials Act 2022 (Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam) Order 2022: Motion (14 Sep 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I support the motion. Like my colleagues, I will raise the issue of the promised independent review of testimony. We have Elaine Loughlin and Conall Ó Fátharta of the Irish Examinerto thank for the report in that newspaper dated 29 August in which it was said that "A promised independent review of testimony given by mother and baby home survivors has now been abandoned by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (26 May 2021)

Seán Sherlock: 190. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by the Cancer Genetics Service, HOPE Directorate at St. James’s Hospital to offer genetic screening for more than 30 cancer survivors of mother and baby homes and those who were illegally adopted from such homes; if he will include this innovative service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (14 Apr 2021)

Seán Sherlock: ...begin, I remind Members participating remotely to keep their devices on mute until they are invited to speak. When they are speaking, I ask where possible that they have their cameras switched on and be mindful that we are in public session. In addition, I remind members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the place which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (14 Apr 2021)

Seán Sherlock: ...Senator Seery Kearney. On that note, I propose that we close proceedings. Before doing so, as somebody who is chairing this session, I personally thank the witnesses - Kevin, Martin, David and Peter - sincerely from the bottom of my heart for the compelling evidence that each and every one of them has brought before us today. I speak as just one member here but please be assured that...

Civil Registration (Right of Adoptees to Information) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Mar 2021)

Seán Sherlock: .... We would hope that, ultimately, common ground will be found on the three Bills in order that the issue can be properly dealt with. Our Bill seeks to carry out the expressed wishes of survivors of mother and baby homes and other adopted persons. My colleague, Senator Ivana Bacik, has spoken to this very issue in the Seanad. I am using her words when I say there is an urgent need to...

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after “scope and jurisdiction”: “— issue an enhanced medical card to all survivors who presented to ‘Mother and Baby Homes’ for any length of time, including while pregnant or on a post-natal basis.” I support the motion. We welcome the motion and the fact that the Government is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I acknowledge the statement of Councillor Mary Linehan Foley, Mayor of Cork. I wish to quote from the statement she issued last week. As many will be aware, I am the child of a mother and baby home. I was born in Bessborough Mother and Baby Home. This is a fact I never shied away from. I have come to know my birth mother and consider myself to be very fortunate. But I know there are many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Seán Sherlock: ...say, has described the language of the executive summary as being cold. In the absence of us having recourse to questioning the members of the commission - they have refused invitations to be here and I am not going to pass judgment on that - the Minister is the person in the firing line for questions on the narrative. The process of correcting the narrative has yet to be fleshed out....

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jan 2021)

Seán Sherlock: I read the Minister’s speech as he was delivering it. I ask him to consider the Labour Party Bill, which was also published yesterday, entitled the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2021. If it is passed, it will provide adopted persons with the right to access their birth certificates. I note the Sinn Féin Bill of Deputy Funchion and that Senator Bacik has contacted her...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Dec 2020)

Seán Sherlock: 166. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he had regard to the strategic housing development planning application on the former Bessborough estate in Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes' fifth interim report which found that the burial place of more than 800 children to be unknown (details...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Minister for coming before the committee today. I welcome his words in respect of rebuilding trust, particularly on the mother and baby homes issue. I note his remarks during the passage of the legislation in respect of requesting this committee to have regard to this issue. However, we are unclear what the Minister means by that. It would be useful to have his perspective in...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Seán Sherlock: ...about the creation of Tusla. It is a word that does not trip off the tongue easily. I do not even know if there is a statutory basis for the name "Tusla". I believe it is called the Child and Family Agency. We would all do ourselves a favour if we continue to refer to it as the Child and Family Agency. I do not know when the marketing people came in and decided to give it this glossy...

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2020)

Seán Sherlock: ...motion. We welcome this unambiguous motion that should warrant the support of the majority of the Members of this House. I reread the Minister's speech as I found part of it quite difficult to understand. She stated: The change being sought is complex from a legal perspective. It is not as simple as is being suggested. Adopting the proposed measure would require me, as Minister for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: ...outline whether burial sites allied to former institutions are being examined for the purpose of possible further investigations? This is in the context of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes and in the light of the speech that the Minister made to the Seanad on 6 February, when she indicated that the commission plans to deliver a substantial report on the burial...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has not been published. [7073/19]