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Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions (22 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if recommendations from a working group convened by his Department to develop specific proposals for a package of health and well-being supports for former residents of mother and baby homes were included in budget 2020; if so, the supports in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43248/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (22 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there were provisions in budget 2020 for survivors of mother and baby homes; if so, the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43236/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 554. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the recommendations from the first report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes published in April 2019 with particular reference to the progress made on those recommendations related to health and well-being supports. [39428/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to engage with the Mother and Baby Home Collaborative Forum; and her further plans for the next phase, for example, the appointment of a new chair. [29962/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...have been useful if the forum had known the exact information the Taoiseach has just given me, as I would not have had to raise this issue. I cannot stress enough the extent of the engagement and how much the members of the forum brought to the entire process in a very able way. One member described the feeling now that there was a deep sense of betrayal among the members because they...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Every country has had its dark moments in history. Most of Ireland's dark moments stemmed from 800 years of colonialism. Nevertheless, there were some dark moments that we created and sustained after independence. I specifically refer to the darkness of institutionalisation, mother and baby homes, the industrial schools and Magdalen laundries. I will not get into the commission on mother...

Fourth Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Going back to where we are to date, the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters was established by the Government in February 2015 to provide a full account of what happened to women and children in those homes. Since then, we have had four interim reports: two in 2016, one in 2017 and one in 2018. The final report was due on 17 February last, but...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Procedures (30 Jan 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. My question relates to newborn babies, which is a very sensitive and emotive topic. No one denies that there are times when - for their safety and welfare - babies need to be removed from the care of their parents. Section 12 allows the Garda some discretion and my understanding is that it is used in a humane way. Difficulty arises when there is a court order and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Garda Procedures (30 Jan 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I refer to section 13 of the Child Care Act 1991. I want to return to the forcible removal of a newborn baby from its mother. I agree with the Minister that the welfare of the child is paramount. I ask him, however, to consider that there is a need for a more detailed protocol for a better partnership in those situations where there is a court order or where section 13 is applied. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...;le buíochas leis an gcoiste agus leis an gCathaoirleach as ucht an deis seo a thabhairt dom labhairt ar an mBille seo. I am very grateful for this opportunity. I will begin with some general points and background. We know about our own past when it comes to protecting and guarding children and how much it leaves to be desired. We had all of the events in industrial schools,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Policy (22 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 204. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the protections and protocols in place to avoid a recurrence of a traumatic removal in which trauma was caused for the child, the mother and the professionals involved (details supplied); and the special arrangements in place, including a provision of a mother and baby unit, to minimise the trauma, particularly for the child in these...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the work of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; when the next interim report is due; and her views on whether it will be more informative than the previous interim reports. [37991/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has been able to give equal attention to the other 15 institutions; and her views on the need to examine the other 15 institutions. [37992/18]

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 May 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...for facilitating me this evening in trying to progress the Bill. It is a Bill about protecting children, in particular from those who, for various reasons, sexually abuse children. Ireland has a horrific past in terms of protecting and guarding children. That is evident from events in the industrial schools, mother and baby homes, Magdalen laundries and some foster homes. However,...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (7 Mar 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to regulate and restrict, where appropriate, sex offenders from travelling abroad, in the interests of the common good and to protect persons from serious harm outside the State, to amend the Sexual Offenders Act 2001 and to provide for related matters. First, I want to acknowledge and thank those who worked hard on this Bill,...

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I would make the point first that we know the difference the redress schemes have been making to many but there are criticisms of it, for example, the way people are engaged with and addressed and there are particular difficulties also for those living abroad. I heard the reasons for the extension but it is very frustrating for those who have been waiting so long. The entire process on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (22 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale behind a group (details supplied) not being invited to participate on the newly formed forum in view of their unique experience within mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8869/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (22 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to advertise the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation in the United States of America in view of the acknowledgement of 2,000 children that went to the United States for adoption between the 1940s and 1970s (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8868/18]

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The issue of institutions, whether it be mother and baby homes, industrial schools or Magdalen laundries, is harrowing and very sad when we think of the lives lost and destroyed, not to mention the physical conditions and brutality experienced by so many. Few survivors have spoken about the care they received in the institutions. It is very difficult to comprehend how adults in the...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (1 Jun 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We have had so many inquiries, reports, debates, statements, investigations and commissions over a number of years and a number of Governments that one would think we would get it right at this stage when it comes to addressing the issues for those who had to reside in the institutions, regardless of whether they were laundries, industrial schools or mother and baby homes. When one listens...