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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...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...narrow. We know there are criticisms of that. When we talk about what happened in the laundries it is important to hear the stories. It is important for the women that their stories are heard and believed. There was a great deal of disappointment because they felt the McAleese report did not give a true account of their experiences in the laundries. There is a debt owed on that...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 66. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will include Magdalen laundries in the Government inquiry into mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27896/14]

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]

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]

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]

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 (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 304. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if decisions have been made as to the composition of the group, under Judge Yvonne Murphy, who will look into the mother and baby homes; if experts (details supplied) will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38101/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (27 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he had any engagement with the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; if he will ensure that any issues related to those of mixed race will be adequately addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19800/15]

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question is to ask the Minister if he will include Magdalen laundries in the Government inquiry into the mother and baby homes.

Other Questions: Residential Institutions (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question concerns those ladies who, for various reasons, did not receive redress under the RIRB scheme and who now, because An Grianán is not included in the 12 institutions under the restorative scheme, will not have receive redress under that scheme. Can they be included in the mother and baby home scheme?

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]

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (14 Dec 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to a request from a group of survivors from the mother and baby homes because they find it offensive that the word "home" is used to describe something that was an institution. They were hoping there might be some move on removing that word "home" in whatever way that could happen.

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]

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]

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...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (22 Mar 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 268. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the numbers of mixed-race Irish babies and children in the 16 mother and baby homes including St. Patrick's, Navan Road, Dublin 7; if St. Patrick's was the designated holding centre for all mixed-race Irish babies and children from across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4812/16]

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...

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

Maureen O'Sullivan: We meet so many people, individuals and groups in our political lives, and there will always be some who will make a significant impact on us. For me, some of those people are the women I met from the Magdalen laundries and from the Association of Mixed Race Irish . I met the latter group several times over the years and with them I met the then Minister, Senator James Reilly. For me, it...