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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 173. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the commission of investigation is directing witnesses to the confidential committee of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes as the first point of contact, as opposed to the investigation of the commission of investigation into mother and baby Homes. [28204/15]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to return to the issue of the mother and baby homes. I understand that the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, brought a memo to Cabinet today. As has been articulated, the wrongs of these mother and baby homes are accepted by everyone in this House. I believe we all recognise that many of the victims and survivors are elderly and in ill health. In 2016, the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the confidential committee of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes and-or the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes will be accepting evidence from persons who were in institutions, other than the 14 institutions listed in the terms of reference. [28208/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (16 May 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the recent sale of a former mother and baby home (details supplied); and the action she will take to exclude potential burial sites from the sale following the recent finding of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes that an organisation failed to provide evidence that infants were...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 402. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he consulted with the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions prior to or following his announcement last year of his intention to appoint a human rights legal expert to review the evidence given to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...choose between the three issues referred to by the Chairman. The special report on the redress schemes is very important work, which is also highly topical given the turn of events around the Tuam mother and baby home and the need to re-examine the issue of mother and baby homes. Not only is this work very important, but it could also be very useful in dovetailing with other things that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: What engagement has been had with church leaders on their respective contributions to the mother and baby homes redress scheme? What progress has been made on this matter? Laura Murphy, the daughter of a mother and baby home survivor, penned an open letter to the Taoiseach, which was published online yesterday. In her letter she called on him to ensure that the Catholic Church...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (2 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last week or the week before, I raised with the Taoiseach the issue of the Tuam mother and baby home. He reflected on the fact that he had visited the site in a personal capacity. I understand he has made a commitment to meet Catherine Corless and the survivors. He might inform us if there has been any progress made on such a meeting. When the Pope visited, the Minister for Children...

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Departmental Meetings (2 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach notes the Secretary General's work on the national memorial and records centre. This is an important commitment by the Government and its delivery will ensure that Ireland meets its moral and human rights obligations to the women and children who endured institutional abuse overseen by the State. The Government's action plan for mother and baby home survivors commits funding...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Gabhaim buíochas don Taoiseach as ucht a chuid freagraí. The Taoiseach recently visited the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam where hundreds of babies are buried. As the Taoiseach knows, the survivors of the home and the families of those who resided or died there have expressed disappointment that he did not meet with them during his visit. I wrote to him in August...

Bethany Home: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Dec 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Fortunately, that is not the case. The Government says that mother and baby homes are excluded from redress. We have noted the exception of St. Patrick's Home on Navan Road. I query the rationale for this State excluding mother and baby homes. I go further and say there is a great need for us to uncover and put the full glare of public understanding on precisely what happened in mother...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I raise the matter of the Tuam mother and baby home and the statement which is expected from the Minister, Deputy Zappone. I understand that last night the Taoiseach met three survivor representatives but that no survivor from the Tuam mother and baby home was present. I want to tell the Taoiseach, in case he is unaware, that this has caused some hurt and disappointment. This morning,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last night there was yet another harrowing programme about the mother and baby homes. This programme covered the situation in Bessborough. I want to ask the Taoiseach about the publication of the second interim report from the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, had indicated that the report would be published...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is almost two years since the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes outlined details of excavations carried out at the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway, which discovered a significant quantity of human remains. From what we know, the bodies buried there are those of children and babies aged up to the three years old who were unceremoniously...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Calleary sounded decidedly clingy in his contribution. The Taoiseach may wish to reassure him after this sitting that all is well with Fine Gael and its partners in Fianna Fáil. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is preparing legislation to provide lawfully for the phased forensic excavation of the Tuam mother and baby home. The commission's report into the burial...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (17 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1706. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans in place to advertise the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland in print, radio and electronic media outlets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1637/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (29 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 628. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an apology will be issued for the incarceration of women and children in mother and baby homes and similar institutions. [26921/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (21 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 193. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if personal and administrative records normally held by Tusla and other bodies in their original form examined by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation have been returned to the original record holders. [31963/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates on which he has met with the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [45524/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Data Protection (14 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a data protection impact assessment has been carried out regarding the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30378/20]