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

Katherine Zappone: As the Deputy may be aware, the Castlepollard Mother and Baby Home is one of the 14 Mother and Baby Homes included within the scope of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. However, it is essential to recognise that the Commission is independent in the performance of its functions. Therefore, the precise approach to its investigation is a matter for the Commission to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ...company (details supplied) by my Department is set out in the following table. Year Amount € Project Name 2016 €37,724.22 Print Media advertising campaign re Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters 2016 €24,043.75 Advertisement on the National Public Consultation on the Single Affordable Childcare Scheme 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Dec 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I have no plans to conduct an archaeological survey at the site of the former mother and baby home at St Patrick's on the Navan Road, Dublin. As the Deputy may be aware, St Patrick's Mother and Baby Home is one of the institutions currently being investigated by the statutory Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters. As part of its terms of reference...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Department of Children and Youth Affairs does not have collated information to facilitate an estimate on the numbers of persons born in the Mother and Baby Homes currently under investigation. There is no centralised records system for the fourteen specified institutions but the Deputy may wish to note that certain records from several of these former institutions are now in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Details of the expenditure outlays on those matters relative to my Department are set out in the tables below. I am requesting the bodies under the aegis of my Department, namely, the Child and Family Agency, the Adoption Authority of Ireland, Oberstown Children Detention Campus and the Office of the Ombudsman for Children to provide the relevant information directly to the Deputy....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Oct 2017)

Katherine Zappone: It is important to state that my Department does not hold any records from the institution known as St Patrick's Mother and Baby Home. A cohort of files from this former institution are held by TUSLA, the Child and Family Agency, and may be accessed by relevant parties through their Information and Tracing Services. As the Deputy may be aware, St Patrick's Mother and Baby Home is one of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (19 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: As the Deputy will be aware, Sean Ross Abbey Mother and Baby Home is one of the institutions currently being investigated by the statutory Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters. As part of its terms of reference the Commission is directed to investigate and to make a report on burial arrangements in respect of persons who died while resident in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes (30 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: In the first instance, it is important to appreciate that these institutions ceased operating many decades ago. The reality is that many of the buildings and sites which accommodated Mother and Baby Homes and County Homes have evolved significantly in the intervening years. These locations are now being used for a wide array of different activities and purposes, ranging from housing estates...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: As the Deputy will be aware, Bessboro Mother and Baby Home is one of the institutions currently being investigated by the statutory Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters. As part of its terms of reference the Commission is directed to investigate and to make a report on burial arrangements in respect of persons who died while resident in these...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters was formally established by Government Order on the 17th February 2015. In accordance with its comprehensive Terms of Reference, the Commission was tasked with thoroughly examining the experience of mothers and children resident in 14 named Mother and Baby Homes and a representative sample of County...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Oct 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 602 and 603 together. As I have previously stated to the Deputy, my Department does not hold any records from the institution known as St Patrick's Mother and Baby Home. A cohort of files from this former institution are held by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, and may be accessed by relevant parties through their Information and Tracing Services. In...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Commissions of Investigation Data (6 Nov 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The sum of €2.27 million has been expended to date in 2018 through the Vote of my Department to support the independent Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters. In accordance with its Terms of Reference, the Commission is tasked with examining the experience of mothers and children resident in Mother and Baby Homes and a representative...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (14 Dec 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ...the photographer was not readily identifiable from the information contained in my Departments financial management system. Officials are going through the records to ascertain the names involved and I will revert to the Deputy in due course. Date Photographer Nature of Employment Cost 2012 Derek Spiers (Report Ltd) How we see it: Report of a survey on Teenagers Body Image...

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

Katherine Zappone: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters is an independent statutory investigation. I am not therefore in a position to provide detailed progress updates on this work. Any available updates would be posted by the Commission directly to its website. The Commission's terms of reference, attached as a schedule to Statutory Instrument No. 57 of 2015,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: My commitment to a Transitional Justice approach is intended to directly support the cohort of unmarried mothers and their children who were resident for a time in a Mother and Baby Home or County Home. While the independent statutory investigation progresses its work, I wish to develop complementary gender-sensitive transitional justice mechanisms which could support and empower former...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HSE Properties (28 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 260 and 261 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department of Children and Youth Affairs does not hold records in relation to the issues raised. In addition, I am advised that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, does not hold records relevant to the Deputy's query.  I note from the information provided by the Deputy that the cemetery...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (29 Jan 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I have no plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002. As the Deputy will be aware, my colleague the Minister for Education and Skills is responsible for this legislation and related arrangements. The redress scheme established under this act has not been extended to any additional institutions since 2005. I understand that when the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Relations Contracts Data (9 Feb 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I can inform the Deputy that the information below is from the establishment of my Department in June 2011. I am requesting the bodies under the aegis of my Department, namely, the Child and Family Agency, the Adoption Authority of Ireland, Oberstown Children Detention Campus and the Ombudsman for Children's Office to provide the relevant information to the Deputy. Photography Costs for...

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

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together. The Commission was established by Government in February 2015 to investigate concerns related to the institutional care of unmarried mothers and their babies during the period 1922 to 1998. The Commission is tasked with providing a full account of what happened to vulnerable women and children in these institutions. Following a...

Topical Issue Debate: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (12 Apr 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the Deputies for raising this matter and providing me with an opportunity to discuss the publication of the second interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. The commission was set up to inquire into the conditions in mother and baby homes and county homes in the period between 1922 and 1998. Following a short first interim report last July, the...