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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Dec 2021)

Niamh Smyth: 408. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding mother and baby homes; the reason Temple Hill has been omitted from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60130/21]

Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 Nov 2021)

Niamh Smyth: ...months since the report of the commission of investigation was published the Minister advanced legislation to allow for the exhumation in June, introduced draft legislation to allow access to birth and early life information and to open the commission's archive to over 300 survivors. I acknowledge his commitment in his statement tonight to establishing a national memorial and records...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (18 Feb 2021)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to facilitate our discussion on the commission for mother and baby homes, in particular the legal lifetime of the commission which is due to conclude on 28 February. The report from the commission reveals a very dark and disturbing chapter in our history, a history which none of us should ever forget. It is a piece of our history that should be...

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

Niamh Smyth: We in Fianna Fáil welcomed the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes when it was established. We recognised the importance of the commission in delivering justice and accountability for all those affected by mother and baby homes. The commission's third interim report makes a request to extend the deadline for its reports on its findings on the institutions being...

Maternity Leave and Benefit: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2017)

Niamh Smyth: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this important issue and I thank Deputy Catherine Martin, who spoke powerfully and emotionally on the motion. I am delighted to support the motion, which is to extend maternity leave and maternity benefit for mothers of babies born prematurely. We were informed this morning in a wonderful presentation by Dr. Claudine Vavasseur, and...