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

Joan Burton: I am glad that the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Catherine Byrne, is present as she has a long-standing interest in this issue and much detailed knowledge of it. There is a great deal of unhappiness at the fact that there is a further delay. Much of the delay is probably inevitable, but arrangements should be made to deal with a number of issues which I believe...

Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (25 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: On the day of the Pope's visit, I have to confess I felt it impossible to attend the events in Phoenix Park. I wish the Pope and the people who were attending the events well but for somebody like me who has lived through much of this era, the pomp and circumstance in the park, when so many people's stories are incomplete, or in some cases totally unknown to them and their families, was not...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: I welcome the Bill and stress that the Title of the Bill is sexual and reproductive health and rights, a framework for the introduction of abortion services in Ireland. This year, as previously noted, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the extension of the franchise and votes for women over 30 who were ratepayers. We have thankfully come a long way since then to this legislation,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation Expenditure (25 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: I found the Taoiseach's reply on health issues and the health budget overrun to be helpless and hopeless because, notwithstanding his experience of that Department, he is throwing in the towel on being able to influence it. When the SCU was closed down, there was an indication, as the Taoiseach said in his reply, that there would be significant savings. In respect of the commission of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Papal Visit (27 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Pope Francis will be a very welcome visitor to Ireland, particularly for people of the Catholic faith and of Christian faiths in general. Will the Taoiseach give us details of the budget allocated in respect of the reinstatement of the Phoenix Park after the Pope's visit? There will be 600,000 people in the park and that will put enormous pressure on the ecosystem. We have seen recently...

Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: It is now over 20 years since Mike Leigh's movie "Secrets and Lies" explored the kind of tensions that a hidden adoption story can create in a family. In more recent years, the book and the film of the story of Irish woman Philomena Lee have evoked much debate about the sordid history of the trade in babies that was a common but a secret feature of Irish life for decades. In one sense it was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Estimates Process (22 May 2018)

Joan Burton: What is the status of the development of the brand "The Government of Ireland" to which a great deal of money was allocated in the previous communications programme? How is it attached to the activities of the Government? I hear on broadcast media regular advertisements for a consultation or an event, involving, for example, people who have been in mother and baby homes and asking them to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Papal Visit (27 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: The Pope's visit to Ireland will be very much welcomed by Irish people right across the island from all different walks of life, not just Catholics. Clearly, the Catholic Church has a legacy in Ireland characterised by enormous difficulty and enormous pain, which was inflicted on people in various institutions of the Catholic Church who were abused, used or badly used. The Pope will...

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

Joan Burton: ...Buckley who may not be known to all those in the Chamber. She was one of the most important people in bringing out the story of what happened to people who were in institutions, including mother and baby homes. In Dublin there is a private small charity group called the Aislinn Education and Support Centre. The centre was established by Christine Buckley, among others. It caters for...

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

Joan Burton: The Minister must have had a very bad day at Cabinet yesterday because of the briefing around the story and the unnamed coward of a Minister who would not actually put his or her name to what he or she said on the front page of a national newspaper. If that person feels that strongly about this and is a member of the Government, he or she should come out and identify him or herself. With...

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

Joan Burton: The reaction of the Government yesterday to the publication of the second interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes came as a slap in the face to many of the people affected by the issues being examined. The ruling out of redress was stupid and foolish on the part of the Government in respect of a report that made no findings of fact. I wish to highlight...

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

Joan Burton: The other coverage on the matter is all about fear, including the fear of the people who were in mother and baby homes, fear of the mothers and fear of the children. This runs absolutely counter to how to deal with people with sensitivity and care and consideration. I exempt the Minister present from my comments but the stuff in the newspapers from her Government is an absolute disgrace.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (28 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: ...the Government has with leaders of faith communities or informally, the issue of the findings at the Tuam site. In terms of the preparations which are being made for Pope Francis's visit to Ireland next year, will Pope Francis be afforded the opportunity to visit one of the many mother and baby home sites around the country? It is only right and proper that he should be invited, as...

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: I understand the Government received the second interim report of Judge Yvonne Murphy on the commission of inquiry into mother and baby homes in the second half of 2016. When will the interim report be published? Cabinet meetings in this Government's term rarely extend into lunchtime, yet the Government is sitting on a report that is very significant for many people who are interested in...

Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: Tá fadhb agam leis an moladh sin. In the context of all the discussion we have seen in the media and in homes throughout Ireland, the two hours devoted to the discussion of the finding of babies' bones in Tuam is completely inadequate. It is not going to give Deputies in this House either an opportunity or time to find out the stories of the different institutions in their own...

Symphysiotomy: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: Difficult and all as this discussion is, it is important that it is held. First, I again extend my sympathy to all of the women who were affected by this. I have read the different reports, including the report of the socio-medical historian, Professor Oonagh Walsh, who goes into the history of it. This was in Ireland, where there was no legal access to contraception and where the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (19 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: ...point of view, it seems there are two possible critical outcomes from the work of the assembly. One is that the members of the assembly, who I am told have complete latitude as to what they decide and how they frame their proposals, may propose an amendment to section 8 of the Constitution, which would be put to the people as a fresh amendment. I would like the Taoiseach to indicate...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: This is a budget with a purpose, not economic and social objectives, it is a budget with a political purpose to keep the show on the road, to maintain the fiction of a Government in command and control and to deny the fact that this Government is a ramshackle bus, the wheels of which are in serious danger of coming off. The motto for this budget is keep the show on the road. It is a tawdry...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Burton: My other question pertains to correspondence I received today. I was asked to raise this specifically with the Minister, but it is an issue for everybody involved in politics.As a new mother who is returning to work in the next six weeks I am looking at the cost of €1,000 a month to pay for child care for my baby. Add this to my mortgage on a property I bought ten years ago which is...

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)

Joan Burton: I thank the Deputy for agreeing that the best outcomes for mothers and babies are the key objective. HIQA's Portlaoise hospital report makes eight recommendations, of which I want to pick out two. In terms of the recommendations to the Department of Health, the third is to develop a national maternity strategy. In terms of the recommendations to the HSE, the sixth is to develop a strong...