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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Feb 2021)

Sorca Clarke: 512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he will take to ensure that at least one bound copy of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is available for public reading and reference in each public library in line with envisaged reopening following the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions. [5966/21]

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: This is another very significant piece of legislation to deal with those legacy issues from the horrific events of the mother and baby institutions. We support the introduction of this Bill primarily around that statutory basis and framework to authorise interventions at Tuam where manifestly inappropriate burials took place. I have some concerns. The Minister touched on some of them, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I thank the ladies for their time this morning and the incredibly informative presentation they gave. In the spirit of full disclosure, I should say that breastfeeding is something close to my heart and I have nursed four children through various mechanisms because of different influences. I will come back to that as we go through the questions. I agree that choice is key but that choice...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Jan 2022)

Sorca Clarke: I want to begin by expressing my support and respect for the adoptees, the mothers, the children and the advocates whose ongoing efforts have kept this subject very much alive over decades at this point, particularly those in my constituency or those who have been directly affected by the events relating to the Castlepollard mother and baby home in Westmeath. I also agree with them in...

Freedom of Information Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Feb 2022)

Sorca Clarke: ...principle that the public have a right to know must prevail. There is no denying or defending the poor track record that this State has when it comes to access to official State information and documentation. Just ask any of the residents who were adopted from a mother and baby home or a journalist. It is an attitude that feeds into this lack of transparency and accountability. When we...

Freedom of Information: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2021)

Sorca Clarke: I note what the Minister has said with some interest. There are legitimate and genuine concerns surrounding the current freedom of information regime, which are shared by journalists, researchers, citizens and victims of institutional abuse. Yet, instead of building on the 1997 introduction of FOI and ensuring that there would be a complete and robust mechanism to access information, what...