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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: As I have outlined to the House today, the Government is committed to establishing a Commission of Investigation into concerns relating to the Mother and Baby Homes. The process of developing detailed terms of reference for the Commission is being supported by a high level Cross Departmental Review Committee. I have received an initial report from the Review Committee in recent days. This...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: The Government has undertaken to establish a Commission of Investigation into the disturbing revelations on conditions and related matters in Mother and Baby Homes. I have publicly confirmed that the intended scope of this investigation will go beyond the home operated by the Sisters of Bon Secours in Tuam, Co. Galway and will include the Bethany Homes. These announcements have been widely...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (26 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 248 together. The Adoption Act 1952 provided a legal basis for adoption in Ireland and for the establishment of the Adoption Board. This brought order to what had been the system of ad-hoc arrangements in lieu of formal adoption procedures up to this point. All adoptions, which the Irish state has been involved in since 1952 have been carried out...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Commissions of Investigation (24 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 695 and 696 together. The Government has undertaken to establish a Commission of Investigation into the issues relating to the recent revelations and public controversy on conditions in Mother and Baby Homes. I have also confirmed that the intended scope of this investigation will go beyond the home operated by the Sisters of Bon Secours in Tuam, Co. Galway...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I am pleased to have the opportunity to visit the Upper House today to hear Senators' views on the serious matter of mother and baby homes, following the significant decision of the Government yesterday to approve my proposal for a commission of investigation. At the outset, let me say that we are now at a planning stage. Yesterday, the Cabinet agreed that the complexity and gravity of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 181 together. The revelations in Tuam, Co Galway have brought to the fore the situation in other Mother and Baby Homes throughout the country. The practices in Mother and Baby homes have to date not featured prominently in the various reviews and investigations which have dealt with many of the past abuses which were inflicted on vulnerable citizens,...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:acknowledges the need to establish the facts regarding the deaths of almost 800 children at the Bon Secours Sisters institution in Tuam, County Galway between 1925 and 1961, including arrangements for the burial of these children; acknowledges that there is also a need to...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I am pleased to be back in the House to participate in a somewhat lengthier debate on mother and baby homes, following earlier statements. I thank Members on all sides for facilitating statements and the debate on mother and baby homes in the Dáil following the Government's significant decision during a Cabinet meeting this morning to establish a commission of investigation. As...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Members who spoke and I welcome the unity of voice and purpose that exists in the House in respect of a shared desire to shine a light on what we have described as a dark chapter of our modern Irish history. I thank the Members of the Opposition who responded positively to my invitation to meet me to discuss these matters today and I give a commitment that this approach will...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I welcome the opportunity given by the House for statements on mother and baby homes in the Dáil tonight and I thank my colleagues on all sides of the House for facilitating these statements. I would like to begin by acknowledging the Irish women who were in mother and baby homes in this country in the last century and the children that they bore while in those institutions. Their...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 598, 605, 606, 608 and 609 together. The revelations in Tuam, Co Galway have brought to the fore the situation in other Mother and Baby Homes throughout the country. The practices in Mother and Baby homes have to date not featured prominently in the various reviews and investigations which have dealt with many of the past abuses which were inflicted on...

Topical Issue Debate: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (5 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to thank the Deputies for raising this important issue which has been met with shock and horror over the past few days. The situation in Tuam, in particular, is almost too graphic and horrible to believe - young, innocent children, their lives so short and harrowing were, it seems, even in death not even given a proper, decent or humane burial. While the revelations in Tuam are...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Charles Flanagan: ...is a most sensitive issue upon which public opinion is divided not only in this country, but around the world. The polarised nature of the debate is regrettable, much of which has been misleading and false. Public commentary and campaigners should stick to fact over fiction, accuracy over hype, what is in the Bill and no more. Last December, I referred to my duty as a legislator to help...

Civil Partnership Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Charles Flanagan: ...restrictive. I am concerned that the consequences will give rise to difficulty. It is interesting that this subsection was not included in the original heads of the Bill, published in 2007 and I wonder from where the Minister is coming. We agree that a person cannot be a qualified cohabitant if one or both persons is, or was at any time during the relationship, married to another person...