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Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question is to ask the Minister if he will include Magdalen laundries in the Government inquiry into the mother and baby homes.

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...laundries in the terms of reference of the commission of inquiry is under consideration. People who have taken oral testimonies from some of the ladies in the Magdalen laundries did say that babies were born and nursed at the Magdalen laundry in Sean MacDermott Street in Dublin. The biennial reports that were found in the Department of Health archives contained information relating to 26...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports that will be made available to the 1,791 children currently in direct provision in view of the Children First Bill 2014 being implemented in the foreseeable future; if she will ensure that the current health and welfare concerns in direct provision do not escalate to the level experienced in previous institutions such as the...

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

Maureen O'Sullivan: 695. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will ensure that international best practice requirements are implemented in the proposed commission of investigation, requirements as informed by the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights and principles established by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding effective investigation and documentation of torture...

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

Maureen O'Sullivan: 696. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will ensure that international best practice requirements are implemented in the proposed commission of investigation, requirements as informed by the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights and principles established by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding effective investigation and documentation of torture...

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

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to share time with Deputy Pringle. When we hear the term "mass grave", we normally associate it with countries in conflict such as Rwanda, Cambodia, Iraq or Bosnia but we now have a mass grave in Ireland, which is disturbing. As the Minister said, these revelations are a reminder of our darker past when children were far from cherished. The oft-quoted principle in our Proclamation...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: First, I acknowledge the work of Sinn Féin and Deputy McDonald, in particular, in bringing this debate to the Dáil and their efforts to secure cross-party and Independent support for this motion. The ladies deserve a dignified debate in this House. They were deprived of dignity in the laundries and some of them were deprived of it after they left. I also wish to acknowledge the...