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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Architectural Heritage (26 Mar 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I am aware of the concerns being expressed in relation to recent construction activities on the grounds of the former Mother and Baby Home in Bessborough, Cork. These concerns have also been raised with me by members of the Collaborative Forum of former residents of this and similar institutions. My understanding is that there are protections in place in respect of this property...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (13 Mar 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314 and 315 together. Details of the funds provided by my Department to projects in Galway and Roscommon since 2016 are set out in the following tables. 2016 Project Location Allocation Amount Drawndown AIM Level 5 Alterations 2016 Galway €910 €819 Childminding Development Grant 2016 Galway €17,838.95 €17,839 Early...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Katherine Zappone: ...an increase of just under €107 million, or 8%, on the allocation for 2018, following the Supplementary Estimate in December. As a result, my Department will spend €1.478 billion in current expenditure and €32 million in capital expenditure during 2019. Approximately half of the Vote is targeted towards public services that protect children and provide for their...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Just the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (21 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together. When the Ryan Report was published in 2009 there were a number of calls for the Residential Institutions Redress Act to be extended to include additional institutions, including the Bethany Home. As the Deputy will be aware, my colleague the Minister for Education and Skills is responsible for the Redress Act legislation and related...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (19 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: ...for the Residential Institutions Redress Act to be extended to include additional institutions, including the Bethany Home. As the Deputy will be aware, my colleague the Minister for Education and Skills is responsible for the Redress Act legislation and related arrangements and that the scheme has been closed to new applications since 2011. Eligibility for the scheme has been reviewed on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (19 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes was established by Government in February 2015 to investigate concerns related to the institutional care of unmarried mothers and their babies during the period 1922 to 1998. The Commission is tasked with providing a full account of what happened to vulnerable women and children in these institutions. The scope of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I am aware of calls by the Tuam Home Survivors' Network for the Government to begin collecting their DNA samples immediately. They describe this issue as urgent, in light of the age profile and health status of some survivors. The purpose of collecting samples would be to compare against any DNA profiles that may be generated from the juvenile human remains found at the site of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The investigation of burial arrangements of persons who died while resident in what were termed mother and baby homes is a key focus of the terms of reference for the statutory commission of investigation. We know from the commission’s interim reports that it has dedicated significant time and effort to advancing its investigations of these matters. While I understand the urgency and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: ...to issue its final report within the previously agreed time frame. It requested an extension of one year in order to complete its work in full. The Government agreed to this extension request and the Commission is now due to submit its final report by February 2020. In making their case for an extension, the Commission outlined the sheer scale of the work involved in investigating the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has issued four interim reports to date. I have published all four reports. The Commission submitted its Fourth Interim Report in December of last year. In it the Commission advised that it would not be able to issue its final report within the previously agreed time frame and requested an extension of one year to allow it to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together. The Commission was established by Government in February 2015 to investigate concerns related to the institutional care of unmarried mothers and their babies during the period 1922 to 1998. The Commission is tasked with providing a full account of what happened to vulnerable women and children in these institutions. Following a...

Fourth Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I welcome the opportunity to update the House on the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. In particular, I would like to update Deputies on the commission's fourth interim report and what I have been doing to progress issues since the work of the commission began. As Deputies are aware, the commission submitted a fourth interim report to me last December, which I...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I welcome this opportunity to update the House on the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. In particular, I would like to update Senators on the commission's fourth interim report and the responses I am progressing to the issues which have emerged from the commission's work to date. As Senators will be aware, the commission submitted a fourth interim report to me in...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I thank Members for their very helpful and reflective observations and contributions. I have noted all of them and I will try to answer as many as possible in my response. It is clear that in their comments and questions Senators also feel deeply about these issues. They represent very well the people who come to them. In Senator Boyhan's case, he is one of those people. That is very...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: ...forum to run alongside the commission process to examine, as alluded to by Senator Higgins, what we can do now as distinct from waiting until the commission provides its investigative findings and other reports.The collaborative forum, the members of which are representative stakeholders of the various institutions, provided me with a report just before Christmas which is now being...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (29 Jan 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The statutory Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters) is tasked with examining burial arrangements for persons who died while resident in these institutions. My Department is not separately investigating these matters. In its fourth interim report, which I published last week, the Commission reiterates the significant challenge of investigating...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (29 Jan 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I have no plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002. As the Deputy will be aware, my colleague the Minister for Education and Skills is responsible for this legislation and related arrangements. The redress scheme established under this act has not been extended to any additional institutions since 2005. I understand that when the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services Provision (23 Jan 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has a statutory duty under the Child Care Act 1991 to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection, and if necessary, to receive a child into the care of the State.   The placement of children in care is governed by Regulations and National Standards. These provide for the welfare of the child, including...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I will address that question. On the Government's decision with regard to the Bethany Home survivors and the commission's recommendation, it is correct that the other Governments made decisions not to include the Bethany Home survivors in the original redress scheme. This Government confirmed and agreed with that even though the commission recommended it should be considered to be included...