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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (12 Dec 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I welcome the opportunity to provide an update on the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. The commission submitted a third interim report which I published last week, to which Senator Devine has just referred. The report, which is available on my Department's website, outlined the practical challenges the commission faced in meeting its initial deadline of 17 February...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Dec 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I have no plans to conduct an archaeological survey at the site of the former mother and baby home at St Patrick's on the Navan Road, Dublin. As the Deputy may be aware, St Patrick's Mother and Baby Home is one of the institutions currently being investigated by the statutory Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters. As part of its terms of reference...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: In June of this year I appointed a multi disciplinary team of technical experts to ensure that decisions on the future of the site of the former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway would be informed by international best practice. As I have advised the Deputy recently, I have now received the Expert Technical Group's final report. I propose to bring the report to Government shortly with...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Adoption information and tracing services are currently provided on an administrative basis by Tusla, the Adoption Authority of Ireland and by bodies that have been accredited by the Authority under the Adoption Act 2010, depending on who holds the records in question. I am aware that some people are trying to find out if and when they were in a particular mother and baby home irrespective of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (21 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: In June of this year I appointed a multi disciplinary team of technical experts to ensure that decisions on the future of the site of the former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway would be informed by international best practice. Their initial report was published on my Department's website at www.dcya.gov.ie. I have received the Expert Technical Group's final report and have...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The cost of a defibrillator varies depending on the actual model. My own Department is located in one headquarters building and I can confirm that there are already two defibrillators in place which is considered sufficient. As the installation of a defibrillator is an operational matter for individual agencies under the aegis of my Department, I have requested that the agencies...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts Data (7 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department, Mother and Baby Homes Commission, Oberstown Children Detention Campus and Adoption Authority of Ireland have no current contracts with the company in question or its subsidiaries. I have requested Túsla and the Ombudsman for Children to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (17 Oct 2017)

Katherine Zappone: In March 2017 the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes released a statement confirming that human remains had been found on the site of the former Mother and Baby home in Tuam, Co Galway. In early June I appointed a multi disciplinary team of experts headed by Forensic Archaeologist Niamh Mc Cullagh to provide technical advices to Government in this highly specialised area....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Oct 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters was established by Government in 2015. Its objective is to provide a full account of what happened to women and children in these homes during the period 1922 to 1998. It is investigating the issues of significant public concern as set out in its terms of reference (S.I. 57 of 2015). The Commission is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Oct 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 602 and 603 together. As I have previously stated to the Deputy, my Department does not hold any records from the institution known as St Patrick's Mother and Baby Home. A cohort of files from this former institution are held by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, and may be accessed by relevant parties through their Information and Tracing Services. In...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Oct 2017)

Katherine Zappone: It is important to state that my Department does not hold any records from the institution known as St Patrick's Mother and Baby Home. A cohort of files from this former institution are held by TUSLA, the Child and Family Agency, and may be accessed by relevant parties through their Information and Tracing Services. As the Deputy may be aware, St Patrick's Mother and Baby Home is one of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Oct 2017)

Katherine Zappone: It is my wish to develop transitional justice measures to support and empower former residents of these institutions and their families and which could complement the work already significantly advanced by the Commission of Investigation. There is a strong public interest in Government taking whatever action is appropriate to address the issues which have already emerged without encroaching...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (26 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The Government is committed to responding to the discovery of infant remains by the Commission of Investigation on the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam as effectively and as sensitively as possible. I have appointed a multi disciplinary team of experts to provide technical advice's to Government in this highly specialised area. I want to ensure that the approach adopted is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Details of the expenditure outlays on those matters relative to my Department are set out in the tables below. I am requesting the bodies under the aegis of my Department, namely, the Child and Family Agency, the Adoption Authority of Ireland, Oberstown Children Detention Campus and the Office of the Ombudsman for Children to provide the relevant information directly to the Deputy....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters was established by Government Order on 17 February 2015. In accordance with its comprehensive Terms of Reference, the Commission is tasked with thoroughly examining the experience of mothers and children resident in 14 named Mother and Baby Homes and a representative sample of County Homes during the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters was established by Government (S.I. No. 57 of 2015) in response to significant public concerns relating to the care and welfare of the women and children who were resident in these institutions. The comprehensive scope of the Commission’s remit ensures it can provide a full account of what happened...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (1 Jun 2017)

Katherine Zappone: 3 o’clock I thank all of the Deputies for their comments, reflections and questions. As Deputy O'Sullivan and others indicated, we have discussed this issue many times in this Chamber. It is really important for me to listen to the issues that Deputies raise as we all try to identify the best way and what kinds of actions we need to do in order to move forward when we think...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (1 Jun 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Three years ago this week, a brave local historian shared her research with a discerning and intuitive journalist. A brave survivor was also willing to tell her story. We all read, watched and listened as the shocking details unfolded of a mass grave in the grounds of the former mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway. In the intervening three years, we have received confirmation that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes (30 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: In the first instance, it is important to appreciate that these institutions ceased operating many decades ago. The reality is that many of the buildings and sites which accommodated Mother and Baby Homes and County Homes have evolved significantly in the intervening years. These locations are now being used for a wide array of different activities and purposes, ranging from housing estates...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (24 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Under its terms of reference the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes (and certain related Matters) is currently investigating 14 named Mother and Baby Homes and a representative sample of County Homes. The list comprises of those homes which can clearly be identified as having both: (i) the primary function of providing sheltered and supervised ante and post-natal...