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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 1215. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for not advertising the call for submission on a restorative recognition scheme for former residents of the mother and baby homes in a publication (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18225/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (24 Feb 2021)

Seán Canney: 597. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to protect the records of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes prior to the dissolution of the Commission on 28 February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9393/21]

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Jan 2021)

Seán Canney: I welcome the State apology by the Taoiseach. I also welcome the words of the Tánaiste and the Minister. These apologies have come today, but they are long overdue. I also welcome the announcement of an apology by the Sisters of Bon Secours earlier, particularly regarding the mother and baby home in my home town of Tuam. I also welcome the apology made today by the Archbishop of...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Seán Canney: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this emotive issue. We have been listening all evening to Deputies' contributions. This is an emotional debate. It should be non-political and an issue on which we should all work together. I come from just outside Tuam and I went to school in the town. I know many of the people who live near the Tuam mother and baby home. We have a lot of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Seán Canney: I agree that the mother and baby homes commission is a sensitive matter for a lot of people. We should not trivialise or try to short-circuit the matter. I have never heard so many people worried about a Bill. We have not had time to go through it properly. It is important that we dedicate time to debate it in a sensible way because it is such a sensitive issue for so many people. It is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps in the process to exhume the bodies at the mother and baby home site in Tuam, County Galway. [21152/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (8 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: I raise the issue of the mother and baby home in Tuam. It has been the subject of a considerable amount of documentation and reports and all kinds of investigations. I would like to know how the legislation on the exhumation of the bodies is progressing and the arrangements the Minister will put in place to consult the residents and locals who might have had a light shone on them that may...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Seán Canney: .... I have my own views on the eighth amendment which are based on my own life’s experiences. I do not favour the repeal of the eighth amendment. I listened to many Members speaking tonight and previously about this matter. From my life's experience, I know life is very precious. For me, the life of the unborn is precious and needs to be protected. Last week in Tuam, I got a...

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak about mother and baby homes. I compliment the Minister on her endeavours in dealing with this sensitive issue. Earlier we listened to how Galway County Council was dealing with the issue in Tuam. I come from Tuam and was educated there. I have met a lot of people, some of whom are in the Visitors Gallery, who have been affected in one way or another. I...

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: I begin my contribution on this motion tonight by offering my personal condolences to the family of Martin McGuinness, his many friends and his colleagues in this House. The leadership which Martin provided in dealing with the challenges of our recent history on this island serves as an exemplar of what can be achieved when reconciliation is championed. I acknowledge the women and...

Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Canney: As a public representative from Tuam and a Minister of State I can say the past week has been pretty sad for the people of Tuam. It is a milestone in this saga that the evidence is now coming forward which verifies what we have all been told about. I thank the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, for saying the commission will be reconsidered and its terms of reference...