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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)
Seán Canney: What survivors are saying to me is that there is no clinical or medical reason somebody who spent six months or less in a mother and baby home would have been treated differently from somebody who spent more than six months there. They fail to see what the criteria are. I know there is an interdepartmental group, but they are saying that they spent time in these mother and baby homes. They...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)
Roderic O'Gorman: In terms of our response to everybody who spent time, even one day, within a mother and baby home or county home institution, we have set out the action plan with a range of actions. The initial action was the State apology by An Taoiseach delivered in early 2021 to all people who spent any time in these institutions. In terms of other elements, however, as I said, the information and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I have received several questions and queries about when the mother and baby scheme will be open for applications. As the Minister knows, the long-awaited redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes was signed into law in July. I can honestly say, like the Minister, that the survivors who have contacted me not getting any younger. They deserve and need the scheme up and running...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)
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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)
Seán Canney: 81. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will allow for the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes to be extended to include survivors who spent less time in a home than the current threshold of six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54568/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)
Seán Canney: With regard to the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes, the legislation that was passed excluded those who were not in a mother and baby home for six months or more. Has the Minister considered reviewing that legislation? A significant number of people are very upset at their exclusion. It is not so much about compensation; it is more about recognition that they spent...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)
Roderic O'Gorman: The mother and baby institutions payment scheme will provide financial payments to an estimated 34,000 people, some 19,000 of whom will also benefit from an enhanced medical card or health support payment. The benefits are in recognition of experiences while resident in mother and baby and county home institutions. The overall cost of the payment scheme is €800 million. The...