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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Jimmy Harte: Last night was a very poignant one for the people in the Visitors Gallery and others outside Leinster House who watched the Taoiseach apologise to the women who had spent time in the Magdalen laundries. It was followed by an apology from the Tánaiste and the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. The leader of the Fianna Fáil Party, Deputy Micheál Martin,...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Jimmy Harte: Thank you, Senator. Will the debate on the Magdalen laundries include a visit from Deputy Micheál Martin to explain - - - - -

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

Jimmy Harte: Once again, I am amazed the Fianna Fáil Party is asking for the Minister to come in and talk about the Magdalen laundries. I would rather propose that Deputy Micheál Martin come to the Chamber and explain to the nation why he did nothing for 14 years in this regard. This was reflected by a representative of the Magdalen laundries, Sally Mulready, who said Micheál Martin should hang his...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Jimmy Harte: ...the property tax for purely populist reasons. The leader of the Opposition in the Dáil stated in the other House and in interviews that he feels a certain amount of guilt about the scandal of the Magdalen laundries. One does not state in court that one feels a certain amount of guilt because one is either guilty or not guilty. The efforts by the Fianna Fáil Party to argue it is only...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Jimmy Harte: This matter is on the record. Perhaps Deputy Martin will come into the Seanad and apologise to the victims of the Magdalen laundries on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party, rather than demanding the reverse. This Government introduced a committee to investigate the Magdalen laundries after years of inaction by the previous Fianna Fáil Government which refused to engage with the Magdalen...