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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Mar 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...this country needs to be paying the compensation it should be paying into the funds, which they have neglected. They also need to recognise the moneys made on the backs of those who worked in the Magdalen laundries, for example. In that same week we had a story that did not get as much coverage. Marie Collins, an Irish survivor of abuse, resigned from the Pontifical Commission for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Mar 2017)

Maire Devine: ..., along with many others, I really need to raise the Tuam babies case and mother and baby institutions. Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and to gel it all together I was at the Flowers for Magdalenes event on Sunday. This is the sixth time we have hosted the event. I listened to the stories of the women. One woman said: "They took my hair; they took my human rights; they...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Mar 2017)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I agree with the previous speakers on the mother and baby home in Tuam and the Magdalen laundries. It is absolutely shocking. Accountability is needed because this is devastating for families. To bring it up today is heart wrenching. I also wish to speak on rural Ireland. For the past few weeks, we have been hearing that there is so much extra work available and that is welcome, but it is...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...to account.I agree with Senator Feighan that our education system, church, gardaí and State in general hid or allowed people to be hidden and held in these homes. Senator Devine referenced the Magdalen women and the industrial schools, as did other Members. Where was the State? Where was society? Some of us in society at that time condoned this through our silence and inaction....