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

Robert Troy: ...to amend the Constitution to protect children was put to the people. In 2009, the commission to inquire into child abuse published its long-awaited report and in 2011 we had the report into the Magdalen laundries. Despite all these reports and inquiries, certain recommendations remain unimplemented. Children remain vulnerable in our society today. There are an insufficient number of...

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

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...so many people, individuals and groups in our political lives, and there will always be some who will make a significant impact on us. For me, some of those people are the women I met from the Magdalen laundries and from the Association of Mixed Race Irish . I met the latter group several times over the years and with them I met the then Minister, Senator James Reilly. For me, it was...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...provide the truth to survivors. On the 15 February last in Geneva, at a hearing of the United Nations, a representative from the Department of Justice and Equality stated that while the Taoiseach made an apology to the survivors of the Magdalen laundries, he did so despite the fact that in the McAleese report there was no finding of liability. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy...