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Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ..., I do not think history will be kind to us as a nation for the way we have treated asylum seekers in general. That goes without saying. We look at the legacies of the past and talk about the Magdalen laundries and other such issues but on this issue we have taken a ham-fisted and badly organised approach. The White Paper produced in this area gave people hope that there would be...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...to the Bill and I welcome the Minister's commitments. The Bill seeks to amend the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015 and the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009. The Magdalen restorative justice ex gratiascheme was established in 2013 to provide women who worked and resided in Magdalen institutions with access to financial and health supports, including lump...

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...table, kiss your children good night. The truth is like now; it cannot but exist at every moment, in every place. You can scorn the past. [We had a debate on Ferns recently. We had Cloyne only last week, we had the Magdalen laundries, the Tuam mother and baby home and we had Grace. What more do we want?] You were not there, any of you, or me. You would have done differently. You...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...act for. We cannot forget the many foster families who, long before child agencies were set up in the HSE, were taking in children. We cannot forget the many convents and other groups. We are dealing with Magdalen laundries and so on now. However, we cannot forget the good work done by all of the sisters and brothers in looking after children. We can never say that it is totally the...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...it is infallible: its members have been carried away by the massive mandate from the people. I am not in favour of tribunals which cost a fortune. I contrast the tribunals with the report on the Magdalene laundries by former Senator Martin McAleese which cost €11,000, a paltry sum for an excellent job done in quick time with a lot of hard work and engagement. Nothing has...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...Bill or any other Bill in the context of child protection because it is so important. Tragically, we have had to learn so many lessons, with the different reports over the years and now with the Magdalen laundries report. This morning I watched an interesting video in the AV room from an organisation that is well up on what is happening to children all over the world, and it is horrific....

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: .... Millions of euro could be wasted, however, on foreign trips, junkets, hairdos and what not. What went on higher up was an abomination. Nobody will be sorry to see the name of FÁS gone. We cannot just wash it away like was tried with the Magdalen laundries. There was good work done in FÁS and a few bad apples should not spoil it all. The agency has a proud record in many...

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...fulsome, honest and heartfelt apology on behalf of the Government, the Cabinet, backbenchers, his party and, more importantly, the people of this country. I welcome the remaining members of the Magdalen women who are present in the Gallery this evening. I met them outside the gates of Leinster House. They did themselves proud with the dignity with which they held their silent,...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I will do my best to stay within guidelines. I refer to the recent McAleese report on the Magdalen laundries which apart from the trauma of the evidence, was value for money at €11,400. When will a review be undertaken of the Tribunals of Inquiry Act 2006 and the disbandment of tribunals? We need to learn from our very costly mistakes. I have a question about the Animal Health and...

Magdalen Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...of investigation, they did not have to wait to read the report. The Government should have been man enough to apologise before the report came before us. I salute the undying dignity of the Magdalen survivors and welcome those who are in the Gallery tonight. It behoves us to introduce a proper redress scheme, pay pensions for the labour they carried out and look after their rights and...

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Deputies can laugh away and talk all they want but I am so disappointed. Having said that, we are used to disappointments from the Taoiseach. We had disappointment yesterday with regard to the Magdalen laundries and we have had it every day since he came into office. We will have a debate next week, which I look forward to. I also look forward to my colleagues making realistic and honest...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...in this House over two or three days following the night it was announced in the Chamber. I want to look the Taoiseach in the eye. This morning he refused to apologise to the unfortunate victims of the Magdalen laundries and he is here now goading the Opposition. He voted for the bank guarantee.

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...be forgiven for thinking that unfortunate children aged nine and women as old as 89 went into the laundries voluntarily. The Taoiseach is saying "sorry" for the activities that went on in the Magdalen laundries and for the results of the report, but he is afraid, unwilling or unable to give a full apology as Head of Government. When the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice and...