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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (7 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter: the proposed restorative justice and reparations scheme of Justice for Magdalenes for all survivors of the Magdalene laundries as the Irish Human Rights Commission recently published an assessment of this proposed scheme in which it recommended the State establish a statutory mechanism to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: To go back to another point in respect of expenditure of the Magdalen fund, there was an underspend in 2014. The explanation given for that underspend was that fewer new applications were received in 2015 than was expected. A number of applications could not be processed as further investigation was necessary in order to make a determination in those cases. In some cases there is a...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ..., how is it likely that such work will take place? The second aspect on which I wish to ask a question is that I do not believe Members would be in the Chamber talking about the inclusion of the Magdalen laundries had there been a satisfactory outcome or had it been seen to have been a satisfactory outcome to the redress scheme. The compellability aspect of this inquiry is welcome. It is...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the terms of reference for the commission of investigation into mothers and baby homes and certain related matters do not cover former Magdalen institutions and adoptions which occurred at State hospitals during the relevant periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2201/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Advocacy Service (16 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to refer Magdalen survivors living at a location (details supplied) to the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities; the degree of engagement his Department has had with the service and the nursing home in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10881/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (1 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts that will be made to include those persons who were detained in the Magdalen laundries or mother and baby homes and who are dissatisfied with the redress scheme; if the proposed meeting will be confined to those who contacted the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18600/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (23 Jun 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to encourage relevant religious orders to contribute to the Magdalen restitution fund; the date of the last contact her Department had with each of these orders; the amount religious orders have contributed to date, if any; the nature of this contribution, if any; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17772/16]

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...of the mother and baby homes scheme, is not part of this, whereby one would be sure the records would be obtained. I know this would be a huge undertaking. It is part of the reason I believe the Magdalen laundries should be included, even for this reason alone. The UN Committee against Torture has openly criticised four religious orders and the Vatican for their hesitance to produce the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 542. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the settlement of claims made by survivors of Magdalen institutions, that where written records relating to survivors are utilised in the assessment of compensation, and where such records are disputed by the survivor concerned by means of affidavit, the way it is proposed to resolve these conflicts; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (6 Mar 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider, as part of the wider redress scheme that is to materialise in due course for survivors of the Magdalene Institutions, enabling a thorough and comprehensive record facility to be established that would allow survivors and their families access to all available genealogical and other records necessary to locate their families and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (18 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of compliance among religious orders and institutions in relation to the transfer of records and archives relating to the Magdalene laundry redress process; the orders which have yet to comply; the number of requests that have been made in each case; the options that are available to the redress board to ensure that records are made...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (18 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the State's duty to uphold the constitutional right to education in cases where individuals who were committed to Magdalene Laundries were not considered the de jure legal responsibility of the State and therefore may have been categorised as voluntarily institutionalised, but who none the less were, according to the McAleese...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...were excluded. That said, there are a great number of positive aspects both to the commission that has been set up and its terms of reference. However, I my question focuses specifically on the Magdalen institutions and the adoptions that occurred in State hospitals because it is to be hoped that during this process, there will be the prospect of people being reconnected. This is an...

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Catherine Murphy: ...it is also about people who were fostered and used, for example, in agricultural labour and so on. The flexibility of the terms of reference needs to cater for that, as they did in the case of the Magdalen laundries. The UN report called it when we could not call it by stating people were incarcerated in the Magdalen laundries. The report pulled no punches stating they were places of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Records (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...to payments made by the State to religious institutions in return for those institutions taking individuals deemed in need of institutional care such as that provided by mother and baby homes, Magdalene Laundries, children's and orphans homes and related institutions; if he will undertake to determine the fullest extent to which these records exist; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Records (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...payments made by the State to certain religious institutions in return for those institutions taking individuals deemed in need of institutional care such as that provided by mother and baby homes, Magdalen laundries, children's and orphans' homes and related institutions; if he will undertake to determine the fullest extent to which these records exist; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on concerns that there may be a serious gap in the extent of records available for persons going through the Magdalen redress scheme whereby those former residents who were not the legal responsibility of the institutions concerned; that is they did not come through the courts and under legislation they remained the legal...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Records (17 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: ...to payments made by the State to religious institutions in return for those institutions taking individuals deemed in need of institutional care such as that provided by mother and baby homes, Magdalen Laundries, children's and orphans' homes and related institutions; if he will undertake to determine the fullest extent to which these records exist; and if he will make a statement on the...

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: ...Dr. McAleese worked diligently to produce the report in a limited time period and with limited resources, and he proved the central point. Just as the doors were closed for so many years to the Magdalen women and were opened by the acknowledgement of the apology, those doors remain closed to the survivors of the Bethany Home. That needs to change now, because if we do not address it,...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: ...and girls by these institutions, and I thank Deputy MacDonald and Sinn Féin for bringing forward the motion. The stories of the barbaric, sadistic abuse handed out to these prisoners of the ten Magdalene asylums have been bravely brought to light by the determination and perseverance of the group committed to obtaining justice, and it is right that we acknowledge its efforts. The...