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Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (7 Nov 2018)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputies Clare Daly and Catherine Connolly - delays in the payments to women who worked in Magdalen laundries under the redress scheme; (2) Deputy James Browne - the funding for St. Aidan's care services in Gorey, County Wexford; (3) Deputy Fergus O'Dowd - the protocols in place for...

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy, it is well established that on Leaders' Questions you pose a question on one topic, and any subsequent questions are on the same topic. To introduce the Magdalen laundries or other matters-----

Topical Issue Matters (21 Feb 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...decision on the Respreeza medication; (24) Deputy Gino Kenny - the school construction programme and the delay in Lucan community college's extension; (25) Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire - the site of the Magdalene Laundry at Sean McDermott Street; (26) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the impact of construction inflation on health capital spending projects; (27) Deputy Bríd Smith - the...

Topical Issue Matters (7 Feb 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...and the National Treatment Purchase Fund; (25) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the need for a new primary school in Waterville, County Kerry; and (26) Deputy Mary Lou McDonald - unresolved issues related to Magdalen laundries and residents of the An Grianán facility. The matters raised by Deputies Fergus O'Dowd, Billy Kelleher, Margaret Murphy O'Mahony, John Lahart, Bobby Aylward, Mick Barry...

Topical Issue Matters (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...February 2012; (12) Deputy John Brassil - the lack of a dedicated obstetrics theatre in University Hospital Kerry; (13) Deputy Clare Daly - to discuss the Department of Justice and Equality's handling of the Magdalene redress scheme; (14) Deputy Mick Wallace - to discuss the U-turn of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, yesterday on the establishment of a commission of...

Topical Issue Matters (1 Feb 2017)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...Newbridge areas; (15) Deputy Mattie McGrath - concerns around the National Children's Hospital project at St. James's Hospital in Dublin; (16) Deputies Clare Daly and Maureen O'Sullivan - the handling of the Magdalen redress scheme; (17) Deputy John Brassil - the lack of a dedicated obstetric theatre in University Hospital Kerry; (18) Deputy Billy Kelleher - the provision of FreeStyle...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I have acknowledged on a number of occasions the good work that the Government has done on the issue of the Magdalen laundries. However, there was a specific commitment in the programme for Government regarding the 32 survivors of Thalidomide. The previous Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, abysmally failed to address the plight of those people. Can we get an assurance that the present...

Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...in this country. They are mentioned in the programme for Government and there is a very specific commitment to do something. The Government is to be lauded for what it has done for the Magdalens and the survivors of symphysiotomy. Given that the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, may be departing the scene, could the Taoiseach give us an assurance that something will be done as a...

Order of Business (7 May 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: All Members have been supportive and admiring of the work of the Magdalen commission and the report it issued. One of the commission's proposals is that the restorative justice Bill be brought before the House. What is the position with regard to that Bill and in respect of the implementation of the report of the Magdalen commission? I have just received a text from the Whip's office....

Order of Business (1 May 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Government deservedly won many plaudits on the publication of the McAleese report on the plight of those people who had been incarcerated in the Magdalen laundries. What progress has been achieved in implementing the recommendations of that report? Specifically a restorative justice Bill was promised arising from that process. Where stands that restorative justice Bill? Where is the...

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Given that the Minister for Health is in the House, I acknowledge the progress made for the people who suffered in the Magdalen laundries and from symphysiotomies. There are only 32 survivors of thalidomide, who are represented by two organisations. The programme for Government made a firm commitment in this regard. Has the Minister met the two organisations and are we advancing towards a...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The programme for Government commits the Government to address the plight of three specific categories of people, first and foremost being the survivors of the Magdalene laundries. Very considerable credit is due to the Government for the work that has been done in that area, albeit that it took the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to jump up and down a little bit and make it quite...

Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries Report (25 Sep 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Government is to be commended on this initiative, on the priority it has given to the Magdalen survivors and the package of measures it has put in place. I welcome what the Minister has said today to the effect that he expects payments to issue in a four to six week period. Will the Minister explain the position of the enhanced medical cards to be made available to all the survivors?...

Topical Issue Debate: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (18 Jul 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ..., is present for this discussion. I view the 32 victims of the thalidomide drug in the context of two other important groups, namely, the victims of symphysiotomy and the women survivors of the Magdalen laundries. I am ashamed that my political party did not resolve these issues while in government. I have paid tribute in the House to the Taoiseach who got off to a rocky start on the...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...Government to addressing the plight of the survivors of thalidomide. We all join with the tributes to Mr. Justice Quirke and to the Government for the initiatives in addressing the plight of the Magdalen women. There are only 32 survivors of the thalidomide drug. On the previous occasion when we raised it in the House the Taoiseach indicated that the matter would be pursued by the...

Order of Business (16 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...for Government rightly commits the Government to resolving the plight of a variety of groups in society. Some time ago, the Taoiseach made very positive, worthwhile and commendable comments on the Magdalens. Can the Tánaiste tell us when it is proposed to publish the report by Mr. Justice John Quirke? In addition to that, positive statements have been made about victims of...

Topical Issue Debate: Thalidomide Victim Compensation (20 Mar 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...are not more readily forthcoming as a result of their conciliatory approach. It is widely reported that in the aftermath of the first discussion and the first statement by the Taoiseach on the Magdalen issue that the Minister of State went to a Labour Party Parliamentary Party meeting and indicated her very strong dissatisfaction. She motivated many of her backbench colleagues to jump...

Topical Issue Debate: Thalidomide Victim Compensation (20 Mar 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue for discussion. I tabled this matter in the aftermath of the undeniable progress being made following the Taoiseach's statement on the Magdalen situation. I commend the Taoiseach on his remarks in that regard and on how he has dealt to date with that particular issue. The manner in which that issue has been dealt with has given...

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...the contribution they made to the Allied cause and to the war against a brutal and monstrous regime and that Members, albeit belatedly, thank them and congratulate them on what they did and that where their emotions were right, Members are happy and content as a Parliament to extend an amnesty to them. I am unsure of what practical benefit this will be to any of those remaining people...

Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It seems from the Taoiseach's earlier comments that the Government is moving towards a proposed resolution to the Magdalen laundries issue. Will the Government address the plight of the far smaller number of women who had symphysiotomies carried out on them, without their knowledge in some instances and certainly without their permission, and the far smaller number of people who suffered...