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Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (25 Oct 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...áil by various Taoisigh on behalf of the State. In February 2013, the then Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, issued an apology on behalf of the Government in Dáil Éireann to women who were resident in the Magdalen laundries for the hurt done to them and for any stigma and trauma experienced by reason of their residence in those institutions. The Government followed up on this through...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...Dáil, by the Taoiseach on behalf of the State. In February 2013, the then Taoiseach, Mr. Enda Kenny, issued an apology on behalf of the Government in Dáil Éireann to women who were resident in Magdalen laundries for hurt done to them and any stigma suffered by reason of their residence in those institutions. The Magdalen ex gratiascheme, as recommended by Mr. Justice John...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...of the book Deputy Bacik referred to, but I have not yet had time to read it, so I cannot comment on the assertions made by the authors or adjudicate on them. In relation to records relating to Magdalen laundries, major work is currently under way to establish a central repository of records within the national centre for research and remembrance. The repository will encompass records...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...establish a national centre for research and remembrance. Last March, Government approved a plan for a national centre for research and remembrance which will be located on the site of the former Magdalen laundry on Sean McDermott Street in Dublin 1. The centre will stand as a site of conscience and will be a national memorial to honour equally all those who were resident in industrial...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...place, even though the case was lost in court. Symphysiotomy is one example of that. The Government also decided to put in place compensation schemes in respect of mother and baby institutions, Magdalen laundries, mica, pyrite and apartment block defects, despite the fact that there was never a finding against the State with regard to those matters. What is the common good? The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...so than other governments have done or governments around the world have done, we have put a huge amount of time, care and resources into putting right some of the wrongs of the past, whether it is Magdalen laundries, mother and baby institutions, mica and pyrite, or the apartment block defects. The Government does have a responsibility to do what is right and just, but it also has a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...court and they lost their case. Even though they lost their case in court, the Government decided anyway to set up a compensation scheme, which we did. Another scheme that we set up was for the Magdalen laundries, and we are setting one up for the mother and baby institutions, mica and pyrite, and apartment block defects. There were no findings of liability at all against the State in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...ahead with it, not just so people can have access to records but also in order that the records can be studied. We and other countries can learn from that. With regard to survivors of the Magdalen institutions, they have received an enhanced medical card from the Government. It is not the standard medical card, it is a better one. It is true it is not the same as the HAA card, but...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jul 2020)

Leo Varadkar: ...is "Yes". It may not be specifically referenced in the programme for Government, but the new Government will want to honour the commitments the last Government made to the survivors of the Magdalen laundries. Memorialisation is part of that. What form or shape it will take will have to discussed, especially with the survivors. This issue is one of the responsibilities of the Minister...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (12 Feb 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I will pick up on a few of the questions that were asked by Deputies. I note the Deputies' comments and will respond to their direct questions. Deputy Ellis asked about the Magdalen laundry site. As Deputies will be aware, Dublin City Council voted against the sale of the former convent and laundry on Sean MacDermott Street. The proposed plans were for the development of a hotel and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (6 Nov 2018)

Leo Varadkar: There were many questions asked and I will do my best to answer as many as I can. With regard to the Magdalen redress scheme, the Government accepted the Ombudsman's report last May. The Minister for Justice and Equality and I met the Ombudsman after he gave evidence at the joint committee. I was struck by his evidence. He is a mild mannered man, not given to condemnation, and when...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...Cabinet accepted her recommendations today. I would like to give the Minister the opportunity to outline her recommendations in detail at 3 p.m. when she is able to do so. With regard to the Magdalen redress scheme, the Government's intention is to comply with and implement the Ombudsman's recommendations on the scheme, which is to extend the scheme to a wider group of women who did...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (11 Jul 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...groups to scope out space requirement for the new facility. The city council is also engaging with the community and local councillors on the sale and redevelopment of the convent lands at the former Magdalen laundry on Sean McDermott Street. The proposed plans are for a hotel on the site as well as housing units, which could be designated for older people, and would bring much needed...

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...knows, as has been the case with so many other redress schemes, such as the symphysiotomy redress scheme - which I was involved in putting together - or the scheme we put in place for women who were residents in the Magdalen laundries, it is necessary in all cases that there be evidence. Redress is made based on evidence and that is the basis on which we are operating into the future. I...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...rape trials and other matters. This country has not always treated women very well and even today perhaps treats them very badly, as evidenced by issues such as mother and baby homes, the Magdalen laundries, the marriage bar and the hepatitis C scandal. That is why I am determined to get to the bottom of this matter and establish the facts. We do not yet know all the facts, and I ask...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)

Leo Varadkar: To reply to the first question, the clerk to the committee is ringing around to make arrangements for this afternoon. On the Magdalen redress scheme, the Minister for Justice and Equality, the Ombudsman and I met two weeks ago to resolve the matter. The Government fully accepts the four recommendations made by the Ombudsman. We will implement them without further delay. To date, some...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (25 May 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...& Welfare rights 686 A42.5 EU Community Action Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity (Progress) 2007 to 2013 0 A42.6 Social Inclusion Initiatives 80 A42.7 Ex gratia payments to women from Magdalen Laundries and other Institution 3,100 A42.8 Food Aid 4,000 A42.9 Training for Carers in areas of economic and social disadvantage (funded from the Dormant Accounts Fund)...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (14 Feb 2017)

Leo Varadkar: ...Social Welfare Tribunal 1 Grants - Information & Welfare rights 686 EU Community Action Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity (Progress) 2007 to 2013 0 Social Inclusion Initiatives 80 Ex gratia payments to women from Magdalen Laundries and other Institution 3,100 Food Aid 4,000 Training for Carers in areas of economic and social disadvantage (funded from the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Redeployment (13 Dec 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...in College Road has taken on all of the following additional functions - administering the deduction at source facility from welfare benefits for Local Property Tax, payments to the women under the Magdalen Commission Scheme and the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA). The administration of the BSCFA in Sligo, since 2015, involves the recruitment of some 50 staff,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Magdalen Laundries (29 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Social Protection processes an ex-gratia payment/administrative scheme, under the recommendations of the Magdalen Commission Report of Mr Justice John Quirke, on behalf of the Department of Justice and Equality. This scheme provides for payments equalling the maximum rate of State pension (contributory), currently set at €233.30 per week, to eligible customers aged...