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Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister's statement that the inclusion of Magdalen laundries in the terms of reference of the commission of inquiry is under consideration. People who have taken oral testimonies from some of the ladies in the Magdalen laundries did say that babies were born and nursed at the Magdalen laundry in Sean MacDermott Street in Dublin. The biennial reports that were found in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason only ten Magdalene Laundries will be included in the final report of inter-departmental committee and will not include the Magdalene Laundry (details supplied); the reasons for some Magdalene Laundries and or religious institutions designed for the same purposes as those listed will not be investigated; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to Magdalen Laundry survivors, if he will publicise at home and abroad to diaspora communities of survivors' entitlements to register with the Magdalen Fund/Commission in order to maximise the number of potential applicants' awareness of the scheme; the consequences there are for a survivor who does not register with the Magdalen...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Irish Human Rights Commission and the Committee Against Torture of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights have raised the continuing failure to investigate abuse in Magdalen laundries. There are many connections between mother and baby homes, industrial schools and Magdalen laundries. Justice for Magdalenes is an organisation that works with survivors of the...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Yesterday afternoon I attended a press conference organised by Justice for Magdalenes Research, supported by Amnesty International, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and the National Women's Council. They all acknowledged the Taoiseach's apology, its integrity, that it was heartfelt and gave so much hope to the women. That apology led to the work of Mr. Justice Quirke and the...

Interdepartmental Report on the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (17 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...of previous inquiries. There were drawbacks to both the McAleese and Ryan commissions. All parties need to be involved, and all documents must be released. I supported the inclusion of the Magdalen laundries in light of evidence uncovered by Justice for Magdalenes and the oral testimony that babies were born and nursed in the Magdalen laundry in Sean McDermott Street. Justice for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he envisages that payments will begin to be paid to the women of the Magdalen laundries as part of the redress process in view of the recent passing of another Magdalen survivor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45958/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make available to survivors and their families free independent advice and advocacy assistance in relation to the Magdalen Fund/Commission scheme; if Mr. Justice Quirke will be commissioned to implement the process that he recommends after the three month review period; and if he will establish a dedicated helpline for Magdalen...

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

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...loss of life and the cruelty associated with the abundance of food available at the time while people starved. However, we know there have been much darker moments relating to industrial schools, Magdalen laundries, mother and baby homes, symphysiotomy, thalidomide and clerical abuse. There has been an appalling litany of tragedies and the one common denominator is the cruel and inhuman...

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

Maureen O'Sullivan: 449. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the ongoing delay in the implementation of the Magdalen laundries plan; the reason she feels that the private services mentioned in Appendix G would not be appropriate for the Magdalen laundries women; the reason there is only mention of public services within the State within the plan; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (6 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is interesting to note the first parliamentary question about the Magdalen laundries was asked in 1938. It has taken quite a while to get from 1938 to 2013, when we now know the facts and everything that has been established. The committee hopes the report "will be a real step in bringing healing and peace of mind to all concerned, most especially the women whose lived experience of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for the delay in the publication of the final report of the Inter-Departmental Committee investigating State involvement in the Magdalene Laundries; the reason he will not proceed with urgency to establish restorative justice to those who suffered in Magdalene Laundries and other institutions after 22 months of the IHRC recommendation...

Departmental Bodies (25 Oct 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...Equality that leaving aside the work of the Inter-Departmental Committee being chaired by Senator Mc Aleese, the action he is taking to progress the issue of restorative justice for women of the Magdalene laundry system; his response to the Restorative Justice and Reparations scheme proposed by the Justice for Magdalenes group; when will the State lead on offering an apology and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...taken to address the requests made by the Rapporteur for Follow-up on Concluding Observations, Committee Against Torture, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights details supplied) on the Magdalene Laundries paragraph 21; the way he will respond to the statement that the inquiry into the Magdalene Laundry institutions lacked many elements of prompt, independent and thorough...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (11 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure in place for a Magdalen laundry restorative justice applicant who does not respond within the two months of being offered a lump sum payment as calculated by length of stay by the restorative justice implementation unit; if the applicant disagrees with the length of stay as calculated by the restorative justice implementation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (30 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the ex gratia scheme for women who were admitted to and worked in Magdalen Laundries, if he can clarify the section access to medical services which states that the women will be granted access to a range of public health services within the State once the necessary legislation is in place; if his attention has been drawn to the...

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

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...more disappointing is the fact the report will not make any recommendations, which could result in further delays. That is no longer acceptable. Above all, I wish to acknowledge the work of the Justice for Magdalenes group. Without them this is an episode in our history that people would have been delighted just to forget about and brush under the carpet. Were it not for their work,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My experiences come from knowing and being with the ladies from the Magdalen laundries. Common among them is the sense of hurt, physical, mental and emotional, which they experienced. In the case of the Magdalen laundry ladies, the main concern is their ages and the timeframe in terms of progressing their issues in a speedy way. I understand the need for balance between indepth study and...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is good that the Taoiseach has confirmed that the enhanced card will be available to the ladies from the Magdalen laundries but it is a shame that once again, stress and tension was brought into their lives because of the fact that they were not clear on that point. They have acknowledged what has been done to date and progress has been made, there is no doubt about that. Why can we not...

Departmental Bodies (25 Oct 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to acknowledge the work of the Justice for Magdalenes group, the members of which have done tremendous work. They have taken up a cause that nobody else wanted to deal with for a very long time. During the recent theatre festival I attended a play which was based in the Magdalene laundry in Seán MacDermott Street. This was an interactive production so I was there as part of the...