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Adoption (Information) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Sep 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...this opportunity to thank and recognise the incredible work of Dr. Maeve O’Rourke, Ms Claire McGettrick and all those at the Clann Project. I was delighted to be presented with Ireland and the Magdalene Laundries: A Campaign for Justice, an incredible, yet difficult read, written by Ms Claire McGettrick, Ms Katherine O’Donnell, Dr. Maeve O’Rourke, Mr. James M. Smith...

An Bille um an Seachtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir), 2018: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ..., 2015". A quick scan of the contents page of that submission shows that we have much work to do. Chapters cover access to rural broadband; collective complaint to the European Committee of Social Rights; Magdalen laundries; the national women's strategy; employment legislation; the national minimum wage; exempted categories of employees under the national minimum wage; comparisons...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Thomas Pringle: ...over the past number of weeks. I have been working closely with my colleagues, Deputies Connolly and Joan Collins, Senators Higgins and Ruane, as well as linking with Dr. Maeve O’Rourke of Justice for Magdalenes Research and, of course, considering all correspondence received by my office also from groups such as Aitheantas - Adoptee Identity Rights in developing my amendments...

Child Maintenance: Motion (22 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: ...is the so-called economic upturn? The only conclusion I can come to is that the State has not come to terms with its shame in respect of lone parents, shame that lingers from the time of the Magdalen laundries, from when divorce was illegal and from when children outside marriage were shunned. We should now address our sense of shame about nearly 250,000 people in this country once and...

Establishment of Commission of Investigation into the Stardust Tragedy: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: ...played a role in concealing it. This alone warrants an independent commission of investigation. We have a problem with truth in this country. Whether it was the Catholic church, industrial schools, Magdalen laundries, our health system that allowed symphysiotomy, residential care homes, the role of the Garda in certain historic investigations, councillors or Deputies, Ministers and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Magdalen Laundries (14 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 149. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that leaving the Magdalene laundries out of the inquiry being established into the mother and baby homes would leave Ireland in continued breach of international law as an effective investigation into the Magdalene laundries which would discharge Ireland's international human rights obligations...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...and their mothers were treated but this was done in the full knowledge of the State and many citizens. We were a shameful, craven society and these atrocities continued in mother and baby homes, Magdalen laundries and industrial schools right up to the 1990s. I welcome the Government's decision to commence a commission of investigation into the events in mother and baby homes and I also...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...from now on. That is not an easy task and I realise it will take time. However, this legislation has been introduced and it can provide a road along the way. Deputy Clare Daly suggested we need a commission along the lines of that which dealt with the Magdalen laundries, whereby people and their families have the opportunity to tell their stories and have their stories recognised and...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)

Thomas Pringle: ...to vindicate the rights of children. In conclusion, as the Minister pointed out, we have failed miserably in the past. When we look at the legacy of child abuse, the children affected by the Magdalene laundries and at what went on in the Bethany homes, we see a record of failure. This amendment shows that can and will change. However, the amendment is only the halfway stage and we...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)

Thomas Pringle: ...to vindicate the rights of children. In conclusion, as the Minister pointed out, we have failed miserably in the past. When we look at the legacy of child abuse, the children affected by the Magdalene laundries and at what went on in the Bethany homes, we see a record of failure. This amendment shows that can and will change. However, the amendment is only the halfway stage and we...

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

Thomas Pringle: ...for the Magdelenes. The scale of what was carried out in the Magdelene laundries is best summed up in the Justice for Magdelenes submission to the UN Committee Against Torture, which states:the Magdalene Laundries abuse ... involved the unlawful deprivation of liberty of adult women and girls over extended periods, it involved school-age girls being deprived of an education and it...

Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill, 2011: Second Stage (14 Jul 2011)

Thomas Pringle: ...extending the proposed date in order that advertisements will appear when most people have a chance to see them. I propose to address the refusal of the Minister to include the survivors of the Magdalene laundries and Bethany home in the terms of the redress board. The exclusion of these survivor groups from the provisions of the Bill has heaped further injustice on them. I appeal to the...