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- Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
John Gilroy: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I acknowledge and welcome to the Chamber Ms Elizabeth Coppin and her husband. Ms Coppin is a former ward of the State and survivor of the Magdalen system. We had a substantial and productive debate last week on Second Stage and have taken further steps to determine whether we can address the needs of the survivors and the perceived difference...
- Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
John Gilroy: The Minister of State has gone a long way to clarifying the issue. However, will he clarify whether the services to be provided free of charge to the survivors of the Magdalen laundries, such as dental, ophthalmic and aural services can be provided by providers in the private sector as well as the public sector in the same way as the section specifies in terms of general practitioner care...
- Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
John Gilroy: ...matter. I will take a few minutes of my time, which I believe I can do on Committee Stage, to go through with the Minister, word for word, the points laid out in the press release by Justice for Magdalenes.
- Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
John Gilroy: It is 100% relevant to amendment No. 1. If the Minister does not mind I will go through the points from No. 1 to No. 10. I have the press release issued by Justice for Magdalenes. My eyes are not what they used to be so I cannot find a date on this document, but it is the right one. The press release states: All of the following services are available to HAA cardholders. None of these...
- Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
John Gilroy: Everything that is sought by the Justice for Magdalenes organisation is provided for, if not in the specific legislation in a commitment by the Minister to provide it in other legislation or under other schemes.
- Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
John Gilroy: I cannot understand why people are saying there is no clarity about this. The Minister of State could not have been clearer. The people who lived in Magdalen laundries suffered an enormous abuse, not just of civil rights but of every single right they had and that was perpetrated by the State. The Taoiseach acknowledged this in his speech some years ago. What possible incentive could...
- Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)
John Gilroy: The comments in the exchange could not have been clearer. Justice for the Magdalenes have the experts in this area and its ten concerns are clearly outlined on this piece of paper. I put them to the Minister of State on the record of the House and, as far as I can see, he has addressed them in sequential order. It seems there is no gap between what is recommended by Mr. Justice Quirke and...
- Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015)
John Gilroy: ...of them here, without any hyperbole, in a calm manner, is exactly how we should conduct our business in this House. It is a great opportunity for the Seanad to give expression to the wishes of the Magdalen women and the Labour Party and Government are very keen to do it. There is a distance between what the Bill says and what people believe the Bill says, and this is where the main...