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Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)

Marie Moloney: ...list except for a very limited number of drugs which are specific to hepatitis C. That is the only thing hepatitis C sufferers get with the HAA card and these would not be relevant to the Magdalen laundries women.

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Marie Moloney: I, too, commend the work of Justice for Magdalenes group. I know from speaking to the Minister of State that he and Justice for Magdalenes want what is best for the women. People have been getting hung up, as it were, on a HAA card. The HAA card was introduced under the Health (Amendment) Act specifically for people with hepatitis C. The only difference, as already outlined, is that...

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015)

Marie Moloney: I also welcome the Minister of State to the House to discuss this very important Bill. The purpose of the Bill is to provide health services without charge to women who were resident in the Magdalen laundries and other similar institutions. We must take into consideration the age of some of the Magdalen women and the urgency attached to dealing with issues related to them. These women have...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (27 Jan 2015)

Marie Moloney: ...and ensure that no victim is left out in the cold. Since I was elected to Seanad Éireann, we seem to be constantly dealing with issues of the past and the sins of our past, such as the Magdalen laundries, industrial abuse, symphysiotomy and mother and baby homes. Why is it on the agenda now? It was due to bad, or poor and perhaps lazy, governance. Was it an easy option to allow...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Marie Moloney: ...said, ashamed, suppressed and dominated. What happened to these girls once they walked, or were dragged, through the doors of these homes? We all know of the dreadful and harrowing stories of the Magdalen laundries women, the residents of the Bethany Home and industrial institutions. If those walls could talk would they tell us what happened to the babies? Were their births recorded...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)

Marie Moloney: ...are necessary to save lives. For years, women were treated as second-class citizens. They were not allowed to vote or to sit on juries. They were victims of physical and sexual abuse, as seen in the Magdalen laundries, or subjected to medical abuse, as in the case of symphysiotomy. Many women who went to their local clergy for help in domestic violence were told they had made their beds...

Seanad: Domestic Violence: Motion (8 May 2013)

Marie Moloney: ...perpetrator will never offend again. We have to deal with the issue of money now. Traditionally, the State and religious organisations have let women and children down. I refer to symphysiotomy, the Magdalen laundries and child sexual abuse. We must not let this issue go on the back burner. We must step up to the plate and make changes in the judicial system now. I do not want others...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (20 Feb 2013)

Marie Moloney: ...officers, which one does not get from a written report. They listen to the people's stories about what life is like for them. It is a little like how we are listening to the survivors of the Magdalen laundries. On a piece of paper it does not cut ice in the same way. The witness answered the question about waiting for the files from the Department, but, to be honest, it is a disgrace....