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

David Cullinane: ...are brought before the Dáil and Seanad. This should be done with urgency and as soon as is humanly possible. Any terms of reference must be comprehensive and include the Protestant homes, the Magdalen laundries and county homes by way of an open list to give the commission both scope and flexibility. Sinn Féin would argue that the commission must be cross-Border and that...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Second Stage (19 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: ...of neglect and abuse and the denial of the most basic of rights to single women and their children while in the so-called care of the various religious orders and the State. The mother and baby homes, the Magdalen laundries, orphanages and industrial schools brought together a system of forced labour, extreme violence, and physical, sexual and emotional abuse in a system that had more in...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)

David Cullinane: Yesterday I raised the issue of the Magdalen laundries and the refusal of the religious orders to face up to their moral, ethical and financial responsibilities to the women concerned. I also asked the Leader if he would impress upon the Taoiseach the need for him to be more forceful on the issue. I was not at all persuaded by the Taoiseach's contribution in the Dáil yesterday. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jul 2013)

David Cullinane: Last February, the Taoiseach offered in the Dáil a very full apology to the survivors of the Magdalen laundries. Everybody in the House congratulated the Taoiseach at the time for finally facing up to the responsibilities of the State in respect of the women involved. The redress scheme was set up. Unfortunately, the religious orders, which were primarily responsible for the inhumane...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

David Cullinane: ...and discussions in both Houses and among the general population on the shocking and appalling treatment of Irish women by the State. I refer of course to the treatment of women incarcerated in the Magdalen laundries and the women who were brutally violated by undergoing the procedure known as symphysiotomy. Both of these issues are testament to the often subordinate position of women in...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second and Subsequent Stages (13 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: ...to 29 days will facilitate applications for interim care orders or for extensions to them to be heard on the same day each week by the court, which is sensible. I was watched the discussion on the Magdalen laundries report on the "Tonight with Vincent Browne" television programmes last week and the issue of children of care came up. While there were serious problems in the past and...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: The McAleese report released yesterday vindicates what the Magdalen women have been saying for a decade that the State was complicit in their detention, in their routes of entry into the laundries and in the direct State funding of the laundries. Nowhere was that more relevant and true than in the laundry in my home city of Waterford. If the Leader has read the report, he will see in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I join with previous Senators and the Leader in paying tribute to Senator McAleese and wishing him the very best of luck in whatever he chooses to do from now on. In respect of the report into the Magdalen laundries, which is being published as we speak, I believe we all need time to digest the report and look at the recommendations that will undoubtedly be in it. I very much hope those...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne: Motion (27 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: ...Vatican or the institution that was the Catholic Church, but that the State was also failing in its responsibilities to protect children. A number of weeks ago, we discussed the abuse of women in Magdalene laundries. There is a long history and legacy of abuse in the State in respect of children. The generation who learned of these horrors and who saw them as something of the past and of...

Seanad: Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: ...dealt with. We do not want to give the impression that not enough is being done by the Government on behalf of survivors of abuse. I welcome the Minister's comments on the Bethany Homes and the Magdalene laundries. When the investigations are completed, there will be a need to ensure similar mechanisms are established to make sure the victims in those institutions have access to redress...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2011)

David Cullinane: ...is important that Members are given such an opportunity to discuss the matter. I draw the attention of the House to an all-party motion passed by Dublin City Council last night on the issue of the Magdalene laundries. It calls on the State to apologise and set up a redress board and establish an independent public inquiry. There is a need for a unanimous motion to be passed at some point...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2011)

David Cullinane: ...to three hours. Like previous speakers, I am delighted Senator Ivana Bacik has said there will be a discussion at some point on the findings of the UN Committee Against Torture regarding the Magdalene laundries. We should go further; the House should unanimously endorse the recommendations made in the report. Its main recommendations need to be acted on. First, a formal apology should...

Seanad: Fourth Report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Statements (7 Jun 2011)

David Cullinane: ...alluded to how health services and other important services for children have failed children. A very important report was published yesterday by the United Nations into the abuse of young women in Magdalene laundries. We are aware of all the reports that have been published on clerical sex abuse. All these abuses occurred in the past but I am sure the Minister will agree there is still...