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Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: ...on tabling the motion, which I hope all parties will support. Every Deputy has been shocked by the recent revelations about the Tuam mother and baby home, just as we have been disgusted by the treatment of women in the Magdalen laundries and institutions run by the State. The commission of investigation into the mother and baby homes has been set up in the midst of widespread...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Mar 2017)

Carol Nolan: ...redress for all survivors of abuse in State institutions or by agents of the State. I commend in particular my colleagues, Deputies Mary Lou McDonald and Gerry Adams, on their tireless campaigning on behalf of the Magdalen women and survivors of symphysiotomy. The abuse of children while in the care of residential institutions is one of the darkest stains on the State's history. These...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (17 Nov 2016)

Carol Nolan: 206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending enhanced medical card provision similar to that of survivors from the Magdalene laundries to survivors of abuse in other institutions of the State, in particular those who are eligible to apply to the Caranua organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35542/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (12 Jul 2016)

Carol Nolan: 506. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing a health amendment card for Magdalen laundry survivors; to define the entitlements under the current scheme particularly in relation to aids, appliances and medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20665/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (28 Jun 2016)

Carol Nolan: 262. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been means tested for a State pension (dontributory), despite the fact that the person concerned is a Magdalen laundry survivor and provision has been made to allow them to receive an amount equivalent to the State pension (contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18098/16]