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

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...calling for, given the close association between them and the mother and baby homes? We often ask whether we ever learn from our history and I am not sure that we do because we are creating a Magdalen laundries-industrial school scandal for the future through the direct provision system and the deplorable conditions in which some foreign national children live. Has the Minister a...

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I want to return to a very significant and moving moment which took place in the Dáil on Tuesday, 19 February 2013. Part of its significance was due to the reaction of the ladies from the Magdalen laundries, who were present in the Gallery that day, to the apologies offered by the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and others. During his apology, the Taoiseach stated, "I, as Taoiseach, on...

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...the Tánaiste, the new Minister for Justice and Equality and the Government ensure that there will be no additional delays or interruptions in respect of the implementation plan relating to the Magdalen ladies? Will they ensure that payments will be expedited and that the situation in respect of An Grianan will be examined? Will they further ensure that there will be a broader...

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...that this can happen at some future date. In recent days UNCAT has indicated that the State should "take additional steps to ensure that victims obtain redress as needed, including in the case of the Magdalene Laundries". I take this opportunity to mention the case of Rita. The latter is not her real name. There is absolutely no doubt about the date on which Rita entered the laundry;...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...and those who with symphysiotomy have medical cards, which is correct. Those who were given contaminated blood products have the HSAA card. Mr. Justice Quirke recommended that the ladies from the Magdalen laundries would have a health care package similar to the HSAA card but nothing seems to be happening in that regard and I have tabled questions to the Ministers for Justice and...

Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...one thinks of how they arrived in the country or their status, they are children and they are not being treated equitably and fairly. What is happening to these young foreign nationals will be the Magdalen laundry-industrial school-type scandal in years to come. These children are being abused and neglected. The second group is children born to parents with an addiction. These children...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (30 Apr 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 24. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if progress has been made on drawing up the legislation necessary to cover health insurance for the ladies of the Magdalen laundries; the reasons for the delay; and if he will engage directly with the Department of Health on same. [19275/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (25 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 805. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify figures as presented in Dáil Éireann in 2013 to be paid to the Magdalen fund which range between €34.5 million to €58 million; the reason the figure set aside to pay for the ex gratia scheme has fallen to €23 million, in view a person (details supplied) confirming that the number of applicants,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (25 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...for Justice and Equality the number of the 224 applicants for whom payments have been issued who are resident with and-or are in the care of the religious congregations that formerly operated the Magdalene laundries in view of the fact that religious orders when explaining their decision not to make a financial contribution to the ex gratia scheme pointed out they were continuing to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (27 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 21. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that Mr. Justice Quirke's report clearly stated that survivors of Magdalen Laundries should receive directly equivalent services to those provided to holders of the Health Amendment Act Card; if he will clarify the reason the terms refer to public health services and public hospitals only; if all of the services that HAA...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (11 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that Judge Quirke was explicit in recommending that health care should apply to each of the women who were admitted to and worked in a designated Magdalene Laundry the way he envisages bringing this about so that women are entitled to health services equivalent to those provided with a HAA card; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (30 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the ex gratia scheme for women who were admitted to and worked in Magdalen Laundries, if he can clarify the section access to medical services which states that the women will be granted access to a range of public health services within the State once the necessary legislation is in place; if his attention has been drawn to the...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Second Stage (21 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...of greed, selfishness and corruption at the heart of what we are discussing tonight and tomorrow night. In the Dáil recently we have examined abuses including the residential institutions, the Magdalen laundries and the ladies who suffered the ordeal of symphysiotomy. One thinks one has reached the end of it, that there could not be any more horror stories. Then we come to this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries Issues (18 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 38. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed legislation that will deal with the health care needs of Magdalen survivors living outside the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54088/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (11 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure in place for a Magdalen laundry restorative justice applicant who does not respond within the two months of being offered a lump sum payment as calculated by length of stay by the restorative justice implementation unit; if the applicant disagrees with the length of stay as calculated by the restorative justice implementation...

Bethany Home: Motion [Private Members] (10 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Bethany Home is part of that dark time in our history along with what happened in the Magdalen laundries and in institutions such as the industrial schools. As the motion points out, the Bethany Home in Rathgar was a maternity home for women of the Protestant faith, a children's home, and a place of detention for women on remand or convicted of crimes. We know also that it was inspected...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (10 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding forthcoming legislation which is part of the redress scheme for Magdalen women; the consideration that will be given in the legislation to the health needs of the surviving women who live outside the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52552/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 504. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way recommendations and entitlements regarding health care needs of the survivors of the Magdalen laundries will be met, particularly for those who live outside the jurisdiction. [48860/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of applications to the Magdalen laundries scheme following Justice Quirke's report and recommendations by country of residence. [48861/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he envisages that payments will begin to be paid to the women of the Magdalen laundries as part of the redress process in view of the recent passing of another Magdalen survivor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45958/13]