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Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: ...Government excluded the very small number of remaining survivors from the residential institutions redress scheme and, for reasons beyond me, this Government has also ruled out extending the Magdalen laundries redress mechanism to Bethany Home survivors. We have raised this matter consistently with the Taoiseach and he has always said the Minister for Justice and Equality is considering...

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: ...I have a very brief supplementary comment on Bethany Home. New information has emerged since 2007. I urge the Taoiseach to be very mindful of the fact that the very same thing was said about the Magdalen laundries. The same thing was said, almost word for word, until new information emerged in that regard.

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2013)

Gerry Adams: Yesterday, the women of the Magdalen laundries heard the words they needed to hear. It is now crucial they are properly compensated for what was done to them. Tá a fhios ag an Taoiseach gur tús maith, leath na hoibre. Chuir na mná fáilte roimh an óráid an-mhaith agus na focail an-fhlaithiúil a labhair sé inné. Today, I want to tease out with...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2013)

Gerry Adams: ...by his terms of reference and will not be able to act outside them, so all of the questions I have raised are very pertinent and, indeed, some of them have been raised by advocacy groups for the Magdalen women. We need to ensure no one is unjustly excluded from compensation. A number of us brought in the women sufferers of symphysiotomy and we gave them a standing ovation. Until last...

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (19 Feb 2013)

Gerry Adams: I welcome the survivors of the Magdalen laundries who are in the Visitors Gallery and the hundreds of other people who are following this debate intently. I particularly commend the women and the groups and individuals who advocated on their behalf and shone the light so that the rest of us could see. Táimíd fíor-bhuíoch díobh. Táimid uilig go...

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2013)

Gerry Adams: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. We have met Magdalen laundry survivors during the years. As I am advised that Nora Connolly O'Brien, the daughter of James Connolly, raised the issue decades ago, it is not as if it was unknown. There are many issues which need to be dealt with. In a real republic these things should not happen, but they did. It is not the Taoiseach's fault and it did...

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2013)

Gerry Adams: ...patrol car was hit by a stolen car. She was going about the business of protecting the community when that occurred. The McAleese report documented evidence of the abuses and denials of human rights to women in the Magdalen laundries, and confirmed the State's complicity in the detention of these women and girls in a plethora of ways. Before that, the Ryan report detailed issues...

Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: Given that the religious orders benefited to the tune of €468 million, will legislation be introduced to make at least some of this money part of compensation for victims, especially those of Magdalene laundries? Moreover, on an issue of equality, can legislation be introduced to include people who were in Bethany House in any compensation scheme? They are blocked at present.

Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

Gerry Adams: ..., will the Government bring forward legislation to ensure that a portion of this money goes towards compensation for the victims of abuse in religious institutions, including those who were held in Magdalene laundries? On the issue of equality, will legislation be introduced to permit the former residents of Bethany Home to apply for redress? I pay tribute to the good people who...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 Jun 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the criticisms from the Irish Human Rights Commission that the human rights of prisoners, asylum seekers and former Magdalene women are being breached by the State. [13445/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (22 Jun 2011)

Gerry Adams: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will implement the recommendation of the Irish Human Rights Commission for a statutory inquiry into the abuse at the Magdalene laundries. [13446/11]

Church-State Dialogue (11 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: ...In the course of those discussions, some legacy issues still need to be resolved. In discussions with the Catholic Church, has the Taoiseach raised or will he raise the issue of the victims of the Magdalene laundries? Does he acknowledge that the State and the Catholic Church - certainly, the hierarchy - owe a public apology to those women, and that a redress scheme should be...