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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (14 Sep 2022)

Micheál Martin: No concerns were really raised at that stage. It was only just before the summer. We will allay any concerns we can and there will be proper oversight of the implementation of the strategy. On the issues the Deputy raised on the survivors of mother and baby homes, to be fair to the Minister overall, this Government has moved on a range of issues and has got action and delivery. The...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (14 Sep 2022)

Micheál Martin: Certain information relating to matters in the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation on Mother and Baby Homes were disclosed in a newspaper report prior to the consideration of that report by the Government. In that context, I requested that an investigation be carried out. A senior official in my Department is carrying out the investigation and it is being done in the context of a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 to 17, inclusive, together. Prior to the consideration by the Government of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, certain information with regard to matters in the report was disclosed in a newspaper report. In that context, I requested that an investigation be carried out. This investigation is being done in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...I would argue that more work needs to be done in that regard. Legislation needs amendment also but the more critical issue is curriculum, the delivery of the curriculum, the capacity to deliver it and to develop a culture across the schools that is far more tolerant regarding trans issues, sexual orientation, and respect and consent more generally. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: I congratulate the Ukrainian mother on the birth of her baby boy in the midst of the obvious trauma that family has gone through in fleeing a terrible war on the Ukrainian people. This is a moment of joy for the mother and the family. I ask the Deputy to give me the details. Many people have pledged homes, not for the long term but for relatively good timeframes, where I am sure...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Prior to the consideration by the Government of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation on Mother and Baby Homes, certain information relating to matters in the report was disclosed in a newspaper report. In that context, I requested that an investigation be carried out. I also asked that the investigation be done in the context of a broader consideration of the arrangements...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Prior to the consideration by the Government of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation on Mother and Baby Homes, certain information relating to matters in the report was disclosed in a newspaper report. In that context, I requested that an investigation be carried out. I also asked that the investigation be done in the context of a broader consideration of the arrangements in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...Questions Nos. 10 to 13, inclusive, together. Since taking office, I have issued one formal apology in the Dáil, on behalf of the State, for the hurt experienced by many former residents of mother and baby institutions and county homes. I apologised for the profound generational wrong visited upon Irish mothers and their children who ended up in a mother and baby home or county...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 7 to 9, inclusive, together. The Mulvey report, Dublin North East Inner City - Creating a Brighter Future, was commissioned by the Government and published in February 2017. It contained recommendations for the social and economic regeneration of Dublin's north-east inner city. This report has been supplemented by the publishing of the North East Inner...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: Since taking office I have issued one formal apology in the Dáil, on behalf of the State, for the hurt experienced by many former residents of Mother and Baby Institutions and County Homes. I apologised for the profound generational wrong visited upon Irish mothers and their children who ended up in a Mother and Baby Home or a County Home and for the shame and stigma which they were...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I am sorry. In respect of the mother and baby homes, the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has written to the religious orders. He has not had a substantive reply yet with regard to contributing to the payments scheme. I hear what the Deputy is saying in respect of the redress scheme. That has to be legislated for. A Bill will have to go through the House so there will be opportunities to come...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised) (9 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...to the broader issue or this issue, which was of course an issue of concern. The Government has focused on dealing with the substantive issues around the commission of investigation into the mother and baby homes. We moved at pace in respect of both the payment scheme that has been introduced and the Birth Information and Tracing Bill. We will now move forward on the proper...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (26 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. In advance of consideration of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters by the Government, certain information relating to the report was disclosed in a newspaper report. In that context, I requested that an investigation be carried out. The investigation is...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Investigations (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: Following the disclosure in a newspaper report last year of certain information relating to the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation on Mother and Baby Homes in advance of consideration of the report by the Government, I requested that an investigation be carried out. A senior official in my Department is carrying out the investigation in the context of a broader examination of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...this is an €800 million package, which is being allocated in this regard. I do not want to monetise it, but the action plan is important. Turning to information, the legislation on information and tracing is still before the House. I think it was published on 9 May and it is still at the pre-legislative scrutiny stage. We must move it on and onto Second Stage and then Committee...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...questions in respect of the meetings I had with Northern party leaders. Deputy Richmond raised a number of points relating to the prospectus of the unionist parties in regard to the protocol and so on. I think it is fair to say that all parties, although I do not want to go through each individual conversation, favour continued access to the European Single Market as beneficial to jobs,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth made a comprehensive announcement earlier in respect of both an action plan and a payments scheme for all residents of mother and baby homes and county homes-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...na Dála chomh maith agus foilsíodh é go luath sa bhliain. In the context of the restorative recognition scheme, I can say to the Deputy that the interdepartmental group set up to develop detailed proposals for the scheme, taking into account the recommendations of the commission and going beyond that, has made recommendations. It was informed by consultation with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: Following the disclosure in a newspaper report earlier this year of certain information relating to the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes in advance of consideration of the report by the Government, I requested that an investigation be carried out. A senior official in my Department is carrying out the investigation in the context of a broader...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: The general point the Deputies have made is valid, in regard to the protection of documentation and information. The storage and dissemination of such information has to be protected. I have asked for new mechanisms to be brought into play to ensure the protection of material that comes before the Government. The entire response of the Government to the Commission of Investigation into...