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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (9 Nov 2022)

Denis Naughten: 99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his engagement and that of his Department with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to mother-and-baby home trials; the timeline of this engagement; the feedback from the organisation at those particular points in time; the conclusions drawn by his officials; if he will provide an...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...received from constituents regarding correspondence from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties on the legislation. It has raised the following three particular points. The scheme should be expanded to all survivors and the six month threshold needs to be looked at; the legal waiver, criticised by the UN which has specifically asked for its removal, should be removed; and the compensation...

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (12 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: I will ask the Minister a few questions and give him time to respond at the end. This debate, sadly, relates to the issue of trust. In the week we are debating the ownership structure of the national maternity hospital, on Tuesday, during the introduction of the Birth and Information Tracing Bill to rectify the issue of illegal birth registrations, the Minister for Children, Equality,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (18 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the provisions that the full archive held by Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation is transferred into his possession by the end of February 2021; the way in which he plans to ensure that those affected have full access to both personal information and the archive of administrative...

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: ..., Katherine Zappone, played in supporting the commission throughout her term of office, which was not easy at times. Most important was her engagement, in a respectful manner, with the survivors and their families. History will show that the Independent Ministers in the previous Government fought against the systemic bias towards sweeping issues under the carpet and just hoping they...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 415. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the coroner has not been called to the site of the burials at the Tuam mother and baby home; if the coroner will now be called in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2281/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 98. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the dates and topics discussed at meetings of the Mother and Baby Home Collaborative Forum in 2020; when the details of the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 was outlined and discussed with the forum; when the issues raised in the sixth interim report of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 987. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason he has failed to publish to sixth interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; when it will be published, in view of the public comments of his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33859/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 988. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the Cabinet decision last week on the application of general data protection regulation, GDPR, to mother and baby home records, if this personal information will also cover vaccination records and vaccine trial records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33860/20]

Early Years Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. This day last week the House discussed the need for a temporary extension on maternity leave to mothers of young babies. I stated then that the one point we must accept is that Covid-19 has changed matters utterly and we cannot simply dismiss proposals like those that were rejected out of hand by Governments in the past. Who would have...

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion and thank my colleague, Deputy Kerrane, for bringing it forward. One thing we all must accept is that Covid-19 has changed things utterly and we simply cannot dismiss matters that would have been rejected out of hand by Governments in the past. Who would have thought that a Government would introduce a one-tier health system overnight or ban...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Bill. I also acknowledge that the Minister is present to hear the debate, which is important. This is important and far-reaching legislation which is long overdue. Nevertheless, I have concerns that we are rushing the legislation. It is a complex Bill and some of its unintended implications have not been thought through. I am afraid we may have...

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: I acknowledge the presence of the Minister in the House. This proposed commission of inquiry is yet another investigation into a dark era of abuse of children in Ireland, an investigation into the destroyed lives of both mothers and their babies, and, of course, an investigation into lives cut short, some having spent only a short time on this earth. There are many aspects to this. There...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish an inquiry into the use of children in mother and baby homes for vaccine trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46679/14]

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

Denis Naughten: I thank Fianna Fáil for giving me an opportunity to speak on this issue this evening. I commend the Minister and the Government for acting so quickly to establish a commission of inquiry into what occurred in the mother and baby homes. It is important that one particular action that went on in some of these institutions is not again brushed under the carpet. I am referring to the use...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: ...situation, which highlights the flaws in what is happening not just in our catchment area but across the country. A woman from Baylough on the Connacht side of Athlone might give birth to a baby in the local maternity hospital up the road, which is Portiuncula Hospital. If that baby has serious complications he or she could not go home with the mother and because of that separation the...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (15 Nov 2011)

Denis Naughten: Question 583: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to release all available trial vaccination records of children immunised in mother and baby homes; if he will immediately establish a no fault compensation scheme for those damaged by such vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34227/11]

Written Answers — Vaccine Trials: Vaccine Trials (20 Oct 2011)

Denis Naughten: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to release available trial vaccination records of children immunised in mother and baby homes; the steps being taken to provide residents with access to records held by the Laffoy Commission; his plans to establish a no-fault compensation scheme for those damaged by such vaccinations; the timetable involved; and if he will...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Denis Naughten: ...lies in the volumes of the Ryan report, which, in institution after institution, list appalling accounts of destroyed lives. A whole generation of children experienced some of the most inhumane and barbaric atrocities perpetrated against human beings in the last century. This report shames us all, our society and those who were in charge of it during the period in question. The litany...