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Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I join with you by welcoming to the House the Stardust families who are gathered here with us in the Chamber and in the Public Gallery. I know there have been many times when you thought this day would never come, over far too many years. I know that you were forced to endure a living nightmare which began when your loved ones were so cruelly snatched from you in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research Funding (21 Jan 2021)

Simon Harris: The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation's final report was published on 12 January 2021 by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. Recommendation no. 38 of the report states that ‘a number of scholarships should be created for further research in memory of all the children who died, with preference given to children from disadvantaged...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions (22 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: My colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, published the recommendations of the First Report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes on 16 April, 2019. The Report contains 43 recommendations in total, including 21 health and well-being recommendations. My Department subsequently established an Interdepartmental Working Group to undertake an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (15 Oct 2019)

Simon Harris: The National Maternity Strategy - Creating A Better Future Together 2016 - 2026 - aims to ensure that appropriate care pathways are in place in order that mothers, babies and families get the right care, at the right time, by the right team and in the right place.  The Strategy recognises that, while all pregnant women need a certain level of support, some will require more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: The matters raised by the Deputy are more appropriate to my colleague at the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The Deputy may wish to refer her query to my colleague the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for further information on work to develop supports for former residents of Mother and Baby homes. Minister Zappone published the recommendations of the First Report of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (2 Jul 2019)

Simon Harris: My colleague the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs published the recommendations of the First Report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes on 16 April, 2019. The Report contains 43 recommendations in total, including 21 health and well-being recommendations relating to healthcare provision and health assessment and screening. My Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (8 May 2019)

Simon Harris: My colleague the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs published the recommendations of the First Report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes on April 16, 2019. Following publication, I am establishing a Working Group to examine the Health and Well-being recommendations contained in the report. The first meeting of the Working Group, which will include...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commissions of Investigation Data (6 Nov 2018)

Simon Harris: In the main, bodies such as the Health Service Executive or the Health Information and Quality Authority carry out investigations or inquiries into health related issues. There is one commission of investigation currently taking place under the remit of the Minister for Health. The Commission of Investigation (Certain matters relative to a disability service in the South East and related...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Oct 2018)

Simon Harris: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I was just making the point that, as the people's representatives, everybody has had ample opportunity, as is right and proper in this House, to give their views. I thank all Deputies for giving those views. I also make the point that it is 146 days since the people voted to repeal the eighth amendment. It is important that we do not forget what has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (20 Mar 2018)

Simon Harris: The National Maternity Strategy - Creating A Better Future Together 2016 - 2026- aims to ensure that appropriate care pathways are in place in order that mothers, babies and families get the right care, at the right time, by the right team and in the right place. Similarly, it recognises that, while all pregnant women need a certain level of support, some will require more specialised care....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy Implementation (1 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: The National Maternity Strategy - Creating A Better Future Together 2016 - 2026- aims to ensure that appropriate care pathways are in place in order that mothers, babies and families get the right care, at the right time, by the right team and in the right place. Similarly, it recognises that, while all pregnant women need a certain level of support, some will require more specialised care....

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: Every now and then an issue comes before us which challenges us to think about what kind of a country we want to be and what kind of a society we are; an issue that we struggle with, that may be difficult to talk about, but that is not going to go away. Today is a moment where we, the Members of the 32nd Dáil, come face to face again with such an issue. In doing so, we come face to...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: It was. It was looked at from the point of view of criminal justice. We now find ourselves in a very different place. I genuinely love this country, as I think we all do, and we are all very proud of it but I am ashamed of how it has treated women, particularly pregnant women. Others have referenced the Magdalen laundries, mother and baby homes and the Kerry babies case, which are all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy (28 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: Ireland's first National Maternity Strategy - Creating A Better Future Together 2016 - 2026 - recognises pregnancy and birth as a normal physiological process. It aims to ensure that appropriate care pathways are in place in order that mothers, babies and families get the right care, at the right time, by the right team and in the right place. Similarly, it recognises that, while all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (21 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: The following domain names are currently registered to my Department. Some refer to areas which were applicable to the former Department of Health & Children and no longer relate to the business of the Department of Health, while others are no longer in use but the registration has not expired. Domain Name Description health.gov.ie / health.irlgov.ie Department's government domain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 38 - Department of Health (27 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: I will begin by responding to Deputy Louise O'Reilly. I would be interested in following up on Deputy O'Reilly's point about home help and the not-for-profit sector. She has had to leave for understandable reasons but I undertake to do that and engage further with her on that and make my Department officials available to her to further pursue it. We will ask the HSE to revert to her with a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy (11 Sep 2017)

Simon Harris: The National Maternity Strategy - Creating A Better Future Together 2016 - 2026, recognises pregnancy and birth as a normal physiological process. It aims to ensure that appropriate care pathways are in place in order that mothers, babies and families get the right care, at the right time, by the right team and in the right place. Similarly, it recognises that, while all pregnant women need...

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:“notes: — the urgent need to develop an appropriately sited, world class facility to care for children and young people from all over Ireland who are in need of specialist and complex care; — that clinical considerations were paramount in the decision by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (23 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: The sad confirmation that human remains were found on the site of the former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam has disturbed everyone in this House and beyond. As the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has made clear, the Government is committed to truth recovery and this, of course, is not the domain of any single political party but is owned by all. In getting to the heart of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commissions of Investigation (7 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: The Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) comes within the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. The Commission of Investigation was established by the Government to provide a full account of the experiences of women and children who lived in Mother and Baby Homes over the period 1922-1998. This followed the...