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Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I thank the Minister for being here. I am very grateful for what Fianna Fáil and Senator Leyden have said, that the Seanad is a fine place to try to work this out. We have the time and the legal knowledge and we have a different kind of energy, which could help to find the solution to this. Having been a Senator, the Minister knows that. It is not a good thing for us to simply let it...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I was present for the enactment of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 in spring 2015. Parts 2 and 3 of the Act govern family relationships arising from donor-assisted human reproduction, that is, the use of donor eggs, sperm or embryos to conceive children. They create a legal structure whereby the commissioning or social parents of children born through donor-assisted human...

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I wish to speak generally if I can, because I had ten amendments and they have all been ruled out of order because of a cost on the Exchequer. If Members do not mind the cliché, I personally think this is a bit of a cop-out. I refer to Senator Norris's attempts to get some legislation through. We are meant to be the Upper House of the Oireachtas and we are not allowed to talk about...

Seanad: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Jun 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I wish to make a general point. The Minister may be aware of this. We need to provide access to the records of institutional abuse held by the religious orders, private agencies and dioceses throughout the country. We need some truth-telling in that regard. Every day, the House hears about mother and baby homes, adoption agencies, Magdalen laundries and those who were incarcerated in...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I acknowledge the survivors in the Visitors Gallery. It is a privilege to have them here. It is our privilege to be a conduit for the expression of their pain and suffering and perhaps bring them to a graceful conclusion. I have very little to say because much has been said. What has been discovered and what is perhaps yet to be to uncovered is unconscionable, as the Minister said. It is...