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Commissions of Investigation (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: I thank Deputies, in particular Deputy Funchion, for tabling this legislation and allowing us to have this debate. The Bill, as was said, proposes to amend the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 to require former members of a commission of investigation, upon written request, to appear before the relevant Oireachtas joint committee within six months of the presentation of the commission's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 Nov 2021)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 470 and 471 together. As the Deputy will be aware the Garda Commissioner is responsible under the law for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including investigative matters. As Minister I play no role in these independent functions. I am informed by the Garda authorities that Garda personnel may be assigned to several...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (10 Feb 2021)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 629 and 688 together. Coroners are statutory officers exercising quasi-judicial functions, in relation to which they are completely independent. It is a matter for individual Coroners how to conduct any death investigation or inquest in accordance with their statutory functions. Individual families may wish to contact the relevant coroner for further details....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Feb 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Coroner is an independent quasi-judicial officer and it is a matter for him how to conduct any death investigation or inquest in accordance with his statutory functions, on the basis of the information made available to him and having regard to the circumstances of the death concerned. As Minister, I have no role in the coronial inquest process as set out in the Coroner Acts...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (27 Jan 2021)

Helen McEntee: At the outset, I would like to express my deepest sympathies to all those who suffered both during their time in mother and baby homes, and as a result of those experiences during the years that followed. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management of An Garda Síochána, including the investigation of alleged crime, and I as Minister have...

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

Helen McEntee: I understand that the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes first formally notified the Coroner for North Galway on 2 March 2017 of its discoveries at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. Both the Coroner and the Gardaí provided any cooperation requested by the Commission during its work at the Tuam site. However, I understand that there is no active investigation being...

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

Helen McEntee: I move: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that the public health emergency has caused significant hardship and stress across our population, not least for parents and children, and acknowledges the issues raised by the #ExtendMaternityLeave2020 campaign established by mothers currently on maternity leave and by the National Women's...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Helen McEntee: ...listened to the evidence from those who brought forward medical expertise, as well as lived experience. I know this was particularly difficult for many people. I thank the committee for its work and its recommendations. I also thank the many women who for years have campaigned on this issue and have been a strong voice on it which has finally been heard. This is one of the most...