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Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. There are 21 sections and 4 Parts. There has been no regulatory impact analysis and no explanation has been given for that. It faced pre-legislative scrutiny. A detailed report was carried out, which gave a detailed background and had ten key recommendations in addition to other recommendations. I understand all ten have been completely...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: My question is specifically about the expert negotiator the Minister has appointed to mediate between the Government and the religious organisations. Where is that process at? It is almost a year now. I think in about 25 days' time, it will be a year. It is a quarter of a century since the Taoiseach apologised for all of the institutional abuse that occurred in the industrial schools. We...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Apr 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...gloves after a deal was done - well before the Minister's time - for €128 million, with an indemnity given to them. There was utter respect through each report. If the Minister remembers the mother and baby home commission, we called the evidence from the survivors contaminated, while great respect was given to the evidence from the religious orders, the social workers and all...

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

Catherine Connolly: I think I am the final contributor. The Taoiseach gave a fulsome address and apology, which is to be welcomed. However, this apology will only be meaningful if it determines the next steps and if it examines how we got into this position. The Taoiseach has talked about how the institutions of the State let the people down. They did a lot more than that; they actively contrived to prevent...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...inniu leis an scéim chúitimh a fógraíodh inniu do dhaoine a chaith tréimhsí in institiúidí máithreachais agus leanaí. My question today to the Taoiseach relates to the compensation scheme announced today for the people who spent time in mother and baby institutions. I use the word "institutions" because they certainly were not homes....

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate, and that the Minister is still here. I welcome his written speech, and he has set out various issues I hope I will get a chance to look at, including equality in the workplace, carers, children, etc. Then he goes on to use this opportunity to say yes, yes for the referendums. I might come back to that. This is my eighth year doing...

An Bille up an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: -----but not a rewriting. When I was speaking earlier, I forgot to thank the citizens' assembly and the joint Oireachtas committee for their work. The citizens' assembly worked right through the Covid pandemic. It is important to acknowledge it. I acknowledge it here now. It has done us a great service, as has the cross-party committee, and produced a report. Unfortunately, the...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: An Dara Céim - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...; ann agus faoin gcumarsáid maidir le durability. Tiocfaidh mé ar ais go dtí sin. I agree with the Minister who said that the constitutional position remains that Article 41 does not apply to unmarried couples. That is a dreadful situation and I totally agree with the Minister on that. It is something we have to change and must change. Regarding the manner in which...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (6 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Colm Burke - To discuss the current position in respect of the treatment of home tutors as being self-employed. Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss the shortage of school places in north County Dublin. Deputy Pearse Doherty - To...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (5 Dec 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - To discuss the timeline for the opening of the mother and baby redress scheme and the making of payments. Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss street safety in Dublin's north inner city. Deputy Colm Burke -...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (29 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Gino Kenny - To discuss the lack of public health nurses in Dublin Mid-West. Deputy Alan Dillon - To discuss early intervention methods for early years education. Deputy James O'Connor - To discuss the urgent need for childcare...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I notice that a group of amendments have been taken together. Amendment No. 1 is in relation to conclusion dates, so I have no idea why that is there. Deputy Funchion has asked that question, and I will repeat it. First, I want to thank the Department for its work. When I attended the Irish-language committee today, I realised that there is an extraordinary number of vacancies in the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...cáipéisí seo a chaomhnú agus a chosaint agus, níos tábhachtaí fós, iad a chur ar fáil do lucht acadúla agus don phobal. My question relates to what appears to be - forgive me if I am wrong - the complete failure of this Government and previous Governments to take action to preserve and protect the records held by various religious...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Taoiseach for answering my question, but this is an issue that this Government and previous Governments have dealt with. The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters was set up in 2015. Its report was published in 2021. The Government has to have considered this matter. It was raised by the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: The culture of dignity and respect did not exist, clearly, from the reports and stories told and the histories told by the Women of Honour. From the beginning they wanted a full, independent statutory inquiry. They got a review. They were never happy with that but struggled and did their best to co-operate with it. Let us put that aside now. Here we are. Trust is of the essence. I echo...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Catherine Connolly: In my two minutes, I want to focus in. I have already wished everybody a happy International Women’s Day. The theme this year is to embrace equity, and it has been pointed out to us that equity allocates the resources and opportunities needed to get an outcome. While it is important to celebrate International Women’s Day, it is also important that that celebration does not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...would not go amiss. The Government was forced every step of the way to do something. Catherine Corless, who has fought gallantly, raised this back in 2012. Survivors have come here repeatedly and educated us. We have gotten over 1,500 emails, at a conservative estimate, about the madness of progressing with this divisive and discriminatory scheme. How dare the Taoiseach take pride in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: ...ag an bpointe seo, ciall ceannaithe a bheith aige, an rud ceart a dhéanamh, agus an scéim lochtach seo a tharraingt siar. I am wearing a jacket that is ill-fitting. I wear it out of respect for a woman who spent time in a mother and baby home. I wear it to be in touch with her spirit. She was allergic to the doublespeak and hypocrisy that this Government and previous...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (16 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Pat Buckley - To discuss the enhanced medical cards for survivors of mother and baby homes. Deputy Joan Collins - To discuss a proposed referendum on the public ownership of our water services. Deputy Joe McHugh - To discuss the...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (15 Feb 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Sean Sherlock - to discuss the need to address recruitment and spending on ophthalmology services in the CHO 4 area of Cork and Kerry. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan - to discuss a data breach at Munster Technological University....