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Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: I support the amendment. Last week I was on "The Late Debate" and I was very surprised at the number of people who messaged me afterwards to say they did not realise that some people in mother and baby homes were subject to vaccine trials. They did not realise the extent of the ill-treatment of mixed-race children and their families. They were surprised that they were not included in the...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...out of order, which is obviously extremely disappointing, particularly when they refer to a cost on the State. I do not know that we could ever really calculate the full cost of the impact that mother and baby homes had on people's lives. If we are not even going to be able to discuss the amendments because they have been ruled out of order and require money messages, we should at least...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...xe1;il, lets down some survivors. Unfortunately, there is no question about that. We have the opportunity in this Chamber to ensure that this Bill properly offers redress to all the survivors of the mother and baby homes. My Labour Party colleagues and I will continue to advocate on behalf of those survivors. We have a member, Mags McKinney, with us today. This Bill omits more than...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Acting Chairperson for sharing his own experience and stories so eloquently. I also thank the Minister for coming to the House to discuss the Bill with us. I pay tribute to him, and I know it is not something he hears often coming from Opposition politicians, even in the friendlier of the two Houses, namely, the Seanad. It bears saying that the Minister has done important and...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister for coming to the House on this issue. On behalf of the Labour Party grouping, I express my sincere sympathies to all survivors and their families. We have received, as has every Oireachtas Member, an enormous amount of communication on this issue. We have met and spoken to survivors and affected persons and their families. Even when walking through the corridors of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank all of the witnesses for their informative presentations. I asked my friend who works in the medical circle many questions on this topic and gave them my thoughts on the matter as breastfeeding is such a raw and lived experience for people, not one of which I have direct experience. I cast the net far and wide, and the responses were revealing. People mentioned two areas when I...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...thanking the many people who have taken the time to speak to me over the past while on this particularly sensitive topic. I thank the Acting Chairperson in particular for talking to me last week and being kind with his thoughts and experiences. I thank some other people, including Samantha Long, who has been an eternal voice on this issue, for being so generous in publicly sharing her...