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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jul 2025)

Rónán Mullen: I spoke yesterday about my concern about the religious orders' interactions with the State and the need for them to be very careful about being bullied by the State in the context of future redress arrangements concerning not abuse in schools, which is a very separate thing, but what happened in mother and baby homes. I do not suggest that there is not a case in some cases for redress but I...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Collins: ...system. It merely rearranges the furniture in a house that is already on fire. It tinkers with the governance structures while ignoring the real crisis, which is the daily struggle of patients and front-line workers. The people do not need more layers of reporting or internal reviews but functioning hospitals, nurses who are empowered and not overworked, GPs who are supported and not...

Seanad: Draft Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (16 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Patricia Stephenson: Last week's announcement of a commission of investigation into historical abuse is welcome, but it is not enough. The scope of the inquiry is too narrow and by design it risks repeating the mistakes of the past. Sexual abuse is one part, a truly devastating part, of a much wider, darker history in our State. It is a history that includes physical violence, emotional cruelty, forced family...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 203. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will consider extending the DNA testing to family members who are cousins to identify remains at the mother and baby home in Tuam as a result of advancements in the science of DNA testing since the Bill was enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39878/25]

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025) See 6 other results from this debate

Pa Daly: ...the establishment of this commission of investigation into historical sexual abuse in schools. It is long overdue, of course. The commission must seek to acknowledge the harm done to the thousands of children in this State. We urge that the commission is carried out in a proper manner, avoids the failings of previous commissions and that it puts survivors at the very heart of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: ...I again welcome yesterday's announcement about the establishment of a commission of investigation into sexual abuse in schools. I pay tribute, as I know we all do, to the Ryan brothers, David and the late Mark, for their bravery in stepping forward and speaking out about their experiences of abuse. We owe an immense debt to them and to all those survivors who have spoken out and shone a...

Seanad: Pregnancy Loss (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Nicole Ryan: ...ever existed. I am not alone in this. I actually count myself lucky. On 22 March last year, my 31st birthday, I found out that I was pregnant. Whenever any woman finds out that she is pregnant and looks at that positive test, she naturally maps out a life for that child. She maps out his or her future, hopes, dreams, names and all of that. I was very naive about pregnancy and what...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (9 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: Significant improvements have been made in the entitlements to both paid and unpaid leaves in recent years, including by extending paid parent's leave for parents to allow them to spend more time with their baby during their earliest years. First 5, the Whole-of-Government Strategy for Babies, Young Children and their Families 2019-2028, committed to build incrementally over the course of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Rónán Mullen: ...by the Government about the establishment of a commission of inquiry into allegations of historical sexual abuse in Irish schools. In particular, I welcome that this is going to focus on all day and boarding schools. I was particularly concerned about the narrowness of the remit given to the previous scoping inquiry. In focusing on all day and boarding schools run by religious orders or...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Advertising (8 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: ...Articles Mindshare - Media Buying Accommodation Policy Changes March - April €3,582 An international search campaign informing those considering coming to Ireland to flee the conflict in Ukraine of changes to accommodation policy Search Mindshare - Media Buying National Childcare Scheme April ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes (8 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: 739. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which a person can recoup from the State the charge levied on families to release a family member from country homes and or mother and baby home institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37660/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes (3 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 326. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the decision to not excavate Sean Ross Abbey will be revised; the person who decided that the report findings were not enough to warrant an excavation; the basis for that decision; the alternative action, if any, being taken to account for the over 1,000 missing children from Sean Ross Abbey; if the Government will commit to a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes (3 Jul 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 336. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the State funded, subsidised or insured any aspect of the operations at a location (details supplied), including buildings, care services or facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36801/25]

Middle East: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan: ...is reporting accounts from soldiers operating near these stations that they are being ordered to shoot civilians seeking aid. In the West Bank, Israeli forces are evicting Palestinian families and demolishing their homes to make way for more illegal Israeli settlements. International law in the Middle East has been ripped to shreds by the Israeli Government. War crimes are taking...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (2 Jul 2025)

Evanne Ní Chuilinn: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this Commencement matter and making time for it in the schedule after last week's mishap. I thank the Minister for making time this morning. I know she is very busy as we approach the recess. I appreciate her coming to the House today to discuss an escalating crisis in early life healthcare. Our HSE public health nurses do important work. I want to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025) See 1 other result from this debate

Laura Harmon: ...fees. As we heard over the weekend, the Minister, Deputy Lawless, announced the intention to again increase student fees by €1,000 in the upcoming budget. I have been contacted by many students and families over the past 48 hours who are extremely stressed and worried about this and the lack of clarity in relation to it. We know from a study last year by UCC students' union that...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025) See 5 other results from this debate

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister and her officials for being here today. I thank all of the guests here. It is great to see so many people here. It is interesting to see that with the exception of two or possibly three men, they are all women. While this is a family matter, it is a particularly important piece of legislation. It is great to see so many people here and no doubt they will have an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Site Excavation (26 Jun 2025)

Norma Foley: I am very conscious of the pain caused by the deaths of children who were resident in the former Mother and Baby institution in Sean Ross Abbey. The investigation of burial arrangements in Mother and Baby institutions, including the former institution at Sean Ross Abbey, was an important part of the work of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. At the request of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (26 Jun 2025)

Norma Foley: I am committed to ongoing, open engagement with survivors and their representatives and any invitations received are given appropriate consideration. Earlier this week I published four important reports as follows:The First Annual Report of the Special Advocate for SurvivorsThe Third Annual Report on the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jun 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: The Government's redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes is discriminatory and unjust. That is not my assessment; it is the view of the special advocate for survivors, who has examined the scheme. In her report, Patricia Carey says the scheme has caused anger and distress, retraumatised some survivors and created a hierarchy of suffering. This is all down to a deliberate...