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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP27: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

.... I am a climate activist from Kenya. Right now, it is evident that the people least responsible for the climate crisis are bearing the biggest brunt. We are already witnessing devastating loss and damage from the devastating flooding across west and central Africa to the prolonged drought that has hit the Horn of Africa and has seen five consecutive rainy seasons fail. These impacts...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: DNA Database (20 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: 285. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will reconsider his position to set up a database to hold DNA samples of family members of those who were resident at St. Mary's Mother and Baby home in Tuam. [52479/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (20 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Roderic O'Gorman: ...answering this question, it is important to note that the Scheme is one element of a comprehensive package of support measures agreed by the Government to respond to the priority needs of survivors and former residents as part of the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. Following intense deliberations on what are very complex...

Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022) See 18 other results from this debate

Anne Rabbitte: There has been a huge and entirely appropriate outcry in recent years over the shameful way some of our most vulnerable citizens were treated. We have all been moved by this. As the realisation deepens regarding how unfairly some of our citizens were treated in the past, we more fully understand that the effects continue to ripple through to today. We witness the pain felt so deeply by...

Joint Committee On Health: Issues Relating to Perinatal Mental Health: Discussion (18 Oct 2022) See 4 other results from this debate

Neasa Hourigan: What should we be aiming for? If I came home with my baby, what would be best practice if we were both providing care to the baby and providing support to a mother who it is felt might be slightly vulnerable or might need support? How many visits would there be in the first 100 days?

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank all the Deputies who have contributed to this debate today and yesterday. The Government is committed to ensuring that every child gets the best start in life and to supporting parents to spend more time with their children in those precious years at the start of life. This Bill provides additional flexibility to ensure that parents and carers can be supported to balance their...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Oct 2022)

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Oct 2022)

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (13 Oct 2022)

Jim O'Callaghan: 107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the commitment to excavate the burial site at Tuam; when the director for authorised intervention will be appointed; the support that will be provided to the director in ensuring that excavation works can commence on the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50738/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (13 Oct 2022)

Gino Kenny: 128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the widespread anger at his decision not to go ahead with an independent review of the testimonies given by survivors of mother-and-baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50636/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (13 Oct 2022)

Holly Cairns: 142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking to engage with survivors concerning the forthcoming intervention at the Tuam site under the Institutional Burials Bill 2022. [50329/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (13 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: In terms of my Department's 2022 spending, I am currently seeking additional funding for my Department for 2022 principally to cover the additional costs arising in relation to the Ukraine response and due to the increased numbers of International Protection applicants arriving in the State. In this regard, I am bringing a supplementary estimate to the Dáil which has been agreed by the...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (12 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Holly Cairns: ...that reflects social realities. Employment law needs to recognise the complexities of life, including those encountered in contexts such as caring for one's family, the importance of one's health and the experience of the victims and survivors of domestic and gender-based violence. Compared with other European countries, Ireland has poor worker's rights. We lag many other jurisdictions...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Holly Cairns: This week we learned that the religious orders involved in mother and baby homes have no intention of contributing to the redress scheme. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, continues to stand over the flawed commission's report, which absolved the church of any responsibility. The State and church perpetuated some of the worst human...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (12 Oct 2022)

Catherine Connolly: 123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 29 March 2022, when the report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions, submitted to him in December 2018, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50701/22]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised) (12 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...secretaries, one of whom is here today, all the way to clerical officers in Citywest working to help people move around the country. Amazing work has been done by the officials in my Department, and, in addition, we have had people seconded in from other Departments and agencies. I appreciate the Deputy's recognition of the phenomenal work that is being undertaken. Regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 529 and 530 together. The Government takes its responsibility to investigate and address historic wrongs and allegations of human rights abuses very seriously. Since 1999, Ireland has undertaken investigations into allegations of abuse in various institutional settings. These investigations have sought to establish the facts relating to the operation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (11 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: On 28 February 2021, with the dissolution of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, my Department became the data controller for all the personal data contained in the records and databases that transferred from the Commission. My Department is responsible for fulfilling data subject rights, including the right of access to personal data. I am very mindful of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (11 Oct 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Martin Browne: 536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a decision has been made to act on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth recommendation to include organisations (details supplied) in the mother and baby homes redress scheme. [49646/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Oct 2022)

Noel Grealish: 540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish a DNA database for families and survivors of mother and baby homes to enable extended family to identify relatives; when such a database could be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49771/22]