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LGBTQI+ and Equality: Statements (23 Jun 2022)

Réada Cronin: Equality, inclusion and diversity are three things that should be central to any and every republican who wishes to build and live in a real republic. Together, we took a leap of love in the marriage referendum in May 2015. We kept faith with our brothers and sisters, our aunties and uncles, our friends and neighbours, our political comrades and our political rivals. As we descended on the...

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive statement. I visited Tuam and spent time there on Monday. I spent the day in County Galway talking to a number of people involved in this case. I thought it was appropriate to go. It is important to visit the site and speak to the people involved. I had a long engagement with Catherine Corless and her husband. Walking the site gives a great...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Properties (22 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes was established in 2015 to investigate and report on a wide range of issues associated with Mother and Baby institutions, including burial practices. The Commission’s Fifth Interim report, which was published in March 2019, covered burial arrangements in the institutions. The final report of the Commission was published in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...for meaningful physio intervention. Some 21,000 children are waiting for an occupational therapy appointment, with 10,000 waiting for more than a year. Some 16,000 children are waiting for speech and language therapy. Again, 10,000 are waiting more than a year. For those children that wait is time that cannot be revisited. The interventions must be timely. The damage done to children...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...wish to raise a number of issues. This week the Women's Aid Annual Impact Report 2021 was published. I find the contents of it shocking. Its findings are deeply disturbing. We have a persistent and profound problem in Ireland with violence against women. I will quote some of the statistics. According to Women's Aid, 33,831 disclosures of abuse were made during 2021. This represents...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (16 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: On 29 March, the Government approved high-level proposals for a National Centre for Research and Remembrance. The establishment of the National Centre is a core commitment in the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions; the overarching aim of which is to support the implementation of the 22 commitments made by Government in response to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Professor Kathleen Lynch: Let me comment on the question of the current rates of maternity and paternity benefit. I have the notes here. The benefit is available only for six months. The other six months, the other 26 weeks, is unpaid. The figures I have show that 46% of people do not get a top-up. I am talking about circumstances where there are small children or babies. At the...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022) See 5 other results from this debate

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome this group of amendments. Everyone's concern in this regard was based on what happened in the aftermath of the publication of the report on the mother and baby homes. There was frustration and anger that there was no accountability in that instance. We wrote at least three times to invite representatives from the commission to appear before the Joint Committee on Children,...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Roderic O'Gorman: Part 4 of the Bill is very important for providing answers to family members of children who died in institutions. It provides for access to records for the family of those children who died in a mother and baby home or county home institution. The necessity for these provisions featured in the pre-legislative scrutiny recommendations. They were not in the original draft Schedule to the...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (14 Jun 2022)

...;ochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Ba mhaith linn ár mbuíochas a ghabháil leis na Seanadóirí as ucht an méid atá déanta ag Éirinn ar son na hÚcráine.It is an honour to be addressing Senators today and to have the platform of their honourable House to speak to the people of Ireland and the people of Ukraine in Ireland. I thank the Chair...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am not in a position to accept this amendment because it would introduce a broad and sweeping power to the Minister beyond the agreed policy intentions underpinning the Bill. When drafting this legislation, I wanted to ensure that it was as broad and encompassing as possible while ensuring that the definitions and parameters included in it were strong enough to be sound legislatively and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Interest Rates (14 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...rates were introduced. Bank Account 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Sum of Q1 2022 Total DCYA Current A/c - Bank of Ireland €4,462.93 €7,000.78 €24.20 €0.00 €0.00 €0.00 €11,487.91 DCYA Receipts A/c -...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (14 Jun 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 1177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who were referred to Tusla in 2021; and the location from which they were referred; the person or body that referred them; and the reason they were referred. [29404/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (14 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 1180. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will indicate the eligibility requirement for redress and compensation as part of the Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); the procedure to apply for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29504/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (14 Jun 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: 1204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to make the enhanced medical card scheme available for those who spent time in mother and baby homes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30718/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy: Surrogacy in Ireland and in Irish and International Law: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jun 2022) See 5 other results from this debate

...literally has stolen most of my words from my mouth. I share with him all of the sentiments provided about the importance of family building, the perseverance by which families undergo surrogacy and the great amount of love that we have for our children. I propose to speak about the Canadian regulation of surrogacy in the three ways of regulation, the declaration of parentage, and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries (2 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Roderic O'Gorman: On 24 March, the Government approved high-level proposals for a national centre for research and remembrance. The establishment of the national centre is a core commitment in the action plan for survivors and former residents of mother and baby and county home institutions. The national centre will be located on the site of the former Magdalen laundry on Seán McDermott Street in Dublin...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022)

Mr. Seamus McCarthy: Vote 40 changed significantly in 2020, mainly reflecting the restructuring of the previously named Department of Children and Youth Affairs, to take on significant additional functions in relation to equality, integration and international protection.  The name of the Department also changed in 2020 to reflect the wider-ranging areas of operation. The 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...publication of the Independent Review into Illegal Birth Registration,  I asked Professor Conor O’Mahony, the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection, to consider the significant complexities and challenges which arise in relation to the issue of illegal birth registration, and to provide a report proposing an appropriate course of action. On 14th March 2022 I published the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (2 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Joe Flaherty: 60. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made in meeting the commitments set out in the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28465/22]