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Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Peadar Tóibín: The number of abortions has jumped a devastating 25% just in the last year. Some 8,500 unborn children were aborted last year and this figure is nearly triple the rate it was in 2017. That proves the predictions made by human rights campaigners in 2018, that the legislation, if implemented, would see a massive increase in lost lives. In the four years since the law was put in place, 31,000...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (25 May 2023)

Marc MacSharry: I am delighted to have the opportunity to pay tribute to Noel, a great friend and mentor, and by proxy, to pass on the tributes of his very old friend, Ray MacSharry, who directed that campaign back in 1982. He would want me to say Noel Treacy was the finest politician he ever worked with in his political career. They served during Noel's first post as a Minister of State in 1987, when they...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2023)

Lisa Chambers: Everybody is very welcome to the Chamber. The Order of Business is No. 1, Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 – Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to adjourn at 2.45 p.m., if not previously concluded; No. 2, Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 – Committee Stage, resumed, to be taken at 3 p.m. and to adjourn at 5 p.m., if not previously...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023) See 9 other results from this debate

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 39: In page 14, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Report on extension of eligibility for provision without charge of health services under Scheme 19.(1) The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the potential to extend eligibility under section 18(4)for provision without...

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Victor Boyhan: -----for decent equality and justice for children who were brought up in care. Dr. Lynn dealt with many of them in her later work. Growing up in the aftermath of the famine, Kathleen was deeply saddened by the deadly diseases and poverty suffered by the people. She also heard many stories about this from her family before her. She achieved her ambition and graduated as one of the first...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Naval Service (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Along with the Syrian refugee and human rights activist, Ms Sarah Mardini, Mr. Seán Binder was arrested in 2018 and accused by Greek authorities of espionage, aiding human trafficking and belonging to a criminal organisation. Mr. Binder, whose mother lives in Togher, has spent a significant part of his life in Ireland. In 2018, he volunteered as a lifeguard with a humanitarian NGO on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...taken pace as a matter of course long before we got this far. When it is a Private Member's Bill, however, Deputies do not have those privileges of access. Many of the points raised are valid and could be dealt with. While reading the written submissions, I was considering the focus of the Bill and how to mitigate the risk the witnesses have clearly highlighted. We need to keep in mind...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Lisa Chambers: I thank the Senators who contributed. Senator O'Loughlin spoke about the Newbridge community group, the public meeting held to discuss commuter issues and the group's disappointment over the NTA declining to attend. She also spoke about Irish Water, the inability to get answers where water quality was poor but not an immediate threat to public health, and how Irish citizens in those areas...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2023) See 5 other results from this debate

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 33: In page 14, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Report on adequacy of payment for health services to relevant persons not ordinarily resident in the State 19. The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the adequacy of the payment to relevant persons referred to in...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)

Ms Koulla Yiasouma: Sometimes when parents go to parenting programmes, there is a feeling that is because they are bad parents. The scariest thing I have ever done was bring a baby home. My baby, not just any old baby. I had worked with lifers. I had done work in the Maze Prison. I brought my daughter, my little bundle, home. I had a husband who was supportive and an extended family who...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (23 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme was not developed with the intention of trying diminish anyone’s personal experience in these institutions. The Payment Scheme should be recognised as just one element of a comprehensive package of support measures agreed by the Government as part of the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (23 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 709 and 710 together. The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme will provide financial payments to an estimated 34,000 people, some 19,000 of whom will also benefit from an enhanced medical card or health support payment. These benefits are in recognition of experiences while resident in Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. The overall cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (18 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am acutely aware of the sense of urgency surrounding the establishment of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme and I am focused on delivering the Scheme as soon as possible. The legislation for the Payment Scheme was passed by Dáil Éireann in February and commenced Committee Stage in the Seanad on 16th May. The other important element to allow for the opening of...

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (17 May 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Réada Cronin: ...speak on this report. The statistics speak for themselves. Today, I want to speak in a way that is more reflective than reactive because although this is the first report from the CSO, how many other reports have we seen before the House? I want to mention past generations who were the victims of sexual, gender-based or domestic violence and were silent or silenced. Instead of being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Minister for Transport (17 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I am confident that at the end of the lifetime of this Government, in a year and ten months' time, we will be able to show a real record of achievement across a variety of different areas. Yes, we do want to go faster, but I do believe we will be able to show the record of delivery the Deputy referred to. The point the Deputy made is valid. We need not only to resource An Bord Pleanála...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 May 2023) See 7 other results from this debate

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

...the Department provided which stated that many existing SDZs have not developed in a timely manner as originally envisaged. There is no mention of the successful ones, such as Grangegorman and Adamstown, where building has been going on for quite some time quite successfully. It is not clear whether the problem is because of the SDZ legislation, which the Department is trying to change,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (16 May 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department holds certain records relating to former residents of 59 industrial schools and reformatories, who were placed there by way of a Court order. These records generally consist of extracts from Registers, database entries (i.e. computerised versions of the Registers) and some individual pupil and family files, etc. However, it should be noted that the Department generally does not...