Results 1-20 of 21 for other and baby speaker:Charles Flanagan

Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (25 Oct 2016)

Charles Flanagan: ...role in ensuring the provision of humanitarian aid was always top of the political agenda in this country. I strongly support the efforts of humanitarian aid co-ordinator, Mr. Jacob El Hillo, and Mr. Jan Egeland, the senior adviser to the UN special envoy in Syria with responsibility for humanitarian affairs. I share their profound disappointment that food convoys, including baby...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Adoption Records Provision (7 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: My Department retains over 2,200 files relating to passport applications for children sent abroad for adoption between the late 1940s and the early 1970s. These files are not a comprehensive record of all children sent abroad for adoption. It is not possible to provide an exact number of persons for which records are held as, in cases where more than one child was adopted by the same...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: ...the interdepartmental committee. I agree that a social historian or archivist should be involved to ensure all documentation is appropriately logged. Issues exist relating to burial arrangements and high mortality rates at mother and baby homes. There are other issues too, such as clinical trials, domestic and international adoptions, the circumstances of mothers and the manner in which...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: The Government has undertaken to establish a commission of investigation into the issues relating to mother and baby homes. While I have confirmed that the intended scope of this investigation will go beyond the home operated by the Sisters of Bon Secours in Tuam, County Galway, the process to develop specific terms of reference is being advanced in collaboration with relevant colleagues...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I refer the Deputy to the resolution already agreed by this House regarding mother and baby homes, the arrangements for the burial of children, the need to document fully and accurately the history of these homes and other issues that have arisen, a number of which have appropriately been mentioned by the Deputy. I refer specifically to infant mortality rates, irregular adoptions both within...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: As I have said before both here and elsewhere, I am anxious that we can forge a historic all-party consensus on this most sensitive issue. I will undertake to keep Deputy Troy, his party and others involved in the process, not only in a consultative role but also in a participative one. I believe that is important and I welcome Deputy Troy's acknowledgement of what has taken place to date....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: ...to this matter on behalf of his party. I also acknowledge his written submission. As I told Deputy Troy, I intend to proceed with the process of consultation which I have found to be both informative and engaging. Deputy Ó Caoláin will be aware that the Government has undertaken to establish a commission of investigation into the concerns that have arisen about mother and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: The commission of investigation into concerns relating to mother and baby homes will be statutory and independent and will operate under the Commission of Investigations Act 2004. The process of developing detailed terms of reference for the commission is being supported by a high-level, cross-departmental review committee. The report from the review committee was submitted to Cabinet this...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: As I have just outlined to the House, the Commission of Investigation into the concerns relating to the Mother and Baby Homes will be statutory and independent and will operate under the Commission of Investigations Act, 2004. The process of developing detailed terms of reference for the Commission is being supported by a high level Cross Departmental Review Committee. The Report from the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (1 Jul 2014)

Charles Flanagan: My Department is continuing work on the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill and I hope to be in a position to seek Government approval to publish the Heads of the Bill as soon as possible. While I am anxious to improve the legal basis for access to adoption records, proposals to Government have to reflect the constraints on the Legislature in providing such access if they are not to fall...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (26 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 248 together. The Adoption Act 1952 provided a legal basis for adoption in Ireland and for the establishment of the Adoption Board. This brought order to what had been the system of ad-hoc arrangements in lieu of formal adoption procedures up to this point. All adoptions, which the Irish state has been involved in since 1952 have been carried out...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Commissions of Investigation (24 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 695 and 696 together. The Government has undertaken to establish a Commission of Investigation into the issues relating to the recent revelations and public controversy on conditions in Mother and Baby Homes. I have also confirmed that the intended scope of this investigation will go beyond the home operated by the Sisters of Bon Secours in Tuam, Co. Galway...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I am pleased to have the opportunity to visit the Upper House today to hear Senators' views on the serious matter of mother and baby homes, following the significant decision of the Government yesterday to approve my proposal for a commission of investigation. At the outset, let me say that we are now at a planning stage. Yesterday, the Cabinet agreed that the complexity and gravity of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 181 together. The revelations in Tuam, Co Galway have brought to the fore the situation in other Mother and Baby Homes throughout the country. The practices in Mother and Baby homes have to date not featured prominently in the various reviews and investigations which have dealt with many of the past abuses which were inflicted on vulnerable citizens,...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:acknowledges the need to establish the facts regarding the deaths of almost 800 children at the Bon Secours Sisters institution in Tuam, County Galway between 1925 and 1961, including arrangements for the burial of these children; acknowledges that there is also a need to...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I am pleased to be back in the House to participate in a somewhat lengthier debate on mother and baby homes, following earlier statements. I thank Members on all sides for facilitating statements and the debate on mother and baby homes in the Dáil following the Government's significant decision during a Cabinet meeting this morning to establish a commission of investigation. As...

Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I welcome the opportunity given by the House for statements on mother and baby homes in the Dáil tonight and I thank my colleagues on all sides of the House for facilitating these statements. I would like to begin by acknowledging the Irish women who were in mother and baby homes in this country in the last century and the children that they bore while in those institutions. Their...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 598, 605, 606, 608 and 609 together. The revelations in Tuam, Co Galway have brought to the fore the situation in other Mother and Baby Homes throughout the country. The practices in Mother and Baby homes have to date not featured prominently in the various reviews and investigations which have dealt with many of the past abuses which were inflicted on...

Topical Issue Debate: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (5 Jun 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to thank the Deputies for raising this important issue which has been met with shock and horror over the past few days. The situation in Tuam, in particular, is almost too graphic and horrible to believe - young, innocent children, their lives so short and harrowing were, it seems, even in death not even given a proper, decent or humane burial. While the revelations in Tuam are...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Charles Flanagan: ...is a most sensitive issue upon which public opinion is divided not only in this country, but around the world. The polarised nature of the debate is regrettable, much of which has been misleading and false. Public commentary and campaigners should stick to fact over fiction, accuracy over hype, what is in the Bill and no more. Last December, I referred to my duty as a legislator to help...