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Midland Regional Hospital: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 May 2015)

Michael Kitt: I commend Deputy Billy Kelleher on tabling this motion. It is important and gives us an opportunity to discuss a very serious matter. I extend sympathy to the families who lost babies at Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. I deplore the manner in which the families were treated by the HSE in the aftermath of their loss. There was certainly a lack of decency and compassion for the...

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2015)

Michael Kitt: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the commission of investigation. I welcome the draft Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters) Order 2015, and the statement of reasons for the establishment of a commission of investigation. The manner in which single women and their children were treated in mother and baby homes was appalling....

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

Michael Kitt: 606. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action he will take and the role his Department will play in probing the deaths of children in the mother and children home in Tuam, County Galway and in other mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24511/14]

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Michael Kitt: I congratulate Deputy Michael McGrath on bringing forward this Bill and welcome that the Minister for Finance does not intend to oppose it. This debate is a good example of co-operation in this House. Perhaps it is part of the reform to which Deputy McNamara referred. I join Deputy Calleary in commending the former Financial Services Ombudsman, Joe Meade, who requested legislation that...

Topical Issue Matters (12 Oct 2011)

Michael Kitt: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Derek Keating - given that the National Transport Authority, which reports directly to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, has approved plans by Dublin Bus to change radically the public transport bus routes...

Seanad: Millennium Development Goal: Motion (13 Feb 2008)

Michael Kitt: I welcome the opportunity to address the Seanad on the pressing international development issue of maternal health and mortality. I thank Senators for their contributions and I am pleased the motion is agreed. In 2000, maternal health was selected as one of the eight highest priorities for the future of developing countries. By including the issue in the millennium development goals, heads...

Seanad: Prisons Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2006)

Michael Kitt: I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to the House. I take the point he made yesterday about the withdrawal of the Prisons Bill 2005, a limited Bill, and welcome the introduction of this new legislation. I have visited Mountjoy Prison twice and I was struck by the poor conditions of the buildings. The purchase of a new site at Thornton Hall for a new...