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Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Dessie Ellis: It is impossible to calculate the trauma experienced by those who resided in many of the mother and baby homes across the country. To understand the emotional, psychological and physical distress the survivors still experience is something that can only be comprehended by those who lived through the awful experience. We can only attempt to grasp their suffering by listening to their...

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jan 2021)

Dessie Ellis: This has been a very challenging and difficult time for the survivors of mother and baby homes. The publication of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation report has brought to light the hidden shame of a nation. Unfortunately, the report has failed to fully address or sufficiently acknowledge the wrongs done to these survivors. The report has made some findings that are...

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2017)

Dessie Ellis: As the full, shocking story about the home in Tuam slowly emerges, the horrors of what happened in mother and baby homes, county homes, Magdalen laundries and other institutions, including the Bethany and Westbank homes, are beyond comprehension. Sinn Féin believes we need to extend investigations beyond the current commission, which is why it was necessary to draft this Private...

Bethany Home: Motion [Private Members] (10 Dec 2013)

Dessie Ellis: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue and to do my small part in representing the wishes of a group of people who have been forgotten for far too long. First, l pay tribute to Niall Meehan and all the others involved in Bethany Home survivors group who have kept on the pressure over the years. I pay tribute to my colleague, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, and her officials who have...

Supreme Court Ruling in the X Case: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2012)

Dessie Ellis: ...law to protect the health of women. In 1983, shortly after the passing of the supposed pro-life amendment, Sheila Hodgers died having been taken off her cancer treatment after becoming pregnant. At the time, her husband, Brendan, stated the following:I went to see Sheila one night and she was in absolute agony. She was literally screaming at this stage. I could hear her from the front...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Penalty Points System: Discussion (19 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: ...been a massive improvement in road safety. The main point is that we must tackle the most dangerous elements of driver behaviour to further improve road safety, particularly mobile telephone use and excessively speeding. Reference was made to bad drivers and repeat offenders. Some mechanism must be put in place to deal with such people, whether it be resitting the driver test, taking...