Results 1-20 of 20 for other and baby speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I have only got five minutes, and there are two minutes left. The other issue which I want to talk about is adverse incidents. Baby Christopher was born in the National Maternity Hospital. He was a fully healthy baby born aborted under the foetal fatal abnormality element of the Bill. Did Ms O'Shea speak to his mother?

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2023)

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...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...It is absurd. From speaking to survivors, it is clear to me that much of the abuse occurred when they were farmed out or boarded out from their homes. In many cases, people who were born in mother and baby homes were sent to local families where they were often ill-treated. They were required to work hard on the farm without pay and with no prospect of inheritance, in atrocious...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (10 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 806. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to incidents of abortions being carried out following a misdiagnosis of an unborn baby, other than the baby Christopher case (details supplied); and if so, the number of other similar cases and incidents that he is aware of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23295/22]

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: ...a progress report from the Minister on the construction of a new screening laboratory. Where are we on this? Are we still outsourcing the analysis of slides? The action plan for this year and the national maternity strategy mention increasing support for pregnant women who are suffering from addiction. Figures released to us show that the number of children addicted to drugs or...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand that what we are doing is a delicate and complex job. I commend the Minister on getting the Bill to the floor of the Dáil and seeking to progress it. Much work has been done in developing the legislation. Much discussion has gone into it as well. Nonetheless, as Opposition Deputies, it is our job to critique the Bill, identify failings in it and suggests improvements...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: -----but there are many families who genuinely do not know if they are related to one of these babies. I have been talking to my Dáil assistant, Mr. Luke Silke, who has also been in contact with the Minister's office. Mr. Silke comes from Tuam, and he thinks we would have a much better chance of successfully identifying the babies' remains if the invitation to provide DNA samples was...

Maternity Care (Covid-19) Bill 2021: First Stage (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to ensure that mothers receiving maternity care may be accompanied in hospital during childbirth and on occasions prior and subsequent to the birth; and to provide for related matters. As I said in the context of the previous business, it is frustrating when we put questions to Ministers. On six occasions in recent...

Ombudsman for Children's Initiative on Eliminating Child Poverty and Child Homelessness: Statements (23 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have listened to many of the speakers. There are a lot of good ideas and conversations happening on this issue but what is required is action from the Government. I will give a couple of examples of where the Government is seriously breaking down and where the weight is being left in this crisis. A couple of years ago, the Meath Food Bank was without a home. I offered those who run it...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: This question reflects the contents of the previous one, to a certain extent. I know, from speaking to many survivors of mother and baby homes, that the actions of the Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, around the time of the report's publication were deeply hurtful. Many of those people are elderly and some are, obviously, very vulnerable at the moment. I spoke to people, for...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 1: (a) To delete the following: "— women’s reproductive healthcare would be put at risk and their safety endangered if subject to Catholic ownership and ethos;" and (b) To insert the following after "the new hospital be fully owned and governed by the State": "and further: — commits to no private healthcare services being carried out on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 651. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on providing abortions and associated services to date; the steps taken with regard to the human remains when an abortion takes place; the counselling services offered by the State, voluntary sector and so on for women with unplanned pregnancies; the amount being spent on the provision of counselling services for women with unplanned...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: There is probably very little I can add that has not already been articulated extremely well by Deputy Connolly, other than to say that people are still stunned as to why the Minister is bringing forward this Bill, especially in view of the fact that the necessary consultation with the residents and survivors of the mother and baby homes has not taken place. It feels like the Minister is...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Sinn Féin believes the eighth amendment should be repealed and that abortion services should be made available in certain cases such as where there is a life-limiting disability, in cases of rape and incest and where there is a threat to the health of the mother. I thank my party for giving me the opportunity to speak to the Bill, despite the fact that I hold a different view from that...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: This is an enormously difficult topic. There are many difficult, tragic situations facing mothers, fathers and children every day that cause enormous stress and strain in their lives. Our approach to these families, our friends, relations or neighbours should be founded on compassion. We need to ensure that every support necessary is found to help these families. I have colleagues who...

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The Fine Gael legacy in housing has many facets, including rough sleepers, thousands of homeless children, hundreds of thousands of people on waiting lists and a rent and house price bubble. There are also tens of thousands of people in mortgage distress. Another critical element is the exploitation of the most vulnerable tenants. The graphic reality of this exploitation was brought...

Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the most shocking aspects of this whole process for me is the realisation that Fine Gael is actively seeking to increase house prices and rents in this State. I say that in a very measured manner. I remember a number of months ago sitting across from the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, and trying to make him understand the difficulties in the rental and housing market at...

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to put some human faces on the crisis that the Government has in large part created. I have changed the names of some of the individuals, obviously. One of the problems with the housing and homelessness crisis is that so many people do not want their names mentioned or their faces put to these issues. It is quite shocking that the responsible Minister is not in the Chamber to listen...

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

Peadar Tóibín: 117. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to include infant mortalities, adoption practices, vaccine trials and medical experimentation, forced labour and incarceration of unmarried girls and women who gave birth to babies or were seen to be at risk of becoming mothers, conditions in the institutions, including neglect, denial of adequate medical care and cruel...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: While I am not saying that this legislation allows for abortion up to 39 weeks, it does allow for abortion up to the forced premature delivery of an unborn child. A child is alive and kicking in the womb at 21 weeks and would have legal protection in liberal abortion regimes, but it will not have legal protection in this regime. Whatever is said about the debate and whatever majority...