Results 1-11 of 11 for other and baby speaker:Frances Black

Seanad: Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2024)

Frances Black: I welcome the Minister of State to the House today. I acknowledge the courage, dignity and resolve of the campaigners and whistleblowers who brought this issue to light, the Women of Honour who are here today, the Defence Forces Justice Alliance and the Canary Movement. I am glad that Senator Clonan is in the Chamber to speak about this proposal. It is powerful to have someone who has...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Frances Black: The Minister is very welcome to the House. I wish him and his family a very happy Christmas. This legislation has been a long time coming. I am glad that it has finally come before the Seanad. I pay tribute to the incredible work of the Together for Safety campaigners. Their dedication and persistence have helped get us through to this crucial stage. I also commend the Minister on his...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Frances Black: I second the amendment. I am concerned that we are not using the full extent of State power to force guilty parties such as religious orders and pharmaceutical companies to contribute to the scheme. We have retabled amendment No. 45, which would require the Government to explore legal options to require relevant parties, including religious orders, pharmaceutical companies that ran illegal...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 115: In page 35, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “Report on contribution of relevant parties to Scheme 50.(1) Under this section, “relevant parties” means persons, organisations, the estates of persons, or other entities involved at any time in the operation, management, administration or ownership of relevant institutions, or...

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Frances Black: I am delighted to speak in favour of the motion. It is a brilliant idea and I have been excited about it ever since I first heard of the campaign when Senator Fitzpatrick invited the 1916 relatives association to Leinster House to promote the proposed naming of the hospital. I welcome the representatives of the 1916 relatives association to the Seanad. Dedication is an important part of...

Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)

Frances Black: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is my first time seeing him here in the Chamber. I am very glad that time has been set aside for statements on this very damning and devastating report. I have to say it is one of the most harrowing documents that I have read in my time as a public representative. I want to congratulate its authors on their diligent work which must have been...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2021)

Frances Black: I would like to wish everybody, including the staff here in Leinster House, a healthy and peaceful new year. I will not get an opportunity to speak in the debate this afternoon because of Covid-19 guidelines but I want to address the inhumane treatment of the people who were the residents of the mother and baby institutions. Their treatment has been compounded by the leaking of the report...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Frances Black: ...a bad chest infection or a 45 year-old woman who might have breast cancer. They have to choose which one gets the hospital bed. It really is shocking to think that this is going on in this day and age. There were many more stories like that. It is awful. I have had relatives myself who have had to wait two days to get a hospital bed. I want to highlight an issue around homelessness...

Seanad: Migrant Integration Strategy: Statements (16 May 2017)

Frances Black: I welcome the Minister of State back to the Chamber to discuss Ireland’s migrant integration strategy. It is something that is very close to my heart and I welcome the initiative. As we know, Ireland is an increasingly diverse country. CSO data from 2016 show that roughly one in ten people living here define as non-Irish, while last year saw net inward migration to the State for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Frances Black: Today, I wish to highlight an issue around direct provision. Our treatment of the thousands of people in direct provision throughout this country is nothing short of a scandal. A country coming to terms with the awful abuse inflicted on people in the mother and baby homes, the Magdalen laundries and other State and religious institutions is now sowing the seeds for future shame. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Frances Black: I would also like to highlight the horrendous nature of what happened in the Tuam mother and baby home. An inquiry is being held into these shocking events. All of the people who have been impacted on by their dealings with mother and baby homes and other institutions such as the Magdalen laundries need to be listened to. The Coalition of Mother and Baby Home Survivors state approximately...