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Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Senator for her amendments and for the clarification on the withdrawal of amendment No. 83. Part 4, which we are discussing here, is very important in terms of providing answers to family members of children who died in an institution. This Part provides for access to records for the family of those children who died in a mother and baby institution or county home institution....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (31 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes was established in 2015 to investigate and report on a wide range of issues associated with Mother and Baby institutions, including burial practices. The Commission’s fifth interim report, which was published in March 2019, covered burial arrangements in the institutions. The final report of the Commission was published in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (25 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am committed to advancing the legislation that is required to facilitate an intervention at site of the former Mother Baby institution in Tuam, Co. Galway, and am conscious of the need to start excavations there at the earliest opportunity. The Institutional Burials Bill, which was published in February 2022, seeks to ensure that the remains of those who died in residential...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Investigations (24 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has not commissioned any investigations into unauthorised releases of Departmental documents of information. I must, however, draw your attention to my responses to PQs 8444/21 and 45446/21 which asked about the unauthorised release of the Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation. My Department awaits an update on the investigation into this...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Senator Boyhan raised the important point of the information about vaccine trials that were done and, as we know now, done without consent and often in breach of what were the medical guidelines of the time, which I believe were the Nuremberg guidelines. It is a source of great concern for many people who were in mother and baby or county home institutions or other institutions. As Senator...

Seanad: Childcare Provision: Statements (17 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... Senator Garvey made the point that I had the opportunity to visit the childcare centre in Inagh when I was down in County Clare recently.It is a community service in a rural area. It has a baby room, an ECCE service, school-age childcare and general childcare. These services are all small but all elements are offered. Those concerned were extremely happy with what was being provided...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am pleased to present to the House the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022. The Bill will mark a major change to the law in Ireland. It will provide, for the first time, a clear pathway for access to identity records for adopted people and others. The Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 was published in January and in April the Bill completed its passage through Dáil...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I want to thank all Members of the House for the considered contributions they have made in the context of this legislation and in relation to the apology that has been delivered to those who were the subject of illegal birth registrations. I want to thank the Acting Chairman for his insightful contributions, as ever. He focused his contribution on the importance of identity and that is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Senator for his kind comments, for raising this important issue, and for giving me the opportunity to come to the House today to provide an update on the mother and baby institutions payment scheme. The provision of a form of enhanced medical card to survivors through the mother and baby institutions payments scheme will require the establishment of legislative and administrative...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...amendments. If they were accepted they would fundamentally change the legislation in what it is trying to achieve. Based on these amendments, if a person dies while resident in an institution, and that is any residential facility in respect of which a public body had or has a relevant role, that alone would be sufficient reason for the Government to consider making an order to intervene....

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in any site, the Government must balance the need to undertake the intervention, recognising the manifest inappropriateness of a particular set of burials, with the need to respect the long-standing tradition of the sanctity of burials, which is something we have discussed previously. As we know, the excavation and recovery of human remains is a very significant act. It is complex and...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I hope I can provide some clarification here. Section 29 solely relates to the archive of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. As the Deputy will be aware, in the database legislation from 2020, we preserved that archive and ensured it was not deleted. We also sent a copy of it to Tusla and that archive copy resides with Tusla only, not the Adoption Authority of...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 75: In page 43, line 24, after “to” to insert “subsection (5)and”. This is an amendment to section 45. The section obliges a secondary information source to retain and maintain relevant records held. The amendment seeks to ensure clarity that the obligation on a secondary source to retain and maintain records should not interfere with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme will provide financial payments and a form of enhanced medical card for people who spent time as mothers or children in Mother and Baby or County Home Institutions. It is recognised that there are people who suffered stigma, trauma and abuse in other institutions, and outside of institutions also. However, the institutions covered by...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Burial Grounds (29 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I have no statutory role or powers in relation to the planning process, which is regulated under the Planning and Development Act 2000. I understand that planning decisions of this nature are functions of the local authority concerned. The Institutional Burials Bill, which I published last month, was developed to provide the required legal basis for intervention at the site of the former...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Registration of Births (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 and 4 together. Following the publication of the independent review into illegal birth registrations in March 2021, I asked Professor Conor O'Mahony, the special rapporteur on child protection, to consider the significant complexities and challenges which arise in respect of the issue of illegal birth registrations and to provide a report proposing an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Survivors Memorial (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The establishment of a National Memorial and Records Centre is a core commitment in the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. The National Centre will stand as a National Memorial in honour of those who were resident in Mother and Baby Homes, County Homes, Industrial Schools, Magdalene Laundries and related institutions. This...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: On 16 November 2021, my Department published an Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. The Action Plan is a high-level framework to drive, monitor and report on implementation of the 22 wide-ranging measures announced by Government in responding to the needs and concerns of those who spent time in these institutions. Each action...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Cards (22 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 698 and 699 together. I am acutely aware of the sense of urgency surrounding the establishment of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. I intend to bring the legislative proposals in respect of the Payment Scheme to Government for formal approval very soon. As previously stated, I will seek priority drafting of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am acutely aware of the sense of urgency surrounding the establishment of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme and my officials are working on drafting a General Scheme of a Bill to establish the Scheme as a matter of a priority. Once it is complete, I will bring the General Scheme to Government for formal approval. As is standard practice, the...