Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 44:

In page 35, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "(4) The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the operation of the Mother and Baby Institution Payments Scheme. A report under this section shall consider the following matters:

(a) whether the level of payments under the Scheme are adequate and if they should be increased;

(b) whether eligibility for a general payment should be extended to all relevant persons who were resident in a relevant institution for any period of time, including those who were resident for less than 180 days;

(c) whether eligibility for a general payment should be extended to all relevant persons who were resident in a relevant institution and subjected to illegal vaccine trials or any other medical experimentation on relevant persons;

(d) whether additional institutions, including those in which children were placed in a nursed out or boarded out arrangement by a local authority, health board, or other institution in respect of which a public body had a regulatory or inspection function, should be inserted in Schedule 1;

(e) whether additional institutions, including those in which children of mixed race were placed, and in respect of which a public body had a regulatory or inspection function should be inserted in Schedule 1;

(f) the extent to which the Scheme is in compliance with any determination by a judicial review or an international human rights treaty body relating to remedies for any person who resided in an institution in which children were placed, either directly or from a relevant institution under Schedule 1, and in respect of which a public body had a regulatory or inspection function.".