Questions

225. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the Government will reform the mother and baby institutions redress scheme in order that survivors are judged by what was done to them, not by a rigid 180 day cut-off. [17278/26]

729. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when St. Joseph’s Baby Home in Stamullen, County Meath and Temple Hill Hospital in Blackrock, County Dublin will be added to Schedule 1 of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023; and if she will consider expanding the scheme to cover all who spent time in mother and baby institutions. [16365/26]

730. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider conducting a review into the administration of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if so, if she will engage with survivors on their experience of the redress scheme. [16366/26]

895. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will act in relation to a recent High Court ruling (details supplied) and add Temple Hill and St. Joseph’s to the list of institutions under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14768/26]

124. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has met with the Special Advocate following her report into the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13214/26]

1029. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the reason an orphanage (details supplied) has been excluded from the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12432/26]

1033. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a location (detail supplied) was omitted from the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12533/26]

349. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount that has been returned to the Exchequer due to underspend of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme since it was introduced. [8949/26]

350. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount allocated to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the total amount drawn down to date under the scheme; the total amount paid to eligible applicants; the number of persons deemed eligible for payment under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8973/26]

846. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications refused redress to the mother and baby home redress scheme which opened twenty two months ago; the reasons given for such refusals; the number of those refusals being appealed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5605/26]

828. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the annual report for the mother and baby payments (redress scheme) will be published; and the reason it has not been published as of June 2025. [3359/26]

505. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated number of persons eligible for the Magdalene restorative justice ex-gratia scheme and the mother and baby institutions payment scheme respectively, as set out in any preparatory documentation, relied upon by her Department at the time the schemes were established, including any revised estimates; and if she will make a s…

506. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications approved to date under the Magdalene restorative justice ex-gratia scheme and the mother and baby institutions payment scheme, respectively; the percentage uptake of each scheme relative to the estimated eligible population; and whether her Department has conducted, or is aware of any analysis of reasons for…

1982. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding issues relating to the locking away of files connected with mother and baby homes; the status of this matter, particularly over any outstanding legal matters that were required to be resolved at the time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1384/26]

2015. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there have been any private forensic reports undertaken at a site (details supplied); if she will provide this Deputy with reports relating to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2183/26]

533. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the Government has initiated any searches, excavations, or scientific investigations at other former mother and baby homes and county homes where evidence strongly suggests the existence of unmarked mass graves; the timeline for action at each known site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71104/25]

534. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality why several county homes with documented maternal and infant deaths have been omitted from the redress scheme; if their exclusion will be reviewed; the evidence threshold required for their inclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71105/25]

506. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the expected publication date for the annual mother and baby institutions payment scheme report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68019/25]

462. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be included in the mother and baby redress scheme. [66803/25]

539. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will consider a location (details supplied) to be equivalent to a mother and baby institution for the purposes of determining eligibility to receive a financial award under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme, where an individual spent time at both this location and at a scheduled institution, but insuffi…

761. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications to date received for the mother and baby payments scheme; the number of applications approved; the amount paid to date on payments alone, excluding medical cards, administration, operational costs, communications, publicity and legal costs; the total amount to date paid out in medical cards; and if she wi…

762. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the 12 month review of the mother and baby payments scheme will commence; the make up the review panel; if she is considering expanding the scheme to include those previously excluded; the length of time she envisages the review will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51139/25]

26. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 17 June 2025, for an update on efforts to secure further contributions from the religious organisations associated with the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49952/25]

59. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the report by the special advocate for survivors’ in relation to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49908/25]

1030. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine an application for a person (details supplied) under the mother and baby payments scheme; the way in which a review of this application can be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48033/25]