1800. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an institution (details supplied) is not included in the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; if it will be included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18784/25]
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1838. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasoning behind the six-month threshold for individuals who spent time in mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19334/25]
1920. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review the list of institutions covered by the payment scheme under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023; and to include a home (details supplied). [20536/25]
1921. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the rationale for the omission of institutions that cared for babies born in mother and baby homes from the payment scheme under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023. [20537/25]
1928. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to amend the mother and baby homes redress scheme to include more institutions and Linden Convalescent Home, Blackrock, in particular. [20567/25]
1964. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a home (details supplied) is not included in the redress scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21189/25]
631. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to purchase the remaining Bessborough grounds; her plans for memorialisation on the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15042/25]
641. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the redress, supports or services available to individuals who spent time in a mother and baby home, but fell short of the six-month threshold by a small number of days or weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15282/25]
632. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any survivors of mother and baby homes represented on any of the committees overseeing the Centre for Research and Remembrance, given the centre's purpose to serve survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13615/25]
633. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the processes in place to ensure that survivors of mother and baby homes are included in decision-making processes, particularly in light of the criticism of legislation and policies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13616/25]
656. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline all efforts to advertise the mother and baby institutions payment scheme to date, in what countries beyond the UK, the budget committed to such efforts, the nature of such advertisements, that is, via social media, radio, print media, dissemination of information via Irish cultural-heritage centres, …
657. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline specific efforts to advertise the mother and baby institutions payment scheme in the United States, in what States and or cities, the budget committed to such efforts, and the nature of all such advertisements that is, social media, radio, print media, dissemination of information via Irish cultural/…
658. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will instruct the Adoption Authority of Ireland to contact all registrants on the national adoption contact preference register, since its inception in 2005, to provide information about the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13506/25]
666. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on the review of their mother and baby institutions payment scheme application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13995/25]
409. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the recourse available to a person who has been partially declined payment under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme redress due to records of their time at qualifying institutions being incomplete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13020/25]
410. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will review the mother and baby institutions payment scheme reward to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13021/25]
1342. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who have registered user profiles on the mother and baby institutions payment scheme application portal since the launch of the scheme to date, regardless of whether the user has proceeded with an application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11246/25]
1343. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications made to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme since the launch of the scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11247/25]
1344. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that have requested a review of the notice of determination on their application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme since the launch of the scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11248/25]
1345. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that have appealed the decision of a review of the notice of determination on their application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme since the launch of the scheme to present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11249/25]
1346. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of notice of determination reviews in respect of applications to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have been made because the office of the chief deciding officer has determined that the applicant has spent insufficient time in an institution; and if she will make a statement on the mat…
1347. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of appeals disputing a review of a notice of determination on an application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have been made because the office of the chief deciding officer has determined that the applicant has spent insufficient time in an institution; and if she will make a state…
1348. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of notice of determination reviews on applications to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have been made because the office of the chief deciding officer has determined that the applicant is not a relevant person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11252/25]
1349. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of appeals disputing a review of a notice of determination on an application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have been made because the office of the chief deciding officer has determined that the applicant is not a relevant person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
1350. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of notice of determination reviews on applications to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have been made because the office of the chief deciding officer has determined that the applicant is not entitled to a general payment or a work related payment; and if she will make a statement on t…