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]
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739. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which a person can recoup from the State the charge levied on families to release a family member from country homes and or mother and baby home institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37660/25]
95. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality 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. [32406/25]
112. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of payments made to date in each ‘number of days resident in relevant institution’ category of Schedule 2 and in each ‘number of days resident in relevant institution’ category of Schedule 3 of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023, by Schedule and by category, in tabular form; the number refused and …
105. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she will take in view of the publication of the report on negotiations with religious organisations associated with the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20527/25]
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]
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]
127. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to financially acknowledge those excluded from the mother and baby and other institutions redress scheme, in particular those who do not meet the 180-day requirement, those whose were boarded out, those subjected to vaccine trials, those who suffered additional abuse as a result of race or ethnicity; …
132. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of payments made to date in each category of Schedule 2 and each category of Schedule 3 of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023, by category, in tabular form; the number refused and the reasons therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7546/25]
160. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what review or analysis has been undertaken of the decision to exclude those who spent less than 180 days in a relevant institution from the mother and baby and other institutions redress scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7545/25]