Mother and Baby Homes

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]

1878. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to ensure that all affected people in receipt of a medical card as part of the mother and baby homes and county homes redress scheme are given the HAA card and to change the current version; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44703/25]

1883. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a weekly progress update and schedule of expected milestones for the forensic excavation of the Tuam mother and baby home site; and the psychological and communication supports that are being provided to affected families. [44819/25]

2302. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will undertake a review of the restriction on using first cousin DNA to link with the DNA of babies exhumed from the Tuam mother and baby home site; if she has considered whether there might be recent developments in scientific evidence which would enhance reliability of DNA linking; and if she will make…

2394. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the use of a cadaver dog has been considered to investigate parts of the Tuam site that are not being excavated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42316/25]

479. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review advancements in the science of DNA testing with a view to extending the DNA testing to family members who are cousins to identify remains at the mother and baby home in Tuam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40276/25]

509. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of people identifying as survivors or former residents of mother and baby institutions that have taken up counselling to date under the National Counselling Service, as provided for in the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matte…

510. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if the entitlement to counselling for survivors and former residents of mother and baby institutions, via the National Counselling Service, as provided for in the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions, is time limited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40686/25]

511. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if the entitlement to counselling for survivors and former residents of mother and baby institutions, via the National Counselling Service, as provided for in the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions, has been altered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40687/25]

203. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will consider extending the DNA testing to family members who are cousins to identify remains at the mother and baby home in Tuam as a result of advancements in the science of DNA testing since the Bill was enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39878/25]

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]

326. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the decision to not excavate Sean Ross Abbey will be revised; the person who decided that the report findings were not enough to warrant an excavation; the basis for that decision; the alternative action, if any, being taken to account for the over 1,000 missing children from Sean Ross Abbey; if the Government w…

327. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to revise the mother and baby home redress scheme to include those who spent less than six months in a mother and baby home institution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36723/25]

336. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the State funded, subsidised or insured any aspect of the operations at a location (details supplied), including buildings, care services or facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36801/25]

304. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will act to excavate the site at Sean Ross Abbey; and fully investigate the burial grounds. [35143/25]

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]

105. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to make changes to expand access to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32389/25]

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…

524. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the six month eligibility criteria under the mother-and-baby-home redress scheme will be reviewed; her views on excluding persons who may have been resident for a period five days short of the six month stay requirement is acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28480/25]

548. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are any proposals to review or potentially eliminate the six month residency timeframe with respect to persons seeking to access the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27175/25]

332. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a mother and baby institutions payment scheme application will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26463/25]

992. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount paid in redress to survivors of mother and baby and county homes. [24463/25]

388. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on the excavations of the burial site of the at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22243/25]

391. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding a mother and baby home payment scheme appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22339/25]