Mother and Baby Homes

336. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the criteria used to include some institutions in the mother and baby homes institutions payments scheme; the reason selected institutions (details supplied) where children were accommodated for extended periods, were not identified as a relevant institution and were omitted from the sc…

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]

132. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the mother and baby home payments scheme; if she is planning a review of the scheme; if so, what this review will entail; the person or body that will be conducting the review; the proposed timeline for the review; if has she considered expanding the eligibility criteria for the scheme; an…

135. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on her engagement with religious organisations regarding redress for survivors of abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20963/25]

137. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she will take to compel religious organisations, who have not done so to date, to pay meaningful redress for survivors of abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20962/25]

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]

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]

2294. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the outcome of the Health Service Executive review of demand and capacity for the national counselling service referred to at Action 19.6 of the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. [20134/25]

2295. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the Health Service Executive review of demand and capacity for the national counselling service referred to at Action 19.6 of the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. [20135/25]

2296. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the 'health research on the future needs of former residents' referred to at Action 19.5 of the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. [20136/25]

621. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the status of the report of the working group involving local authorities, as identified in the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. [16988/25]

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 cultura…

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…

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. [1…

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]