Mother and Baby Homes

1828. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if her Department has provided additional funding to the National Counselling Service to conduct research about people affected by adoption and the mother and baby homes, in tabular form. [12269/25]

1830. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health to publish in tabular form a breakdown, by year of the numbers of people affected by adoption and the mother and baby homes who have accessed the services of the National Counselling Service from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [12271/25]

240. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if eligibility under the mother-and-baby-home redress scheme will be reviewed to include all affected survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8395/25]

110. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will bring forward the review into the mother and baby institutions payment scheme due to be completed next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8179/25]

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…

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]

782. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive payment from the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7846/25]

629. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken to hold individuals and organisations accountable for crimes committed in the mother and baby homes, including child trafficking, illegal adoptions, forced separations, and financial misconduct; if there has been any formal investigation into potential criminal activitie…

630. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what happened to the money from the sale of Sean Ross Abbey; the reason the Catholic Church is not funding the cost of addressing the injustices that took place there, rather than the taxpayer; if the money from the sale reinvested into religious orders or organisations; and if so, the reason t…

631. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth who decided on the 180-day rule for eligibility under the mother-and-baby-home redress scheme; the qualifications in child trauma or related fields that the individuals who set this rule had; to provide the credentials or records of the decision-makers who determined this timeframe; the measure…

632. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a copy of the survey report which found anomalies in the grounds at Sean Ross Abbey; who decided that these 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 …

633. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason certain children are excluded from the scheme (details supplied); who made the decision that a child who was in an institution before its classification changed would no longer qualify for redress; the justification the Government has for excluding children who suffered in these home…

634. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures the Government proposes to take to address all the children who were boarded out and are also excluded from the redress scheme; the steps the Government is taking to ensure that the Catholic Church is held financially and morally accountable for the suffering caused in these instit…

635. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to the Programme for Government commitment on page 65, “Recognizing and Learning from Our Past”, where the Government commits to continuing to deliver the action plan for mother and baby home survivors and building the National Centre for Research and Remembrance, if he will clarify wha…

636. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the Government’s specific plan going forward regarding justice for mother and baby home survivors; if there will be any change to the redress scheme; if there will be any action taken to hold individuals and institutions responsible for past abuse; and the steps that will be taken to…

674. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme in 2024 (since March) and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the corresponding number of notices of determination issued; the number of payments made; the amount of money paid out from the scheme in both yea…

675. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will review the institutions excluded from the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6373/25]

676. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of money allocated to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme in 2024 and the corresponding amount paid out; and the same for 2025, in tabular form. [6374/25]

677. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will engage with survivors excluded from the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6375/25]

531. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the mechanism for former residents of mother and baby institutions to update the records held on them (details supplied). [4182/25]

910. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether she will consider a sensitive excavation of the suspected burial grounds at Sean Ross Abbey; whether engagements with survivors have been conducted to seek their views; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2350/25]

911. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether she will consider a sensitive excavation of the suspected burial grounds at Bessborough; whether engagements with survivors have been conducted to seek their views; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2351/25]

1227. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme, taking into account the urgent medical need of the applicant for their enhanced medical card as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1273/25]

1243. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 40% of survivors have been excluded from full mother and baby institutional redress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1423/25]