Mary welcomes the publishing of the birth information & tracing bill. This legislation has been long awaited by many. It follows years of repeated attempts over decades to legislate for information rights for adopted persons, all of which, ultimately, did not succeed. The urgent need for this legislation has been recognised by all political parties,…
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Mother & Babies Homes
Mary voted to save the database and files from the Mother and Baby Home Commission so that survivors can access their records, reclaim their identities and secure justice. To begin the process of restorative justice Minister O’Gorman launched and a Consultation Process on the development of an ex-gratia Restorative Recognition Scheme for former residents of…
Mother & Baby Homes
Survivors of the Mother & Baby Homes were angered and upset by report from the Commission of Investigation into the Mother & Baby Homes. The Mother & Baby Homes Commission tried to destroy Survivor’s testimonies and failed to give justice to survivors. It refuses to answer to the Oireachtas. Mary believes it is time to…
Mother & Baby Homes
Mary believes it is outrageous that the tapes of testimonies of survivors given to the Commission of Investigation have been destroyed by them. Mary raised the issue with the Minister and he has told Mary that the matter is being investigated by the Data Protection Commissioner and he is waiting on feedback from the Attorney…
Mother & Baby Homes
Mary welcomed the unreserved apology from An Taoiseach last week on behalf of the state to the survivors of Mother and Baby and County homes. Mary says the report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes doesn’t comprehensively capture the totality of experiences of unmarried mothers and their children over the 75…
Mother & Baby Homes- Access to Information
In October 2020 Mary voted to pass the Mothers and Baby Homes Bill 2020 designed to prevent the destruction of the database and records from the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes. Over five years the Commission of Investigations’ gathered records and documents of more than 70,000 women and baby’s, in 18…