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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ...company (details supplied) by my Department is set out in the following table. Year Amount € Project Name 2016 €37,724.22 Print Media advertising campaign re Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters 2016 €24,043.75 Advertisement on the National Public Consultation on the Single Affordable Childcare Scheme 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Consultation Process (19 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Details of the number of public consultations, replies received and costs incurred from 2011 to date in 2018 by my Department are set out in the following table. The overall objective is to keep costs of this nature to a minimum. As regards the State agencies under the remit of my Department, I have requested Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, the Office of the Ombudsman for Children, the...

Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I am very appreciative of the contributions of all the Deputies. They help me and my officials as we continue to work on issues that have been of such profound significance to so many people for such a long time, as Deputy Connolly just indicated. I am aware of this and of the various circumstances and research findings the Deputy has just shared in the Chamber. They are exceedingly...

Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: We are here today to speak about the identification by Tusla of the fact that the births of 126 individuals from St. Patrick's Guild were registered illegally. A cruel and inhuman past rises up again with a vengeance in Ireland. It is about the shaming of women. It is about the shaming of mothers. It is about how this shaming has been inherited by their children. I am truly sorry that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (14 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The question of redress for former residents of Mother and Baby Homes is one which I have addressed on a number of occasions and I am happy to restate the Government's position for the Deputy. Mother and Baby Homes have not been central to any previous statutory inquiry so the current Commission of Investigation must be given the opportunity to conclude its investigation and to establish the...

Other Questions: Home Schooling (13 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 28 and 53 together. The Government is committed to supporting parents in caring for young children at home in a range of ways. Within the remit of my Department, a number of schemes provide support to parents whether they work full time, part time, or stay at home. For example, from September of 2018 all children aged from two years and eight months will be...

Other Questions: Adoption Registration (13 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I am conscious of claims that the State knew for many years about illegal registrations, and that successive Governments should have done more to address the issue. What has been lost in the debate is the fact that, while there seems to have been an awareness of this illegal practice, we had no clear proof of what happened, other than in a few individual cases where documentary evidence...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Illegal Adoptions (13 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: As I indicated earlier, I have asked an independent reviewer to oversee a further analysis of relevant records held by Tusla and the Adoption Authority in the first instance. The purpose of the exercise is to see if clear evidence of illegal registrations is evident in other records. The first meeting to commence this process took place yesterday and I expect the analysis to be completed...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (13 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ...analysis of illegal registrations will also cover illegal adoptions. I have checked the UN definition of illegal adoptions. It is:  “Adoptions resulting from crimes such as abduction and sale of and trafficking in children, fraud in the declaration of adoptability, falsification of official documents or coercion, and any illicit activity or practice such as lack of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (13 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Deputy will be aware that I have commenced a further analysis of illegal registrations following on from the announcement that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency had identified 126 cases where births were illegally registered between 1946 and 1969 by St Patrick’s Guild adoption agency. This analysis will seek to establish if there is further evidence of illegal registrations in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Registration (13 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ...that this has in fact happened, before it contacts the individuals concerned.  This threshold has now been reached in the case of the 126 St Patrick’s Guild files. This is a very serious and sensitive issue. People have the right to know of their true origins and, where we have clear evidence, I believe we have an obligation to tell the people affected.  Some may know...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Registration (13 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: On the 29th May 2018 I announced that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency had identified 126 cases where births were incorrectly registered between 1946 and 1969. The cases were identified during an analysis of adoption records that were transferred to Tusla by the former adoption society St Patrick’s Guild. It was during the course of working with these records and in particular...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (13 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ...to keep records.  This clear evidence has only been found in the case of the 126 St Patrick’s Guild files that I announced on 29th May last. On that date I announced that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency had identified 126 cases where births were incorrectly registered between 1946 and 1969. The cases were identified during an analysis of adoption records that were...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HSE Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ...case with me. I am deeply conscious that giving testimony to a Commission of Investigation, or otherwise revisiting difficult personal experiences, can be distressing for many former residents and some may need to access various supports in dealing with these issues. I am aware that the Health Service Executive (HSE) provides counselling services and can provide transport...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: On the 29th May 2018 I announced that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency had identified 126 cases where births were incorrectly registered between 1946 and 1969. The cases were identified during an analysis of adoption records that were transferred to Tusla by the former adoption society St Patrick’s Guild. It was during the course of working with these records and in particular...

Seanad: Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (30 May 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ...These come from the records of a former adoption society, St. Patrick’s Guild, SPG. Tusla has identified 126 individuals in 13,500 records whose births were incorrectly registered between 1946 and 1969. I am grateful for the opportunity to make a statement in Seanad Éireann, which will give me the chance to brief Members in more detail on the issue. Senators have always...

Seanad: Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Senator has asked a good question. It is an estimation based on nursing homes in particular places, as I understand it, but I can get further information on that. The main point is that they are not in the possession of the State at the moment. Many Senators have mentioned people within civil society and journalists. I have met Conall Ó Fátharta and made sure he was informed...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I am deeply conscious that giving testimony to a commission and revisiting difficult personal experiences will be distressing for many former residents. I know that some people may need to access various supports around this time. I also acknowledge that the Deputy has raised this issue recently and thank her for highlighting this important matter. I have previously advised that any...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Bethany Home is one of the institutions included within the terms of reference of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. This particular institution was one of the first identified for inclusion when the scope of the investigation was being decided. Decisions on the issues to be investigated by the commission were informed by the serious concerns about the care and...

Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Katherine Zappone: There are two ways to respond to that. More generally, in terms of the mother and baby homes and the time that work is taking, I have described - as I am aware the Deputy has also - great empathy for the waiting that the people are experiencing. In that context. I believe the Deputy is aware that I have taken a number of other actions to engage with the primary stakeholders and...