# roderic-ogorman - Today’s News
# Surrogacy
# Surrogacy
The committee is expected to report with recommendations within three months of its establishment.
# roderic-ogorman - Yesterday’s News
# Mother And Baby Homes
# Mother And Baby Homes
Survivors say they will keep protesting until the scheme is changed.
# roderic-ogorman - Wednesday 12 January, 2022
# New Law
# New Law
Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman said the Bill represents “a massive step forward” but campaigners have criticised elements of the legislation.
# New Law
# New Law
The long-awaited Birth Information and Tracing Bill will be published today.
# roderic-ogorman - Friday 24 December, 2021
# Burials Bill
The site of the former mother and baby home may be excavated five years after a "significant" quantity of human remains were found Survivors, relatives and archaeologists have called for the Tuam site to be excavated urgently, Órla Ryan reports The long-awaited Burials Bill and the Birth Information and Tracing Bill are expected to be published in the next two months
# roderic-ogorman - Friday 17 December, 2021
# Philomena Lee
Today's settlement has been described as a "significant victory" for Philomena Lee and Mary Harney, Órla Ryan reports The State has admitted the women are identifiable in the Commission's report and should have been given a right to reply "We’ve been totally vindicated ... This time our voices have been heard in terms of justice," Harney said
# roderic-ogorman - Monday 13 December, 2021
# Early Days
# Early Days
€10 million in grants will be made available for providers to introduce measures to improve ventilation, including HEPA filters.
# roderic-ogorman - Tuesday 23 November, 2021
# Response To Redress
# Response To Redress
Survivors’ groups gathered at Leinster House today to call for the redress scheme to be amended to better meet the needs of survivors.
# roderic-ogorman - Monday 22 November, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
People who were born in a mother and baby institution but spent less than six months there are excluded from the scheme.
# roderic-ogorman - Sunday 21 November, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
The Government's €800 million Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme was unveiled during the week Women say basing compensation on their length of stay in an institution is "absolutely disgraceful" The exclusion of many people born in institutions is a "divide and conquer" strategy, survivors tell Órla Ryan
# roderic-ogorman - Tuesday 16 November, 2021
# Mother-and-baby Homes
# Mother-and-baby Homes
The Government unveiled the long-awaited Mother and Baby Home redress scheme earlier today.
# Commission
# Commission
The Cabinet signed off on the details of a long-awaited redress scheme today.
# Compensation
# Compensation
The Cabinet is set to sign off on the details of a long-awaited redress scheme later today.
# roderic-ogorman - Wednesday 10 November, 2021
# Tuam
# Tuam
The proposed legislation raises “serious concerns in relation to the State’s compliance with its international legal obligations”, the groups note.
# Universal Periodic Review
# Universal Periodic Review
Minister for Equality Roderic O’Gorman will lead the Irish delegation and deliver a speech at today’s hearing.
# roderic-ogorman - Tuesday 28 September, 2021
# Adoption
# Adoption
Failure to balance the privacy rights of mothers with the identity rights of children could spark legal challenges to new laws, he said.
# Adoption
# Adoption
The minister is set to discuss the Birth Information and Tracing Bill at a meeting of the Oireachtas Children’s Committee this afternoon.
# roderic-ogorman - Wednesday 1 September, 2021
# Vaccine Trials
# Vaccine Trials
The pharma company has today published information about nine trials it carried out in Irish institutions between 1934 and 1973.
# roderic-ogorman - Tuesday 24 August, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Cabinet will meet next week to sign off on a reopening plan.
# roderic-ogorman - Monday 12 July, 2021
# Alternate Report
# Alternate Report
A new report has found “significant evidence” of inhuman treatment and forced adoptions in Mother and Baby Homes.
# roderic-ogorman - Friday 9 July, 2021
# Viktor Orban
# Viktor Orban
Leaders from 17 EU countries condemned the Hungarian law last month.
# GDPR
A data expert says the Minister for Children's approach breaches GDPR, Órla Ryan writes Survivors have said a GP should not be involved in the process - at odds with the Department Minister Roderic O'Gorman is in discussions with Cabinet colleagues about new regulations
# roderic-ogorman - Monday 21 June, 2021
# Roderic O'Gorman
# Roderic O'Gorman
There have been a number of anti-LGBTQ+ incidents in this city so far this Pride Month.
# roderic-ogorman - Friday 18 June, 2021
# Pride
# Pride
There has been a recent string of anti-LGBTQ+ incidents in the city.
# roderic-ogorman - Wednesday 16 June, 2021
# High Court
A number of survivors are seeking judicial reviews of the Commission of Investigation's final report The Government is set to argue that Lee and others taking legal action are not identifiable in the final report, Órla Ryan reports It will also stress the fact that, although set up by the Government, the Commission acted independently
# roderic-ogorman - Tuesday 15 June, 2021
# Kathleen Funchion
# Kathleen Funchion
The Oireachtas Children’s Committee will work “very closely with the minister and the department regarding the next steps”.
# roderic-ogorman - Saturday 12 June, 2021
# Commission
Mother and Baby Home survivors say recent developments have silenced them all over again, Órla Ryan reports One of the women taking legal action against the Commission's findings says she will continue to fight for justice The commissioners have refused the latest invitation to appear before the Oireachtas Children's Committee
# roderic-ogorman - Tuesday 8 June, 2021
# Roderic O'Gorman
Roderic O'Gorman has told survivors that the Commission into Mother and Baby Homes was not prohibited from using their testimony "For my own part, I want to be clear - you are believed," the minister said Survivors and relatives have said the latest revelations are "insulting" and "dehumanising", Órla Ryan writes
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
The move is part of the government’s plan to end the institutionalised Direct Provision system by 2024.
# roderic-ogorman - Saturday 22 May, 2021
# Roderic O'Gorman
# Roderic O'Gorman
There are 5,225 people living in Direct Provision at present and a 1,185 people living in hotels and B&Bs.
# roderic-ogorman - Thursday 20 May, 2021
A new report provides insight into what life is like for LGBTI+ young people.
# roderic-ogorman - Tuesday 18 May, 2021
# Identification Of Remains
# Identification Of Remains
The minister has discussed plans for “very significant DNA-based identification process”.
# roderic-ogorman - Tuesday 11 May, 2021
# Adoptions
The legislation will provide a clear right of access for adopted people and others with questions on their origins to birth certs, birth and early life information. The Bill will have to first undergo pre-legislative scrutiny, which is expected to take place in the coming months. A separate memo addressing the issue of illegal birth registrations was brought to Cabinet this morning.
# roderic-ogorman - Friday 7 May, 2021
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
Eoin Ó Broin says these people should be included in the government’s homelessness figures.
# roderic-ogorman - Wednesday 28 April, 2021
# Meeting
# Meeting
Representatives from the pharmaceutical giant met with Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman today.
# roderic-ogorman - Sunday 25 April, 2021
# Dept Of Children
# Dept Of Children
She lodged a complaint about the department’s ‘failure to comply with the assurances’ provided to her.
# roderic-ogorman - Wednesday 21 April, 2021
# Report
# Report
The findings were contained in a report by the independent Anti-Racism Committee.
# roderic-ogorman - Tuesday 6 April, 2021
# Adoption
# Adoption
Adopted people have called for long-awaited tracing and information legislation to be published as a matter of urgency.
# roderic-ogorman - Thursday 25 March, 2021
# Bethany Home
# Bethany Home
Leinster, who was born in Bethany Home in Dublin in 1941, has campaigned for redress for over 20 years.
# roderic-ogorman - Wednesday 17 March, 2021
# OAK Consulting
# OAK Consulting
The government has hired OAK Consulting to oversee the consultation process at a cost of €20,000.
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