Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2023-06-28
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Paul Gavan (SF), Labour Panel

I move amendment No. 44:
In page 35, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:
"(4) The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the operation of the Mother and Baby Institution Payments Scheme. A report under this section shall consider the following matters:
(a) whether the level of payments under the Scheme are adequate and if they should be increased;
(b) whether eligibility for a general payment should be extended to all relevant persons who were resident in a relevant institution for any period of time, including those who were resident for less than 180 days;
(c) whether eligibility for a general payment should be extended to all relevant persons who were resident in a relevant institution and subjected to illegal vaccine trials or any other medical experimentation on relevant persons;
(d) whether additional institutions, including those in which children were placed in a nursed out or boarded out arrangement by a local authority, health board, or other institution in respect of which a public body had a regulatory or inspection function, should be inserted in Schedule 1;
(e) whether additional institutions, including those in which children of mixed race were placed, and in respect of which a public body had a regulatory or inspection function should be inserted in Schedule 1;
(f) the extent to which the Scheme is in compliance with any determination by a judicial review or an international human rights treaty body relating to remedies for any person who resided in an institution in which children were placed, either directly or from a relevant institution under Schedule 1, and in respect of which a public body had a regulatory or inspection function.".

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Sitting date: 2023-06-28