Since amendment No. 10 was not ruled in order, this amendment instead calls for at least a report on the potential to extend the general payments and enhanced medical cards to all persons who, as mixed-race children, were placed in other institutions in respect of which a public body had a regulatory or inspection function, either directly or from another relevant institution in the Schedule. In some cases, they were not just put through the mother and baby institutions and in that sense removed from society, but they were also being removed from those institutions and placed in further institutions.
I move amendment No. 40: In page 14, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Report on extension of eligibility for payments and provision without charge of health services under Scheme to mixed-race children placed in other institutions 19.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Joe O'Reilly and Paul Daly; Níl, Senators Paul Gavan and Lynn Boylan.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 2–28 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 13–22 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 10–20 |
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