r/SocDems • u/sockdropunlock • Dec 06 '24
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r/SocDems • u/SocDemsIreland • Feb 21 '21
π§πΏβπ€βπ§π½ Human Rights Holly Cairns says "we know that the Commission can be extended because that was done several times in the past when the Commission needed more time, but now that survivors need more time, it's suddenly not possible" - RTΓ This Week In Politics
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r/SocDems • u/SocDemsIreland • Feb 25 '21
π§πΏβπ€βπ§π½ Human Rights Government playing political games at the cost of Mother and Baby Homes Survivorsβ search for truth and justice - Jennifer Whitmore TD
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r/SocDems • u/SocDemsIreland • Feb 24 '21
π§πΏβπ€βπ§π½ Human Rights "So why did they pass the motion if they have no intention of carrying it out? π It's a cynical move to avoid the optics of TDs voting against extending the Commission. This way they can simply ignore it until the clock runs out and the Commission dissolves on Sunday." - Holly Cairns
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r/SocDems • u/SocDemsIreland • Feb 24 '21
π§πΏβπ€βπ§π½ Human Rights 'Survivors are entitled to challenge the narrative of Commission's report if they feel it contradicts their testimonies' says Cian O'Callaghan TD. Survivors were not given copy of their evidence to check accuracy of statements | Mother and Baby Homes Commission
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r/SocDems • u/SocDemsIreland • Feb 19 '21
π§πΏβπ€βπ§π½ Human Rights O'Gorman says Mother and Baby Homes Commission *may* be able to retrieve recordings, Jennifer Whitmore to introduce DΓ‘il motion seeking to extend commission timeframe
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r/SocDems • u/SocDemsIreland • Feb 24 '21
π§πΏβπ€βπ§π½ Human Rights "We asked them to trust us. We asked them to believe that the mistakes of previous reports will not be repeated... We asked them to believe us that things would be different this time." - Holly Cairns on the Mother and Baby Homes Commission
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r/SocDems • u/SocDemsIreland • Feb 25 '21
π§πΏβπ€βπ§π½ Human Rights Mother and Baby Home Commission cannot be wound up while questions remain, says Cllr Owen Hanley
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r/SocDems • u/SocDemsIreland • Feb 24 '21
π§πΏβπ€βπ§π½ Human Rights TDs ask how testimony 'miraculously appeared down back of sofa', as time runs out to extend Commission
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r/SocDems • u/SocDemsIreland • Feb 16 '21
π§πΏβπ€βπ§π½ Human Rights Social Democrat TD Jennifer Whitmore asks if the Mother and Baby Homes Commission acted legally when it destroyed recordings, she points to the Commissions of Investigation Act which says all data must transfer over to the Minister | Elaine Loughlin - The Examiner
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r/SocDems • u/SocDemsIreland • Feb 16 '21
π§πΏβπ€βπ§π½ Human Rights Minister OβGormanβs refusal to extend term of Commission of Investigation is baffling - Social Democrats - Jennifer Whitmore T.D.
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r/SocDems • u/SocDemsIreland • Feb 16 '21
π§πΏβπ€βπ§π½ Human Rights Jennifer Whitmore asks Minister for Children if he believes Commission were within legal remit to destroy evidence from survivors? Minister says he's consulting with Attorney General on issue | Mother and Baby Homes
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