# katherine-zappone - Wednesday 17 April, 2019
The commission said the affidavit from the congregation that ran the mother and baby home was “speculative, inaccurate and misleading”.
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# katherine-zappone - Tuesday 16 April, 2019
But the forum of former residents of these institutions that made recommendations are frustrated the government won’t publish its full report.
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# katherine-zappone - Tuesday 26 March, 2019
That’s according to a confidential letter to a government minister.
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# katherine-zappone - Saturday 16 March, 2019
The report has been submitted to Minister for Children Katherine Zappone.
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# katherine-zappone - Monday 11 March, 2019
Lisa Smith is reportedly being detained by the US armed forces based in northern Syria.
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# katherine-zappone - Friday 1 March, 2019
Child safety expert Ian Elliott said that the organisation is “as safe as it can be and getting safer” – Tusla disagrees.
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# katherine-zappone - Wednesday 27 February, 2019
Tusla says an ‘immediate review’ of the current standards around the supervision of children should be undertaken.
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# katherine-zappone - Wednesday 13 February, 2019
The first excavations at the site of the former Tuam mother and baby home was expected to start in the latter half of 2019.
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# katherine-zappone - Thursday 7 February, 2019
Pressure has been mounting on government all week about who knew what when about the hospital costs.
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# katherine-zappone - Tuesday 22 January, 2019
The Commission of Investigation will not be issuing its final report this year.
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# katherine-zappone - Saturday 12 January, 2019
The HSE told Tusla it hadn’t received any direction on this, despite the Department of Children believing it to be the case.
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# katherine-zappone - Thursday 10 January, 2019
Arc Adoption was licenced to facilitate intercountry adoptions from 2011-2014.
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# katherine-zappone - Tuesday 11 December, 2018
Minister Katherine Zappone said it’s likely the numbers could increase again.
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# katherine-zappone - Wednesday 28 November, 2018
71 alleged abusers and 108 alleged victims were identified by the organisation last week following a historic review.
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# katherine-zappone - Monday 26 November, 2018
The man was arrested this morning in Co Cork by Gardaí and released this evening.
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# katherine-zappone - Friday 23 November, 2018
It comes after Minister Katherine Zappone revealed the findings earlier this week.
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# katherine-zappone - Wednesday 21 November, 2018
Most cases dated between the 1960s and 1980s, Minister for Children Katherine Zappone said.
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# katherine-zappone - Friday 2 November, 2018
An email released under the Freedom of Information Act shows how Zappone had ‘very serious’ concerns ahead of the visit.
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# katherine-zappone - Thursday 1 November, 2018
Minister Katherine Zappone will deliver a keynote speech at the event which is exploring adoption and institutional abuses.
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# katherine-zappone - Tuesday 30 October, 2018
The pilot programme will run in Galway in the new year.
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# katherine-zappone - Wednesday 24 October, 2018
The religious order has pledged €2.5 million towards the works which will cost between €6-€13m.
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# katherine-zappone - Tuesday 23 October, 2018
The Government has been offered €2.5 million by the Bon Secours Sisters, who ran the home, towards the excavation.
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# katherine-zappone - Sunday 7 October, 2018
Minister for Children Katherine Zappone said last month that Scouting Ireland funding was to be suspended.
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# katherine-zappone - Friday 28 September, 2018
The group has said there is an appetite for change to its practices.
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# katherine-zappone - Thursday 27 September, 2018
Funding will be suspended as long as the current Board of Directors remains in place.
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# katherine-zappone - Monday 27 August, 2018
After meeting Minister Zappone the Pope referenced the encounter in a speech.
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# katherine-zappone - Friday 27 July, 2018
A division has emerged around the Cabinet table between Fine Gael members and independent ministers.
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# katherine-zappone - Thursday 26 July, 2018
How to memorialise the past, as well as what health and well-being supports are needed for former residents will be discussed.
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# katherine-zappone - Friday 6 July, 2018
There may be more people than the 126 identified so far caught up in the St Patrick’s Guild adoption scandal.
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# katherine-zappone - Friday 29 June, 2018
The government is today launching its five-year Irish Language plan which has a focus on early child education.
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# katherine-zappone - Monday 25 June, 2018
The government will, however, restore funding for three months.
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# katherine-zappone - Wednesday 30 May, 2018
Yesterday it was revealed that 126 children adopted between 1946 and 1969 weren’t registered correctly.
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# katherine-zappone - Monday 21 May, 2018
Open adoption generally means a form of adoption in which the biological or adoptive families have access to each other’s personal information.
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# katherine-zappone - Thursday 19 April, 2018
Speaking in the Dáil, Minister for Children Katherine Zappone re-confirmed her decision to withhold further funding to the organisation.
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# katherine-zappone - Sunday 4 March, 2018
A cooking show next for the Education Minister perhaps as he showcases his skills?
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# katherine-zappone - Sunday 11 February, 2018
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) has declined to provide an estimate as to when the ACS, originally slated for September 2017, will be able to officially launch.
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# katherine-zappone - Tuesday 30 January, 2018
During the four-hour long special meeting on the issue there was division on the question of unrestricted abortion up to 12 weeks.
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# katherine-zappone - Wednesday 24 January, 2018
Zappone made reference to those, including Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who have not spoken.
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# katherine-zappone - Sunday 14 January, 2018
The introduction of a universal subsidy for childcare in September saw many creches across the country raise their fees at the same time.
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# katherine-zappone - Thursday 4 January, 2018
The last SAVI report, which was commissioned 16 years ago, is to be updated.
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