{"id":440,"date":"2012-07-19T09:27:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T09:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/government-failing-magdalene-laundries-and-bethany-home-women-deputy-sean-crowe\/"},"modified":"2012-07-19T09:27:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T09:27:19","slug":"government-failing-magdalene-laundries-and-bethany-home-women-deputy-sean-crowe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/government-failing-magdalene-laundries-and-bethany-home-women-deputy-sean-crowe\/","title":{"rendered":"Government failing Magdalene Laundries and Bethany Home women \u2013 Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Government failing Magdalene Laundries and Bethany Home women \u2013 Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the Report Stage debate in the D\u00e1il on the  Residential Redress Statutory Fund Bill, Sinn F\u00e9in Education  Spokesperson Se\u00e1n Crowe, TD, has described the government\u2019s refusal to  provide separate redress schemes for the women of the Magdalene  Laundries and former residents of Bethany Home as \u201cdisgraceful and  indefensible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Dublin South West TD was speaking after his amendment seeking  separate Redress Boards for the survivors of both these institutions was  ruled out of order.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe said: \u201cThere is a wealth of evidence which shows  the extent of the abuse inflicted on people who were unfortunate enough  to find themselves in the Magdalene Laundries or in Bethany Home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the past statements of Labour and Fine Gael TDs in support  of the Magdalene women and the survivors of Bethany when in opposition  they now remain silent and do nothing. In the case of Bethany, they have  failed to even consider those past residents for any form of redress,  and the Magdalene women have been denied their basis right to a pension.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government has refused to address this issue by using the excuse  that the laundries were privately owned and operated and that the State  was not complicit in referring individuals to them. Similarly, the  excuse used by Minister Quinn and his predecessor not to include Bethany  Home in the schedule of redress for survivors of abuse was because it  was a privately run mother and baby institution. This is not good enough  and contradicts what Labour was saying when in opposition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBethany Home represents the abandonment of the State\u2019s duty of care  to women and children in institutions run with a supposed religious  ethos which in reality was more about regulating sectarian segregation  than providing adequate healthcare provision in places that were  supposed to be safe havens for some of our most vulnerable citizens. We  know that large numbers of children died in Bethany home while others  suffered illness and abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne year on from the United Nations Convention Against Torture  recommending the Magdalene women receive a formal apology from the  State, and proper redress the government fails to act. The women and  children held in these institutions suffered the most degrading and  appalling treatment and deprivations imaginable under the State\u2019s watch.  It is simply unacceptable that they are denied any form of  acknowledgement for their suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government failing Magdalene Laundries and Bethany Home women \u2013 Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe Speaking during the Report Stage debate in the D\u00e1il on the Residential Redress Statutory Fund Bill, Sinn F\u00e9in Education Spokesperson Se\u00e1n Crowe, TD, has described the government\u2019s refusal to provide separate redress schemes for the women of the Magdalene Laundries and former residents [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}