Order behind Tuam home defends dealings with commission Roderic O’Gorman writes to hundreds of survivors telling them ‘you are believed’
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Tuam babies protest “coffins” from a demonstration in 2018: Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman has written to survivors to say, “Your evidence stands as a profound published account of the lived experiences of those who suffered within the walls of these institutions.” Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
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The order of nuns that ran the mother and baby home at Tuam has defended its interaction with the commission of investigation into such institutions in the wake of a claim that it had offered “heavy pushback”.
Cabinet to consider mother and baby home redress proposals Pressure mounts on commission members to appear before Oireachtas committee
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The Cabinet is set to consider proposals on redress for survivors of mother and baby homes but is unlikely to move to repudiate the overall report of the now-dissolved commission.
Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman will bring a memo to Cabinet at either the end of this month or the start of July, it is understood, detailing his plans to provide redress for the women who were resident in the homes.
The Department of Children carried out an extensive consultation and received about 450 submissions from survivors and advocates, detailing what they wanted to see from the proposed redress scheme.