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Inside Politics
Mother and Baby Homes: âThe overall picture is not as it should beâ
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Five months on from the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, controversy still surrounds the methodology used by the three inquiry members, the treatment of witness statements and the conclusions reached regarding the culpability of church and state. Members of the commission have not replied to calls to appear before an Oireachtas committee, despite the appearance of Prof Mary Daly at an online Oxford seminar last week. In todayâs episode, Hugh is joined by Pat, Jen and archivist Catriona Crowe to talk about the shortcomings of the investigation and what needs to happen next.
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.