IRELAND
Irish Times
Fiach Kelly
An alternative compensation scheme for people who suffered abuse as children in mother and baby homes to the residential institutions redress scheme is under discussion among Ministers.
The Irish Times reported on Thursday that the existing redress scheme for victims of abuse in residential institutions could be reopened to cover those abused as children in mother and baby homes.
The unpublished second interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes contains such a proposal.
It is understood the report states that the template for the 2002 redress scheme could be used again.
Government sources, while acknowledging that redress is likely for those in mother and baby homes, said it was not yet finalised what form this will take. One Minister said that other systems of redress could be applied, rather than the 2002 redress scheme.
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