IRELAND
Dublin Live
BY CLAIRE SCOTT
The Bethany Home survivors group have condemned the government’s refusal to accept the redress recommendation from the Mother and Baby Home Commission of Inquiry.
The Commission’s interim report was published today and recommended that the government should re-examine the exclusion of those in mother and baby homes from the 2002 Residential Institutions Redress Scheme.
Alternatively, it suggested the state establish and additional redress scheme for those who lived in these homes.
In a statement released by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, it said: “The Government has carefully examined the Commission’s recommendation regarding redress, and has concluded that it is not possible to implement it.
“The Government is conscious that the Commission has made no findings to date regarding abuse or neglect, and believes it would not be appropriate to deal with the question of redress in advance of any conclusions on this issue by the Commission.”
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