IRELAND
Irish Mirror
BY JAMES WARD
12 APR 2017
Mother and Baby Home survivors have branded Zappone’s decision not to include them in a redress scheme recommended by the inquiry as immoral repulsive and cold blooded.”
The second report from the Commission on Mother and Baby Homes was released on Tuesday, despite having sat with the Children’s Minister since last September.
It said the Government should re-examine the decision to exclude children who lived without their mothers in the hellhole homes from the 2002 Residential Institutions Redress Scheme.
Minister Zappone said it was “not possible” to implement the recommendation.
She added: “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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