IRELAND
RTE News
The Chief Executive of Tusla, the child and family agency, has said records for the mother-and-baby homes in Tuam, Bessborough in Cork, and St Patrick’s on the Navan Road in Dublin have been transferred to the agency.
Gordon Jeyes told RTÉ’s News At One there are nine registers dating between 1921 and 1961 as well as quarterly returns that went to county councils that date back to 1919.
He said there is no difficulty in making these available to the cross-departmental investigation due to be established by Minister for Children Charlie Flanagan.
Mr Jeyes said it is his understanding that Tusla is in possession of all the available records.
He said some of the publicity surrounding these events is unfortunate in terms of the way it has been misreported, causing distress.
Mr Jeyes said that Tusla plans to digitise them and make them accessible to the individuals concerned, any relevant inquiry and to social historians to provide an accurate knowledge about Ireland in the past.
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