Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020
978. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the seventh and final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be made available to Deputies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33692/20]
View answerIn clarification for the Deputy, the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters submitted a Seventh Interim Report to the then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on 3rd June 2020. This report was subsequently published on 12th June and is available on my Department's website.
The Government has agreed that the Final Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, which was submitted to me on Friday October 30th, should be published as soon as possible .
However, there are a number of procedural matters to be considered before I will be in a position to bring the final report to Government seeking approval for its publication. These require me to refer the report to the Attorney General prior to publication. I did this immediately on receipt of the report last Friday and, to expedite publication, the Attorney General has ensured that additional resources are in place to review a very lengthy Report.
Once these procedures are completed, I will seek Government approval to publish the Report and share it with Deputies.
