Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 April 2022
564. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a home (details supplied) is included in the mother and baby homes redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18319/22]
View answerThe Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme will provide financial payments and a form of enhanced medical card for people who spent time as mothers or children in Mother and Baby or County Home Institutions.
It is recognised that there are people who suffered stigma, trauma and abuse in other institutions, and outside of institutions also. However, the institutions covered by the Scheme are those identified by the Commission of Investigation as having a main function of providing sheltered and supervised ante and post-natal facilities to single mothers and their children. Westbank Orphanage is, therefore, not included in the Scheme as it does not meet those criteria.
