Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Questions (1118)

Catherine Connolly

Question:

1118. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the acknowledgement that a number of survivors do not accept the accounts given in the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes as a true and full reflection of what they said to the confidential committee or the commission of investigation as agreed as part of the settlement of eight judicial review cases taken in relation to that report has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19707/22]

Written answers

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

On 17 December last, I agreed to settle eight judicial review cases in relation to the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes in light of the evidence given by the applicants in the two lead cases to the Court on the procedural matter of being identifiable.

As part of this settlement, I published an acknowledgement alongside the Final Report in December stating that a number of survivors do not accept the accounts given in the Final Report as a true and full reflection of what they said to the Confidential Committee or the Commission of Investigation.  It specifies particular paragraphs which are not accepted by those survivors who believe the paragraphs in question relate to them or the evidence they gave.

I also acknowledged that, because draft extracts of the report were not furnished, survivors did not have the opportunity to request the Commission to correct statements that some survivors believe to be wrong. 

The full acknowledgement to these survivors can be found at:

www.gov.ie/en/publication/316d8-commission-of-investigation/.