The report was triggered by the discovery of infant remains in the grounds of the Bon Secours home in Tuam, Co GalwayPressure is mounting on the authors of the mother and baby homes report to appear before an Oireachtas committee to defend their work after the taoiseach and tanaiste said it would be the right thing to do. The call by Micheál Martin came after similar comments from Leo Varadkar and Roderic O’Gorman, the children’s minister. Sponsored“It would be very helpful, and the correct thing to do, for those who were on the commission to engage with the Oireachtas committee and to outline their perspectives on the inquiry,” a spokesman for the taoiseach said. He added: “The survivors must be the number one priority. The government is committed to following through on the recommendations of the report, in particular with the Information Tracing Bill, the memorial

Source: The Times June 03, 2021 22:52 UTC