Legal experts have strongly dismissed claims that repudiating the mother and baby homes commission report would delay a redress scheme for survivors. However, this has been refuted by campaigners and legal experts who say the Government does not require any report to roll out an ex-gratia scheme. Mr O'Gorman told the Irish Examiner that repudiating the report would delay the redress scheme, adding that time is critical given the age of many survivors. "Previous redress schemes have been ex-gratia; ex-gratia payments are given as a gift, there's never any recognition of illegal wrongdoing," said Dr O'Rourke. She said various archives contain the details of the 9,000 babies who died in mother and baby homes and other information which could inform any redress scheme.

Source: Irish Examiner June 05, 2021 05:30 UTC