A redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes has been delayed, and is now unlikely to come before Cabinet until June. Children's minister Roderic O'Gorman has said he set an "ambitious deadline" for the scheme following the publication of the mother and baby homes commission report in January, but a large number of public submissions about the redress scheme has caused delays. The minister had first promised that the ex-gratia restorative recognition scheme would be drawn up by an interdepartmental group (IDG) at the end of April. He said the IDG is now working "extremely hard" to ensure that they deliver their report in the coming weeks. Mothers who gave birth in institutions that were not examined by the commission of investigation — and the people who were born in them — are also concerned they may not qualify for any redress scheme.

Source: Irish Examiner May 18, 2021 05:30 UTC