Mother and Baby Homes
Dail Éireann — 2023-12-14
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Seán Canney (IND), Galway East

I appreciate the Minister’s response. I understand he did amend and tried to be as flexible as possible within the advice given. However, there may have been further advances in science since the legislation was enacted and some people have been on to me and the Minister about having an opportunity to have their DNA and that of their cousins tested and used. I have met the director on site a few times and he is a very good appointee. If that possibility is there, could that opportunity be left open for people who are cousins to offer their DNA to the director? As science develops and progresses, that could be something that would identify some of these remains.

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Sitting date: 2023-12-14