Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Dail Éireann — 2020-12-03
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Martin Browne (SF), Tipperary

I appreciate that. Some of the residents feel very let down about the lack of engagement on the treatment of their data. We have been giving the Minister an opportunity to speak to survivors and it has now been five weeks. The process needs to be completed quickly. The Minister has given a date to Deputy Funchion. Now that the report has been submitted he must not make the mistake of thinking it is all over. Many of the details of this sorry saga are still hidden from us. Survivors of Sean Ross Abbey and their families are concerned about locating graves there that have not yet been identified, if the owner of the land in question is willing to allow digs. I appreciate departmental digs have taken place but the survivors are adamant there are more plots on the site and they want to identify them and, if they are there, to bring those names into this also. Will the Minister give the go ahead for these digs? I spoke to the Taoiseach, who said he would speak to the Minister about commissioning another dig.

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Sitting date: 2020-12-03