Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2021-06-16
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Holly Cairns (SD), Cork South-West

Does the Government stand over the report of the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes, as it claims it does in the High Court, or does it believe there are such fundamental problems with it that it is now necessary to authorise a separate review of the report, as the Minister has now said? The Chief State Solicitor's office submitted statements opposing judicial reviews being granted because it says these women seeking judicial reviews are not identifiable in the report. The Taoiseach can obviously see the inherent and very blatant contradiction in the Government's approach. It cannot simultaneously defend the report and suggest it is so fundamentally flawed that a separate review of the report is now required. Which is it?

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Sitting date: 2021-06-16