Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 February 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
On the first point, my understanding is that the treatment of sworn evidential testimony is different from the treatment of the personal accounts given before the confidential committee and, I think, Deputy Sherlock said that the lady he was speaking to was in the former category.
As regards the second question, which is a vital but much bigger question as regards the cost of the overall set of measures, those are being worked out by the interdepartmental group at the moment. Those figures are being adjusted and that is part of the work of the interdepartmental group. As I have said before, it has been given a very tight timeframe to get back because I am aware that I want to provide these benefits to survivors as quickly as possible.
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