Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

To return to my point regarding page 11 of the confidential committee report, it states that the person's full story is retained in the electronic repository on transfer to the Department. When was the decision made to summarise the personal testimonies provided orally rather than record them verbatim?

The testimonies and oral transcripts were not done verbatim - the Minister used that word. When was that decision made? Why was the decision made at that stage? I do not understand why these important testimonies from witnesses were summarised. Who made that decision? What right had anyone to summarise another person's lived experience in the mother and baby homes? I would be interested to find out the answer to that.