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

I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I have five minutes and I will split it between both groups. My first question is for Dr. O’Byrne and relates to a remark she made at the end of her opening statement:

All who passed through mother and baby homes have been affected and these experiences will have shaped and influenced childhood and adult development.

Could their lives be shaped by childhood trauma, irrespective of whether a child spent one day, six months or longer in an institution? In the last session we had, the Department used the term "unduly affected". Can "unduly affected" be put into a timeframe?