Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Apart from the need to ensure that account is taken of all relevant institutions as part of the investigation, I hope the scope of the investigation will include how these institutions were established and run; the infant, child and adult mortality and morbidity rates; adoption, nursing, fostering and boarding out practices; the vaccine and other clinical or medical trials and medical experimentation; forced labour and incarceration of unmarried girls and women; general conditions in the institutions; burial practices and locations; and cross-Border and international movements of pregnant women and babies. This movement applied not only in regard to adoption practices with the United States, but also in respect of movement or trafficking on the island of Ireland that must also feature in the remit of the commission of investigation. I urge the Minister to seize the opportunity. I believe he intends to do so and, if he does, he will have the full support of this House.

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