Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister has confirmed that some works will be done in this area but I am not sure that it is going to be enough to organise and archive the files properly so that people can get the information they deserve. Perhaps the Minister would let the House know how many staff will be allocated? In the Bessborough situation, once the files were transferred, people were being told that they were in a queue and the process was not in place for staff to give that information.

Will the Minister tell us, and I know that indemnity against legal action arose in the case of the Bessborough files which were transferred, whether she has given indemnity to St Patrick's Guild against any future legal cases that might arise? Was this the reason for the delay? Potentially we are dealing with some criminal matters. We know that St Patrick's Guild was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the sale of babies to America years ago, having a quarter of those with definitely falsified records and illegal practices. A number of those victims are still alive who would be desperately seeking to access that information. Will the Minister clarify if indemnity is an issue and how access to the files will be dealt with?

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