Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The reaction of the Government yesterday to the publication of the second interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes came as a slap in the face to many of the people affected by the issues being examined. The ruling out of redress was stupid and foolish on the part of the Government in respect of a report that made no findings of fact.

I wish to highlight the remarks of the unnamed Minister referenced on the front page of The Irish Timestoday. The Minister in question said that if the Government were to accept the redress recommendations from the commission, then the sky would be the limit for potential future liabilities. I do not think the Minister in question can have read the report because there are no findings of fact in it. Whoever that Minister is, he or she should out him or herself. It is absolutely disgraceful.

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