Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

2 o’clock

I move amendment No. 2:

To delete all words after "further notes that" and substitute the following: "— the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) was established by the previous Government in 2015, in order to fully investigate and report upon practices within Mother and Baby Homes;

— the Commission of Investigation was due to make its final report on its findings in February 2018, a date which has twice been delayed in order to permit the Commission of Investigation to complete its investigation;

— the terms of reference of the Commission of Investigation state that the Commission may 'include in its reports any recommendation that it considers appropriate';

— the Commission of Investigation is required to investigate and cross-reference records regarding the paths through which mothers and children exited, and in the case of mothers, entered, these institutions; and

— a considerable number of Mother and Baby Home survivors are in their advanced years, and they are understandably keen that the report of the Commission of Investigation be published as soon as possible; and

calls on the Government to:

— immediately provide counselling and other mental health services to survivors of Mother and Baby Homes, in order to support them at this remarkably difficult time; and

— ensure that the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is provided with the resources needed to promptly complete its final report and release it into the public domain."

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