Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Plans for a strategic housing development and apartment blocks at Bessborough mother and baby institution have been lodged. More than 900 children died while in the care of nuns at Bessborough and the burial place of more than 800 of those children is still unknown. The proposed development is to be built on an area that has been documented as a children's burial ground. Needless to say, this simply cannot go ahead. The State has a history of facilitating the worst kinds of abuse and a very recent history of unnecessarily compounding the suffering caused by that abuse. The Cork Survivors and Supporters Alliance wants the planning applications withdrawn pending further investigation. Will the Taoiseach intervene immediately to ensure this?

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