Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. As he is aware, the mother and baby home commission is independent from the Government. It was established by the Oireachtas but is not an agency of the Government, so I cannot answer questions on its behalf. I will see if the Minister with responsibility for these matters can find the answers to those questions.

The commission of investigation did the job it was asked to in terms of gathering evidence and making findings. One element very much missing from that process was the opportunity for survivors to tell their story in a public forum. Many survivors would like to have had the opportunity to engage in some form of truth telling process where they could have their stories heard. I hope it will still be possible to do something like that in future.

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