Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

To keep the record clear, I have met with seven religious congregations or lay organisations, and the leaders of the Church of Ireland, in seeking a meaningful and significant response from them on redress. Those negotiations are ongoing at present. There has been no conclusion in terms of those engagements.

As the Deputy said, yesterday we brought forward the final redress Bill, which allows for a scheme that will cover 34,000 individuals, recognising the major impacts that mother and baby homes have had on Irish society. It is hoped we will bring that legislation to the House in the next two weeks, and pass it rapidly through the Houses, so those 34,000 individuals can avail of financial payments and 19,000 individuals can receive enhanced medical cards.

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