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

Again, if someone has an argument regarding what they believe the records say, the affidavit process will be there.

Substantial work has been done to identify those concluding dates but, recognising new information can come to light in this area where records are found, we have put in a provision that will allow for those concluding dates to be extended, and that can be done through secondary legislation if that relevant information comes to light. The concluding dates can be changed if it has been proved the institutions acted as county homes after those concluding dates.

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