Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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542. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, under the provisions of the Coroners Act 1962, the Attorney General will order an inquest into the remains found in the grounds of a home in Tuam, County Galway run by the Sisters of the Bon Secours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25227/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will appreciate that I, as Minister, have no role in relation to the Attorney General's exercise of her independent functions under section 24(1) of the Coroners Act, 1962. As the Deputy will be aware, last week the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs announced the Government's intention to establish a Commission of Investigation to examine the tragic and complex matters pertaining to Mother and Baby Homes, including the Home referred to by the Deputy, and an interdepartmental group is due to report to the Government in the near future to inform decisions on the terms of reference for this Commission.