Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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538. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the report of the expert technical group dealing with the site of the former mother and baby home at Tuam, County Galway, will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48925/17]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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In June of this year I appointed a multi disciplinary team of technical experts to ensure that decisions on the future of the site of the former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway would be informed by international best practice. Their initial report was published on my Department's website at www.dcya.gov.ie.

I have received the Expert Technical Group's final report and have sought the advices of the Attorney General on its publication. My Department is consulting with relevant Departments and agencies and I propose to bring the report to Government shortly with a view to its publication. I can assure the Deputy that consultations will take place with stakeholders before any decisions are made on the future of the site.