Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 27 January 2021, if the Holy See has provided a response to the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35193/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, was published on the 12th January 2021. The Irish Ambassador to the Holy See was asked to bring the Report to the attention of the Holy See and has done so. Neither Minister O’Gorman nor I have received correspondence from the Holy See following the publication of the Final Report.

As I told the House in January following your Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 27 January 2021, Minister O'Gorman has publicly stated that all parties who were involved in the management or delivery of these services have a shared obligation to support appropriate actions in response to this Report. He has written to those parties, including the leaders of the Catholic Church in Ireland, to seek urgent engagement on the issues raised in the report.