Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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56. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 10 May 2022, the status of the investigation into the leak of the report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation which was reported on in an article which appeared in a national newspaper on 10 January 2021; the details of any interim reports received to-date from the senior official in charge of the investigation; the terms of reference of the investigation; when it commenced; when it is expected to be concluded; the position of the person overseeing the investigation; the number of hours that have been spent on the investigation to date. [44193/22]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Certain information relating to matters in the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation on Mother and Baby Homes were disclosed in a newspaper report prior to the consideration of that report by the Government. In that context, I requested that an investigation be carried out.

A senior official in my Department is carrying out the investigation and it is being done in the context of a broader examination of the overall arrangements in place for the management of documents for Government meetings and their confidentiality.

I have not sought to involve myself in the conduct of the investigation and I am informed that it is ongoing. I am not in a position at present to indicate to the Deputy when the process may be concluded.