Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 12 October 2022, when the report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56930/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I can advise the Deputy that the Collaborative Forum Report was published in full yesterday 15th November 2022.

Following the publication of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation, and on foot of legal advices, my Department engaged with organisations named in the Collaborative Forum Report to ensure they had an opportunity to review relevant material and provide any observations which they deemed appropriate. Although this process has taken some time, it has ultimately facilitated publication of the Forum’s report in full and without any redactions. 

The recommendations made by the Forum have directly influenced the important ongoing work of my Department and others in seeking to address the priority concerns of survivors and their families. The achievement of Forum participants in representing the voices of survivors has had real value and meaningful impact in the context of the State’s response. It is my commitment, and that of the Government, to continue to support engagement with survivors, including through a new Advocate model.