IRELAND
Irish Times
January 9th.
Pamela Duncan, Aine McMahon
A commission of investigation into mother and baby homes will have the power to compel drug companies which conducted vaccine trials on children resident in the homes to come before it, the Minister for Children has said.
James Reilly said the newly published terms of reference for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes would examine 14 named institutions and a “representative sample of county homes” between 1922 and 1998.
This will include an investigation into high mortality rates recorded in certain homes, the living conditions experienced by residents and the exit arrangements for single women and children on leaving the homes.
The three-person inquiry will also have the power to investigate alleged forced and illegal adoptions and the relationship between the homes and other key institutions including children’s homes, orphanages and adoption societies.
Social historian Prof Mary Daly and Dr William Duncan, an expert in international public and private family law have been appointed to the committee which is chaired by Judge Yvonne Murphy.
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