IRELAND
The Journal
Updated 12.42 pm
AN INQUIRY INTO mother-and-baby homes will examine how women were admitted, how they were treated there, the mortality rate among children and their burial arrangements.
The investigation will also look at the cases of children whose care was removed from their parents and the circumstances in which consent was given.
The terms of reference for the investigation were announced this morning by Children’s Minister James Reilly following Cabinet approval.
It will cover the period from 1922 to 1998 but the committee will be reduce the “relevant period” of a particular institution if its deems it necessary.
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