NORTHERN IRELAND
Derry Now
Monday 15th of February 2016
An Executive agreement to set up a working group to make recommendations on a proposed inquiry into Mother and Baby Homes/Magdalene Laundries has been welcomed by Sinn Fein MLA Maeve McLaughlin.
An inter-departmental working group led by the Department of Health has been set up to make recommendations on the scope of any proposed inquiry into Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene laundries.
The working group will bring its recommendations to the Executive within six months.
Welcoming the announcement, Miss McLaughlin (pictured), the chairperson of the Stormont Health Committee, said the move was a “step forward” for all those who had suffered “greatly” in such homes.
She added: “Last week my party colleague Jennifer McCann met with a number of individuals and groups who were directly affected by the abuse they suffered in Mother and Baby Homes and listened to their experiences.
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