IRELAND
RTE News
The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will not be asked to examine illegal adoptions that took place outside such institutions.
Minister for Children Katherine Zappone said the plight of the dwindling number of survivors of the Protestant-run Bethany Home was one reason she had asked the Commission to advise on whether the investigation’s scope should be widened.
Following allegations about the deaths of 800 babies at the former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway, the commission of investigation was set up in January 2015.
How the babies were buried as well as widespread malnutrition in this and other Catholic Church-run homes prompted the last government to establishment of the commission.
The three members of the commission, who are examining 18 homes, have spoken to at least 150 witnesses and expect that to rise to above 500.
It was charged with producing three reports – a Confidential Committee Report on individuals, a Social History Report and a Final Investigation Report.
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