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Speaking in the Seanad tonight, Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan said he does not want to see the Commission of Investigation into mother-and-baby homes descend into a “bottomless quagmire”.
Mr Flanagan said he wanted its work to be conducted in a timely and efficient manner.
He said he was committed to clear and reasonable terms of reference and said that a reasonable person will accept that if an inquiry is to complete its work in an efficient manner, its terms of reference must be realistic.
The minister also said he did not want to prejudge the outcome of the deliberations and information gathering by an interdepartmental group ahead of the inquiry.
Earlier, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said he believes any statutory inquiry should include all mother-and-baby homes and similar bodies run by the church and the State, as well as voluntary private homes.
Archbishop Martin said the inquiry should look at all aspects of these institutions, including adoptions; it should consider how people entered these institutions, how they were treated and how they left.
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