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O Gorman says adopted people will get birth certs and other information under new legislation
The minister has also launched a consultation process for a redress scheme for survivors of Mother And Baby Homes. By Órla Ryan Wednesday 10 Mar 2021, 5:10 PM Mar 10th 2021, 6:01 AM 18,039 Views 15 Comments
Minister Roderic O Gorman speaking in the Convention Centre today
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Updated Mar 10th 2021, 5:10 PM
CHILDREN’S MINISTER RODERIC O’Gorman has said the government is committed to changing legislation so that adopted people will have access to their birth certificates and other related documents.
Speaking in the Dáil today, O’Gorman said the heads of a government Bill will be “ready for pre-legislative scrutiny in the coming weeks” and “will constitute an integrated set of ne
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IF THE MOTHER and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation is dissolved as expected tomorrow, survivors will be “denied” justice, one witness has said.
Síobhan, who gave birth to a son in Denny House in Dublin in the 1980s, gave testimony to the Commission in 2017. She says there were a number of inaccuracies in her testimony in the Commission’s final report.
Despite “immense pressure” and “unbelievable coercion”, she managed to keep her son.
She told
TheJournal.ie her experience was “misrepresented” to a “shocking extent” in the final report and important context was left out.