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Opposition parties have criticised the Government over its handling of the apology to survivors of mother and baby homes.
Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald said hopes that the report would bring truth and accountability were “dashed” for many victims and many were instead left “deflated and angry”.
“There was still a slight hope it would bring hope and real accountability, but for many that hope was dashed,” she told the Dail.
“Many are deflated and angry by what they read in the report.”
Ms McDonald added: “The overarching attempt to shift responsibility from State and church has left them shocked and outraged.
Opposition parties criticise content of State apology
Updated / Wednesday, 13 Jan 2021
16:51
The site where the former Tuam mother-and-baby home was located
Opposition politicians have criticised the content and timing of the State apology to survivors of mother-and-baby homes delivered by the Taoiseach in the Dáil.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said survivors have waited a long time to hear an apology, but it was untrue to say it was simply a failure of empathy and compassion in Irish society. More profoundly it was an abuse of power, an abuse of authority. It was a brutality inflicted on women and girls, and on the poor in particular, she said.