15,000 adoption files still to be transferred over to HSE

SOME 15,000 adoption files, including those relating to controversial vaccine trials carried out on children at a mother-and-baby home run by the Sacred Heart Convent at Bessborough in Cork, have yet to be transferred to the HSE.

This is despite the HSE stating that all files, including those concerning the vaccine trials, would be transferred in full by August 1 and, when this deadline was missed, by August 20.

The Adoption Authority continues to carry a notice saying the transfer would take place by August 1.