Laws to allow for the exhumation of remains in Tuam are unlikely to pass before the next General Election

The Government cannot say when the process of exhuming the remains of hundreds of children buried in the former Tuam mother and baby home will begin.

Children's Minister Katherine Zappone has said new laws to allow for the excavation, exhumation and re-interment of the remains at the Co Galway site are unlikely to pass before the next General Election.