Mother and Baby Homes records to be sealed for 30 years as controversial bill passes

Mother and Baby Homes records to be sealed for 30 years as controversial bill passes

Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman has confirmed to the Dáil that he will not be taking any amendments on the Mother and Baby Homes Records Bill, to Opposition anger. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The Dáil has tonight decided the fate of the archive collected by the state inquiry into Mother and Baby homes.

It has passed a controversial bill by 78 votes to 67 with all but two non-Government TDs opposed.

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