Laws needed to ensure religious orders pay fair share to survivors of mother and baby homes

Plaque remembering the babies, women and girls on the Greenway between Rochestown and Blackrock near the walkway over the Southlink motorway at back Bessborough house in Cork. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Laws requiring religious authorities to pay their fair share to the survivors of mothers and baby homes are now urgently required, it has been claimed.

The Government has committed to a redress scheme following the publication of the final report of the Mother and Baby Home Commission.