Mother and Baby Homes Commission has no way of retrieving destroyed witness recordings

Members of the Oireachtas Children's Committee called for a 'shadow report' on mother and baby homes to acknowledge and address the concerns raised about the official commission's report. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

The Mother and Baby Homes Commission has confirmed there is no way of retrieving 550 witness recordings that it destroyed.

It comes as members of the Oireachtas Children's Committee called for a "shadow report" on mother and baby homes to acknowledge and address the concerns raised about the official commission's report.