DPC requested to investigate deletion of Mother and Baby Home testimony

There are fears that the three-strong Mother and Baby Homes Commission would resign en masse if it was extended in order to eke out the details of the deletions. File photo: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

A formal investigation into the deletion of audio testimony given to the Mother and Baby Homes Commission has been requested of the Data Protection Commission.

The Social Democrats has written to the online privacy regulator asking for an official investigation into the irretrievable destruction of audio recordings of survivors without a full transcript being taken.