Oireachtas committee can't compel Mother and Baby Homes Commission to come before it 

Members of the Children's Committee held a private meeting to discuss what options are now available to them following commission members' refusal to attend. File picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

The Oireachtas Children's Committee has said it cannot compel members of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission to come before it to answer questions.

Committee chair Kathleen Funchion said she was "very disappointed" the commissioners have refused to attend and that this decision was shared with a media outlet "before the members of this committee had the opportunity to comprehensively consider their response”.