Government to approve €800m redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes

Bessborough in Cork, one of the mother and baby homes at the centre of the scandal. Picture: Laura Hutton/RollingNews

An €800m redress scheme for the survivors of mother and baby homes is to be approved next week.

The delayed compensation scheme, which will go further than what had been recommended by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission, will be brought to Cabinet by Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman on Tuesday.