Oireachtas committee recommends no cut-off date for mother and baby home redress

Children's committee chair Kathleen Funchion said that 'the six-month residency requirement for children must be removed'. File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Anyone who spent time in a mother and baby home, as well as children who were boarded out, should receive State compensation, a cross-party Oireachtas committee has recommended.

The children's committee has also called for an increase in the proposed redress scheme payments and has recommended that there should be no cut-off date or limited time period for the duration of the scheme.