Minister to be called before committee to explain mother and baby homes decision

Childhood mementos at one of the mother and baby homes in Bessborough, Cork. The Department of Children said the plan to appoint an international independent expert to re-examine the testimony provided by 500 people to the Confidential Committee is no longer going ahead.

Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman is to be called before an Oireachtas Committee to explain why a promised independent review of mother and baby home testimony was scrapped.

Chair of the Children's Committee Kathleen Funchion has said she will be asking the minister to account for his decision, which has sparked anger among survivors.