Review of mother and baby homes testimony scrapped for legal reasons

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth, Roderic O'Gorman, also denies that a draft memo had been prepared in June 2021 to scrap review plans. Picture: Maxwells/PA Wire

An independent review of mother and baby home testimony was scrapped by the Government because of “significant legal difficulties” that would not allow for any alteration to the findings of the commission.

Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman also warned that repudiating the Mother and Baby Home Commission report would have “huge consequences”, as it would set a precedent.