Mother and Baby Home redress scheme signed into law

In an email sent to survivors of the institutions on Wednesday afternoon, the Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman said: 'I am pleased to notify you that the President yesterday signed into law the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023'. Picture: Julien Behal

The long-awaited redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes has been signed into law, the Minister for Children has announced.

It comes two years after the publication of the final report by the Commission of Inquiry into the religious-run institutions.