Mother and baby homes: State can't say how many redress applications it got for each institution 

An FoI request from Kathleen Funchion MEP to the Department of Children, Disability, and Equality was refused. File picture

The Government has repeatedly failed to provide details to its special advocate for survivors of institutional abuse about how many mother and baby home residents have qualified for its redress scheme.

In response to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request, the Department of Children said it cannot provide a breakdown of how many people from each institution have qualified for a payment.