Bid to retrieve witness tapes as TD seeks to extend the mother and baby commission by a year

Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore has put forward a motion to extend the timeframe of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

It may now be possible to retrieve the destroyed audio recordings of mother and baby home survivors, the children's minister has been told.

The Mother And Baby Homes Commission of Investigation has contacted Roderic O'Gorman confirming that backup files have been found after he requested that they exhaust all possibilities of retrieving the recordings.