Redress scheme for mother and baby home survivors delayed by large number of submissions

April deadline put back to June due to the hundreds of people contacting the consultation phase of the ex-gratia scheme

Children's minister Roderic O'Gorman wrote to campaigners and survivors saying his "ambitious deadline" of April had to be put back due to the volume of people making contributions to the public consultation. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

A redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes has been delayed, and is now unlikely to come before Cabinet until June.

Children's minister Roderic O'Gorman has said he set an "ambitious deadline" for the scheme following the publication of the mother and baby homes commission report in January, but a large number of public submissions about the redress scheme has caused delays.