Cabinet to approve €800m redress scheme for mother and baby home survivors

Financial payments and enhanced medical card among measures to be signed off on Tuesday

The scheme, which has been delayed since the summer, will go further than what had been recommended by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission. Picture: Andy Newman

Cabinet will sign off on Tuesday on an €800m redress scheme for mother and baby home survivors.

The scheme, which has been delayed since the summer, will go further than what had been recommended by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission and will be brought to Government by Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman.