Government approves €800m redress scheme for Mother and Baby home survivors

Minister Roderic O'Gorman said: "It represents a significant milestone in the State’s acknowledgment of its past failures and of the needless suffering experienced by so many of its citizens."

An €800m redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes has been approved by the Government.

However, the scheme will not include those who spent less than six months in these institutions as children or those who were boarded out, despite calls from campaigners.