Legislation proposes giving TDs power to question members of commissions of investigation

Sinn Féin's Kathleen Funchion said she was 'compelled to act' after the publication of the final report of the Mother and Baby Home Commission

There was fury in 2021 when head of the Mother and Baby Home Commission, Yvonne Murphy, snubbed an invitation to appear before the Oireachtas Children's Committee. File photo: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie 

Politicians will have the power to haul members of commissions of investigation in for questioning under proposed legislation being debated this week.

There was fury in 2021 when head of the Mother and Baby Home Commission, Yvonne Murphy, snubbed an invitation to appear before the Oireachtas Children's Committee. At the time, Leo Varadkar said the decision of the former commission members not to attend the committee was "deeply regrettable" and called on them to reconsider.