Elaine Loughlin: Why are commissions allowed to publish a report and then vanish?

The latest mother and baby homes controversy highlights a flawed system that has been designed to deny complete and honest answers to those wronged by this State

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has acknowledged:"If we are going to do another inquiry on a similar issue, we need to look at a better way to do it". File photo

The latest mother and baby homes controversy highlights a flawed system that has been designed to deny complete and honest answers to those who have been wronged by this State.

While the focus has been on the destruction of witness recordings and the commission's refusal to publicly answer many of the questions survivors of mother and baby homes have, it only forms part of a far broader issue around how Commissions of Investigation are set up and run.