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Mother and baby home survivors say redress scheme is 'totally inadequate'

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07:22 17 Nov 2021


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Survivors of mother and baby homes have described as 'totally inadequate' the redress scheme announced by government.

The €800m scheme, announced yesterday, will benefit around 34,000 former residents.

Minister for Children, Roderic O'Gorman, says it's the largest of its kind in the state's history.

But Breda Murphy, PRO of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home Alliance, says the redress scheme is based on a flawed report.

"We need to remind ourselves about what this proposed redress scheme is about.

"It's based on the Commission's report, which we contend is a flawed document, and which looked at the experiences of mothers in children in mother and baby homes and county homes.

"It was a snapshot of just 18 out of approximately 140, and in effect it discounted and paraphrased survivor testimonies."


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