Mother and baby homes: controversial compensation scheme opens for applicants

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Those who spent less than six months in such institutions are excluded from the scheme

Sean Ross Abbey in Co Tipperary is one of the former mother and baby homes covered under the compensation scheme. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA WireThere are 42 institutions covered including places such as the Tuam Children’s Home, Sean Ross Abbey in Co Tipperary and the county homes across the State.I want to give the 796 children buried at Tuam their dignity and, if we can, an identity

The leader of the Social Democrats, Holly Cairns, has described the six-month stay requirement in the scheme as a “red herring” in an attempt to reduce the amount of compensation. However, it is estimated that 24,000 will be excluded under the six-month stay requirement to ensure that all eligible children – including children who were adopted, boarded out and fostered – were resident in a relevant institution for longer than six months.

 

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