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Irish mother-and-baby homes redress plan announced





The Irish government has set out its proposals for a redress scheme to compensate thousands of former residents of mother-and-baby homes.

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It has estimated that about 34,000 former residents will be eligible for compensation payments, at a total cost to the state of €800m (£676m).

Proposed payments begin at €5,000 and are capped at a maximum of €125,000.

All mothers who spent time in the homes are eligible, but children must have been resident for at least six months.

Announcing the proposals, Minister for Children 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."


'Flawed'
However, the six-month eligibility rule for former child residents has been criticised by those who fear it will exclude many people who were adopted from the homes shortly after their birth.

Adoptee and campaigner Samantha Long told Irish broadcaster RTÉ the rule was "quite unbelievable".

"The minister's department and the government have disunited children because of their age when they left the institutions," she said.

"And that is absolutely ridiculous because if you were snatched away from your mother, whether you were a week old or five-and-a-half months old, there is damage."

Belfast law firm KRW Law, which represents a number of former residents from the institutions, described Tuesday's proposals as "flawed" and "too little, too late".


'No payment can fully compensate'
Mr O'Gorman said the redress scheme had been designed after a consultation, which included participation from former residents and their families.

"There is no payment or measure that can ever fully compensate or atone for the harm done through the mother-and-baby institutions," he said.

"What we have set out today is the next chapter in the state's response to the legacy of those institutions, and its commitment to rebuilding the trust it so grievously shattered."

The redress scheme requires new legislation to operate and the minister said he hoped it would open for applications as soon as possible in 2022.

Applications from elderly and vulnerable claimants will be prioritised.