Catherine Connolly says Mother and Baby Home redress scheme is 'madness', Leo Varadkar accuses her of 'demonising' government
THE GOVERNMENT HAS been accused of “doublespeak” and “hypocrisy” in relation to its redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes.
Connolly, who has advocated on behalf of survivors of institutional abuse for many years, said the Government has been “forced every step of the way to do something” to help survivors. “You are not doing that. At the very least today, tell us what was the justification for the six months if it wasn’t money? Please, at the very least, tell us that part and stop boasting that this is the best scheme.
‘Demonising’ the Government In response, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he didn’t accept Connolly’s “characterisation of what this Government or previous governments have done”. Varadkar said the Government’s action plan goes well “well beyond financial redress” – noting the passage of the Institutional Burials Act and the Birth Information and Tracing Act last year.
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