Vigil at College Street, Waterford, the site of the home which closed in 1996 pic Michelle Byrne
The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore hopes that the full truth will emerge from the investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes.
Bishop Cullinan issued a statement saying we must not be afraid of the truth and where wrong has occurred, this must be fully acknowledged.
"The Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes is a very serious matter; the full truth needs to come out.
"We must not be afraid of the truth. Where wrong has occurred, this must be fully acknowledged.
"The recent decision to seal the records for 30 years has caused a lot of pain and anguish. I hope that the full truth will emerge from this investigation and due care be given to all the facts so that the past can be acknowledged, and hope given for the future."
A bill, which was signed into law over the weekend, will see a database of records sent to Tusla however, there are fears many important files will be sealed for 30 years.
Jennifer Kavanagh, a law lecturer at Waterford Institute of Technology spoke to Damien Tiernan on Deise Today.
"I do feel it was rushed, that maybe there could have been a better way of bringing in the views of everyone who was affected by what happened in these mother and baby homes.
"I fear that maybe that urgency that was created around it may not have caused the best possible legislation that could have come out in the circumstances than if they took this a little bit more slowly and took on other people's views."
President Michael D Higgins signed the bill into law over the weekend.
Jennifer Kavanagh says the President can only refuse to sign a bill if it's not in line with the constitution.
She says it would have been a gamble for the President to summon the Council of State and refer the bill to the Supreme Court.
"What you would be having is a theoretical debate about the legislation that's there and if the President loses that gamble, it means the legislation cannot be challenged in future by anyone."
