Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes will be allowed to access their personal records.
The Government’s clarified that they are legally entitled to a database following controversy over the sealing of archives.
There was a lot of controversy and hurt when legislation was signed into law over the weekend which passed a database - created by a Commission of Investigation - onto Tusla to help with its tracing efforts - while part of an archive would be sealed for 30 years.
However, the Attorney General now says the rights of citizens may be affected for GDPR reasons, as people should have access to personal information about themselves.
The Children's Minister says people can request personal information from the archive BUT any data request can’t infringe on the rights of others.
The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Babies Homes is due to hand over its 4,000 page-long report to the Government tomorrow.
At the Cabinet meeting today, we had a detailed discussion about the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Mother and Baby Homes and related legacy issues. The Government outlined a range of measures, based on a survivor centered approach. https://t.co/0M8fhI98y1
— Roderic O’Gorman TD (@rodericogorman) October 28, 2020
Daniel McConnell, Political Editor of The Irish Examiner, and Marc o'Cathsaigh, Green Party TD for Waterford, discussed the issue on Deise Today this morning. Click below to listen back to the interview...
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