A local TD who heads up an inflential Dáil committee has said the latest controversy over the Mother and Baby Homes inquiry must not be allowed to delay redress for survivors. Deputy Kathleen Funchion was speaking after the three members of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission rejected calls for them to appear before the […]
Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion has called on the Oireachtas committee she chairs to ensure survivors of Mother and Baby Homes “have an opportunity to have their voices heard”. Deputy Funchion, who is Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on children and Chair of the Oireachtas Children, Disability, Equality and Integration Committee, spoke out amid the deepening