A local TD has hit out at the proposed Birth Information and Tracing Legislation published this week, saying it “is totally at odds with the express wishes of adoptees and mothers, many of whom live here in Kilkenny”. Carlow-Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion, who is also Sinn Féin spokesperson on children and Chair of Joint […]
The Government’s Mother and Baby Homes redress scheme is “an affront to survivors”, a Kilkenny TD has said. Deputy Funchion, who is Sinn Féin’s spokesperson for children and head of the Oireachtas Committee on Children, added the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme “in no way makes amends for the gross human rights abuses they […]