The ‘LLM Researchers for CLANN’ group is part of the International Human Rights Law Clinic in the Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway.
We are committed to offering support to CLANN Project, which has worked with people affected by Ireland’s institutional and family separation system since 2015.

  • Hi, Many thanks for getting in touch in relation to this issue. I’d like to start by mentioning that my mother spent time in a Mother and Baby home in the 1970s – I’m very familiar with the horrific treatment…

  • Do you support a change to the current Mother and Baby Institution Payment Scheme to include all survivors? Yes, I support an amendment to the legislation for more inclusive redress If elected to office, what commitments will you make to…

  • Yes, I support an amendment to the legislation for more inclusive redress The Labour Party in government will review the operation of the existing redress scheme for survivors of Mother and Baby, and County homes. Far too many are fully…

  • A chairde, Thank you for your email on this important issue regarding the Mother and Baby Institutions ‘Redress’ Scheme. As Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on this issue, I feel that it is very important to reply directly to yourselves. First of…

  • A chairde, Almost 40 percent, or 24,000 survivors have been left behind by the government’s Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. It is estimated that 58,208 mothers and children passed through one of Ireland’s Mother and Baby homes. This is the total number of people Sinn Féin would support in…

  • As an adoptee myself, I deeply empathise with the survivors of Mother and Baby Institutions and understand the profound pain and injustices they continue to face. My personal experience fuels my commitment to ensuring that no survivor is left behind…

  • Do you support a change to the current Mother and Baby Institution Payment Scheme to include all survivors? Yes, I support an amendment to the legislation for more inclusive redress If elected to office, what commitments will you make to…

  • Do you support a change to the current Mother and Baby Institution Payment Scheme to include all survivors? Yes, I support an amendment to the legislation for more inclusive redress If elected to office, what commitments will you make to…

  • Do you support a change to the current Mother and Baby Institution Payment Scheme to include all survivors? (See information in email) Yes, I support an amendment to the legislation for more inclusive redress If elected to office, what commitments…

  • Emily , Rebecca,  Lisa , Laura  and Maggie a chairde , Thank you for your email to Mary Lou, and for your important work with CLANN. As an internationalist and anti-imperialist party, Sinn Féin is committed to human rights and…