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 our proposed amendment to the government’s redress scheme. The current discriminatory payment structure and hierarchy of suffering does a great disservice to so many courageous women and men who have to so many courageous women and men who have fought for so long to have their voices heard, and their egregious human rights abuses recognised and compensated. Sinn Féin priorities…

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 or denied the recognition and support they deserve. If elected, I will prioritise the following actions to address the ongoing exclusions for survivors: Expanding Eligibility for Redress I will advocate for the immediate removal of the six-month residency requirement from the redress scheme. Every individual who spent time in Mother and Baby Institutions, including those who were boarded out, deserves…

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 address these ongoing exclusions to survivors? When elected I will be seeking to end the selective denial of recognition and redress to those affected by Ireland’s forced family separation. Paul Madden, Independent

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 address these ongoing exclusions to survivors? Raise the inequality of the redress scheme at any available opportunity. Bring legislation to the Dail to address the inequality in tbe scheme along with access to records. Use the publicity around Sean McDermott street to highlight the injustice the state is still implementing when it comes to people that were in mother and…