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?; Dear CLANN Research Group, Thank you for your email and for raising such an important issue. As a candidate for the Social Democrats, I strongly support efforts to expand the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme to ensure that all survivors of Ireland’s forced family separation system are given the recognition and redress they…

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? 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…

A Chairde, Many thanks for your email and thank you for sending this through. If elected I look forward to examining these issues in further detail and working to improve the lives of those that you support. Kind regards, Brian Brian Brennan, Fine Gael

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?; If elected I would be happy to work with your group and other likeminded TDs who are supportive of progressing these amendments . Well done on your work to date. Thank you . Peir Leonard, Independent