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Mother-and-baby homes inquiry: 30-year secrecy.

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  • 27-10-2020 11:37pm
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    https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1013/1171375-mother-baby-homes/
    Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman has responded to complaints about plans to seal the archive of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission (MBHC) for 30 years.

    The Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters) Records Bill 2020 is set to be discussed in the Seanad this week with the MBHC due to publish the findings of its five-year investigation on 30 October.

    The Justice for Magdalenes group and the Adoption Rights Alliance said in a statement the sealing of the archive "means no-one will be able to access their personal records [or information] about their disappeared relatives or babies who are buried in unmarked graves".

    Minister O'Gorman continued: "The 2004 Act also requires that such records are sealed for a period of 30 years pending their transfer to the National Archives.

    "This provision was already in place ahead of the establishment of the Commission.

    Which side is right - the government or the campaign groups who oppose the 30-year rule?

    Why was the 30-year-rule included in the Act of 2004? Couldn't the relevant information be released without infringing on witnesses' right to privacy?
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