Compensation payments will be classed as savings – unless UK ratifies ‘Philomena’s Law’
Philomena Lee was forced in the 1950s by the nuns of Sean Ross Abbey, Roscrea, to give her three-year-old up for adoption. Photo: PA
Mother and baby home survivors now living in the UK are “effectively barred” from the Irish state redress scheme, because accessing funds would cut off their British welfare benefits or housing supports.
Others living in the United States have had their national medical insurance or social security withdrawn as a result of receiving redress payments, according to a report sent to the Government.