Campaigners on behalf of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home families say they are deeply disappointed that no Government decision has been made on the future of the burial site.
Their comments follow a report out today on the public consultation carried out by Galway County Council on behalf of Minister for Children Katherine Zappone.
In March of this year, an expert technical group set out five possible options on how best to deal with infant remains at the site of the former home in Tuam.
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The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby homes was set up following allegations about the deaths of 800 babies in Tuam over a number of decades.
Submissions involved public meetings with survivors, relatives and local people.
The least intrusive option entailed no further investigative work being carried out. The site would be returned to Galway County Council and a memorial erected.
Other options described as "more intrusive" would entail a full excavation and exhumation.
However an earlier report noted that DNA identification would be extremely difficult because of the "intermingling" of human remains.
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Campaigners are calling for a full forensic excavation of the site but the local community are largely in favour of the least intrusive option.
Local historian Catherine Corless said that survivors and relatives will not get closure without a full forensic investigation.
She said today's report is a further example of fudging the issue and delaying a decision on the future of the Tuam site.
The report submitted to an inter-departmental group was described on the Government's website as a factual account of the consultation process.
The Group would then consider the report and make appropriate recommendations to Minister Zappone.
Those recommendations are expected to be forthcoming in the near future.
