The government's to set up an official Commission of Investigation into mother and baby homes.
The investigation hopes to establish the truth about conditions in homes around the country.
Our political correspondent Gavan Reilly reports.
Meanwhile a separate Cabinet meeting has been scheduled for later today to consider the findings of the Cooke report.
This morning's meeting concluded without ministers getting a chance to consider the report into alleged bugging at the Garda Ombudsman headquarters.
A government spokesman said a separate meeting had been arranged this evening, with a view to having the report published before the end of the day.
