Updated 16.12
Judge Yvonne Murphy has been announced as the chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into mother and baby homes.
The institutions came back into focus in recent months after fresh controversy over a mass grave in Galway, where it is thought hundreds of children may be buried.
A Commission of Investigation is being set up - but the terms of reference for that inquiry will not now be known until the Autumn at the earliest.
Judge Murphy was also appointed to advise on a redress scheme for women who underwent symphysiotomy.
Meanwhile an inter-departmental report has also been published.
It says the remains of 474 dead children were transferred to medical schools between 1940 and 1965 without the consent of their families.
The report also finds that nearly 2,000 children from the homes were put up for adoption in the United States - with little or no records on parental consent.
Children's Minister James Reilly says the full terms of reference for the inquiry could take some time to finalise:
