A group representing survivors of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home say they have communicated without any doubt to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, what they believe should happen with the site of the former home.

Tuam Home Survivors Network was responding to the news that Minister Zappone is to visit Tuam on Monday evening next.

In a statement Minister Zappone said during the visit she will take time listening to the views of people on the future of the site of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home.

The Minister will hold a meeting at 7pm at the Ard Rí House Hotel, Milltown Road, Tuam, Co. Galway next Monday.

Minister Zappone has extended an invitation to all those who believe they have yet to be heard and those who wish to support previously express views, to attend.

However a spokesperson for Tuam Home Survivors Network told Midwest News that they have already made it very clear that they believe that the remains need to be recovered from the site, DNA recorded and stored in a database that will be made available and after these steps have been followed, the site can become a memorial to the lives lost there and those who survived the institution.

Breeda Murphy said prior to full excavation and retrieval with dignity, any talk of memorialisation is premature.