The sister of a woman who has been missing since 1988 has said a better database is needed to help families searching for loved ones.
Claire Clarke Keane is the sister of Priscilla Clarke, who went missing on May 3rd, 1988.
She is one of more than 800 people who remain missing in Ireland.
Priscilla went missing in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow after she went out horse riding near the Dargle River.
It is believed she drowned in the river near the Powerscourt Estate.
Priscilla was accompanied at the time by another woman, whose body was recovered from the river in May 1988.
Ms Clarke Keane is one of the organisers of a meeting at Leinster House later today.
She told Newstalk Breakfast a better database could see more remains identified.
"We have very little data, and the organisation which is caring for families - the National Missing Persons Helpline - they were considered to be key partners in the aspect of missing [people]," she said.
"Unfortunately, they're not getting statistics now.
"The database is essential; we were delighted to get what we were given, but it's only a work-in-progress.
"It needs to include all of the personal items, clues to who the person might be.
"We have at least 44, and probably a lot more than that, who are interred in all parts of Ireland.
"County Clare has the highest, they have eight unidentified remains, resting in the cemeteries.
"We don't know what efforts are being made, but we do know that some of those people, there are identifying clues to who they are.
"The Guards have jewellery, they have other items which they could put on a website, and families everywhere are the best detectives.
"That is one issue we want to get progress on."
'No family can get over it'
Ms Clarke Keane said they hope to meet the Justice Minister Helen McEntee as well.
"At the end of tomorrow's meeting, we are looking for a meeting with the [Justice] Minister where we can convey all of the issues that families are going to put at the meeting," she said.
"We're hoping that this will be a non-party issue, and that all parties can get behind it."
Ms Clarke Keane said having someone go missing changes everything in your life.
""No family can get over it," she said.
"When somebody is missing in your life it changes everything in your life.
"You just don't have that sense of, 'I can go to the graveyard, I can place flowers on a grave'.
"You have that constant in your mind of wanting to search and going into search mode.
"I think anyone with someone missing, no matter what, they'll always be thinking, 'Should I go into the Garda station? Should I contact the police in the UK?'
"It certainly gets easier in the sense that you have come to some terms with it, but you're still in that search mode - that doesn't go away," she added.
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